AN employee of the Little Diamond / Herstelling Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) is under scrutiny for suspected fraud after several bogus receipts surfaced in the name of a taxi service with her signature.

According to reports, the receipts for trips from the office of the NDC to a commercial bank on the East Bank of Demerara were observed by councillors late last year and were brought to the attention of the employee.

It is unclear if the authorities at the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) at Triumph were made aware of the actions of the employee.

The receipts, copies of which were seen by this newspaper, state $1000 per trip between the NDC office and the bank at Diamond.

However, when checks were made with popular Herstelling entity, Suresh Taxi Service, the owner told the NDC officials that they did not own or operate cars bearing the registration numbers HB 476 and HC 1706 which appeared on the receipts.

The owner of the taxi service told the Guyana Chronicle on Sunday that he received calls on the issue and that officials of the NDC visited his office with the receipts recently. He said that he was unaware of the cars mentioned in the receipts.

Closer checks by this newspaper of some of the receipts revealed that they were written to reflect services provided by “Sunil Taxi Service” as opposed to “Suresh Taxi Service” at Herstelling.

The issue came to light late last year and earlier this year, it was raised again at the NDC; however, no action was taken against the employee.

The incident has reportedly led to a breakdown in communication at the NDC during the week of Easter, which led to field employees receiving their fortnightly salaries later than they had expected.