Former Clerk Busted for Fuel Fraud

A former clerk at the Ministry of Works in Orange Walk is under arrest tonight for bilking more than 5 grand from GOB in forged fuel purchases. The accused is 26-year-old Gabriel Mai who is facing 19 counts of forgery. Police investigators say that between June and November of last year, Mai forged the signature of two supervisors 19 times on fuel orders. The forged orders were then used to purchase 620 gallons of premium gas costing government $5,235.40. Tomorrow Mai will be arraigned in court on 10 counts of obtaining property by deception and 10 counts of uttering upon a false document.