A 25-year-old employee of Trico Industries in Tobago has been sentenced to two years in jail for defrauding her employer. Eintou Grant, of James Street, Carnbee, a former cashier at the company, pleaded guilty to 213 fraud charges before Magistrate Joan Gill. The court heard that between August 2011 and February 2012, Grant wilfully and with intent to defraud the company stole cash amounting to $486,012.43 and deleted more than 500 computer entries to cover her tracks.
The Fraud Squad was alerted after the discovery was made in an internal audit. Court prosecutor acting Sgt Marvin Campbell told the court $321,571 was recovered at Grant's home. WP Corporal Cudjoe of the Fraud Squad laid the charges.