Tonight, Greg Choq's organization, the PG-based Sarstoon Temash Institute for Indigenous Management known as SATIIM, is going over its books, after a staffer reportedly embezzled as much as one hundred thousand dollars from the organization.
7news has confirmed that police have questioned the staffer about 100 thousand dollars allegedly embezzled between January 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013. Information so far suggests that he made out cheques to himself and would cash them while documentation in office showed they were made out to businesses he had supposedly purchased from. The staffer was released yesterday evening, possibly pending charges as police work on their investigation which is also getting input from SATIIM's bank. Reports say charges could be brought as early as next week. We cannot release his name at this time since no charges have been brought.
Executive Director Greg Ch'oc told us that he could not comment on a matter that is before the courts.
Reports to our newsroom suggest that the final figure – once it is tallied with the bank, could be double the initial estimate of a hundred thousand.
