A POSTMASTER has been charged with stealing $15.7M from the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC).

Oswald Whyte, of 586 Bourda, Georgetown, appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday, accused of larceny by clerk or servant.
Particulars of the offence said, between March 1 and 9, being employed as a clerk or servant of the GPOC at Mahdia, Potaro, he stole $15,737,970, property of his employer.
Police Corporal Kerry Bostwick, prosecuting, said the money went missing over a period of time from the Mahdia Post Office and an investigation was launched.
After the probe was completed, the defendant was arrested, the prosecutor said, making no objection to bail but requesting that Whyte report to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) every Friday until the case is completed.
Whyte was ordered to post $600,000 surety and the case was transferred to the Mahdia Court for April 17.