Three employees of Superb Distributors Ltd charged with the theft of more than $1million have been granted bail by the Lautoka Magistrate’s Court.
The accused are Aneesh Sagar Singh, an accounts clerk based in Lautoka, Avinesh Chand, an IT officer from Suva, and his wife Usha Kiran.
It is alleged that between January 2017 and March 2022, Mr Singh diverted company funds into a business account under Ms Kiran’s name. Police further allege that Mr Chand later transferred the money from his wife’s account into his own.
Mr Singh was based at the company’s Lautoka branch while Mr Chand was based in Suva.
During this period, it is alleged Mr Singh stole money and deposited it in a business account belonging to Ms Kiran.
“It is alleged that when the money was deposited into the third accused’s account, her husband, the second accused, would then transfer the money to his personal account,” said the police.
An audit of the Lautoka branch sales records in 2022 picked up the alleged discrepancies.
The accused individuals have been ordered to pay a bail bond of $5000.
Magistrate Seini Puamau ordered them to surrender their travel documents, not to change their home addresses and a stop-departure order was also imposed.
The matter has been adjourned to October 3.