A receptionist was on Monday sentenced to 36 months for embezzling monies from Midas Enterprise. Ronella Tashanna Junior, 28, appeared before City Magistrate Judy Latchman and confessed to the fraud charge.
She admitted that between March 1, 2017 and June 16,2017 at Charles Street, Charlestown, while being employed as a clerk or servant at Midas Enterprise, she fraudulently embezzled $219,000.
Prosecutor Shawn Gonsalves told the court that Junior was an employee at Midas Enterprise and also worked at Hotel Princess Raven as a receptionist and at Giddings Payday & Pawnshop, all owned by one person.
The prosecutor further added that the woman was in charge of collecting monies from the hotel. However, when the owner checked the log books, he discovered that monies were missing.
The owner then reviewed the hotel’s CCTV footage and saw when the woman took the money. When questioned by the police, Junior reportedly admitted taking the cash and apologize for her actions.
In court, the owner, Paul Giddings explained that he gave Junior several chances to change her ways since he had caught her stealing before.
“Based upon my own investigation she’s thieving the monies to mine a man, who have five children,” the businessman told the court.
The Magistrate imposed a 36 months jail sentence on Junior and told her, “Don’t ever do it again.”