ICB Former Cashier Charged With Theft of $10,220

BELIZE CITY, Thurs. march 11, 2010

Abisai Canul, 29, a former cashier for Insurance Corporation of Belize, located at #16 Daly Street, was charged with 2 counts of theft for $10,220.03 missing from the ICB cash pan, when he appeared yesterday in the #4 Magistrate’s Court. Canul pled not guilty to the charges. He was released on a bail of $5,000 and his case was adjourned until April 14.

The complainant, Abel Samos, 40, the Financial Controller at ICB, reported to the Police that on Friday, January 8 at around 4:00 p.m. he terminated the services of Canul and instructed him to hand over all the cash sales for the day to the accountant, Minnie Duncan, for reconciliation. Samos said Canul left without doing what he was told to do and on Monday, January 11, when the cash pan was checked $6,720.03 was missing.

Samos told Police that on Wednesday, January 13, Canul when contacted admitted he took the money and he signed a promissory note agreeing to pay back the money but he has not paid anything. Samos reported that when a further audit was done on sales conducted by Canul it was discovered that on January 6th, $3,500 was missing.

As a result Canul was charged with 2 counts of theft.

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