Ex-Manager Sentenced for Stealing Salaries in Gambia.
BANJUL, Gambia—A high court judge in Banjul found a former manager guilty of theft. Ousman Manneh used to work for Taitek Company. He was sentenced to pay back the stolen money and pay a fine or go to jail.
Judge Ebrima Jaiteh heard the case. Four employees of Taitek said Manneh stole their pay. Their names are Abdoulie Jarjue, Morro Jammeh, Alieu Jallow and Nfamara Banda. The judge ordered Manneh to give them each $10,000.
Manneh must pay an extra $100,000 as a fine. If he does not pay, he will spend four years in prison. He was found guilty of breaking section 252 of the Criminal Code.
The case started in a lower court in July 2021. That court also found Manneh guilty. However, he did not agree with the decision and asked the high court to review it.
Judge Jaiteh looked at all the facts. Taitek is a company from Taiwan that does business in the Gambia. It goes by the name Summer Activity Holdings there.
The four employees went to the police in 2019. They said Taitek stopped paying them in 2017. This was against their contracts. The missed payments added up to about $30,000.
The workers could not get their money from the company bosses in Taiwan. The bosses said they had already sent the cash to Manneh, but Manneh claims he never got it.
Judge Jaiteh agreed with the first court's ruling. He said there was enough proof that Manneh stole the money. The judge told Manneh to pay extra for making the workers go to court.
The judge also said it was wrong for Taitek to deposit salaries into Manneh's own bank account and ordered the company to stop doing this.
BANJUL, Gambia—A high court judge in Banjul found a former manager guilty of theft. Ousman Manneh used to work for Taitek Company. He was sentenced to pay back the stolen money and pay a fine or go to jail.
Judge Ebrima Jaiteh heard the case. Four employees of Taitek said Manneh stole their pay. Their names are Abdoulie Jarjue, Morro Jammeh, Alieu Jallow and Nfamara Banda. The judge ordered Manneh to give them each $10,000.
Manneh must pay an extra $100,000 as a fine. If he does not pay, he will spend four years in prison. He was found guilty of breaking section 252 of the Criminal Code.
The case started in a lower court in July 2021. That court also found Manneh guilty. However, he did not agree with the decision and asked the high court to review it.
Judge Jaiteh looked at all the facts. Taitek is a company from Taiwan that does business in the Gambia. It goes by the name Summer Activity Holdings there.
The four employees went to the police in 2019. They said Taitek stopped paying them in 2017. This was against their contracts. The missed payments added up to about $30,000.
The workers could not get their money from the company bosses in Taiwan. The bosses said they had already sent the cash to Manneh, but Manneh claims he never got it.
Judge Jaiteh agreed with the first court's ruling. He said there was enough proof that Manneh stole the money. The judge told Manneh to pay extra for making the workers go to court.
The judge also said it was wrong for Taitek to deposit salaries into Manneh's own bank account and ordered the company to stop doing this.
