A 43-year-old Santa Cruz businessman is the second person to be charged in an ongoing fraud investigation of the Port of Spain City Corporation.
This comes after his common-law wife, a salary clerk at the Corporation, was charged last Friday, for obtaining money by false pretence and money laundering.
Investigations revealed discrepancies in the Corporation’s payroll systems, which were allegedly manipulated by the clerk to approve unauthorized salary payments into their personal accounts.
Between June and September 2024, the second suspect alleged received almost $15,000 in fraudulent payments, despite not being employed by the Corporation.
