BY ROMINAH FAKA
Former officer of Pan Oceania Bank (POB) Shuyee Eli Yan has been sentenced to two years, four months imprisonment for stealing.
Principal Magistrate Beneteti Tearo delivered the sentence ruling to Ms Shuyee yesterday.
Shuyee entered into an early guilty plea against 12 counts of larceny by servant and three counts of forgery.
She committed the offences between June 28, 2021 and August 26, 2022, when she worked for POB.
Shuyee stole a large amount of money from Saibuloa Landowners Associations account by transferring through internet banking to the account of other POB customers or users.
She then instructed those customers or users to withdraw the money from their account and give the money to her and she then gave commissions to them.
The total amount of money Shuyee stole was $310,000 and the money has never been recovered.
Shuyee also forged signatures claiming to be signed by three signatories to the Dangi Tughu Account in an application for the release of the dormant account.
Also, she forged a letter titled authorised to transferring of funds from Dangi Tughu account to Saibuloa Landowners Association account in which she forged the signatories to the account.
She also forged a POB withdraw slip with the sum of $25,000 under the Dangi Tughu account that contains forged signatures of two signatories of the Dangi Tughu account.
Court ordered her sentence to be run concurrently and spiritual counseling to be rendered during time spent in Rove.
Delilah Kukura of PSO act for Yan and Vernon Taupongi of DPP act for crown.
