SOLANA Wills, former supervisor of Leibrands Financial Management and Tax Consultancy, on Friday, pleaded not guilty to embezzling over $3 million from the company and was granted $200, 000 bail.
She was brought before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on six embezzlement charges and one count of larceny.
She denied that, between August 1, 2021 and December 20, 2021 at Durban Street, Georgetown she fraudulently embezzled the sum of $3,034,290 from the company.
She also denied that, between December 13, 2021 and December 17, 2021, she committed an act of larceny by taking $100,000 cash from her employer.
According to reports, Wills would issue temporary receipts after money was collected by her employer from the various companies that they performed services for. After issuing the temporary receipts, she would then pay the required National Insurance Scheme (NIS) or Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) payments for companies.
During the period of September to December 2021, no temporary receipts were issued. Her employer stated that, in December 2021, they received several calls from various clients stating that their NIS or GRA payments were not made.
The matter was reported to the police and, based on investigation, Wills was arrested.
When arrested by police, she allegedly confessed to committing the crime.
She was released on $200,000 bail and the case adjourned until April 8, 2022.