Damn\u00ading claims of high-lev\u00adel mis\u00adman\u00adage\u00adment, wild spend\u00ading and im\u00adprop\u00ader pro\u00adcure\u00adment prac\u00adtices made by low-lev\u00adel em\u00adploy\u00adees, which showed a pat\u00adtern of mis\u00adbe\u00adhav\u00adiour by top com\u00adpa\u00adny of\u00adfi\u00adcials, sparked the in-depth au\u00addit in\u00adto the op\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions of State-owned An\u00adgos\u00adtu\u00adra Hold\u00adings Ltd.<\/p>\n
The com\u00adpa\u00adny, which has an as\u00adset base of over $3 bil\u00adlion, is one of the top per\u00adform\u00ading sub\u00adsidiaries of the CL Fi\u00adnan\u00adcial em\u00adpire ac\u00adquired by Gov\u00adern\u00adment af\u00adter CLF was un\u00adable to pay its debt from the 2009 bailout of the com\u00adpa\u00adny. Its shares were al\u00adso used by the Gov\u00adern\u00adment to sup\u00adport the Na\u00adtion\u00adal In\u00advest\u00adment Fund in rais\u00ading $4 bil\u00adlion to off-set the na\u00adtion\u00adal bud\u00adget deficit.<\/p>\n
The NIF bond is sup\u00adport\u00aded by some of the strongest CLF com\u00adpa\u00adnies, with a col\u00adlec\u00adtive mar\u00adket val\u00adue of ap\u00adprox\u00adi\u00admate\u00adly $7.9 bil\u00adlion, in\u00adclud\u00ading shares of Re\u00adpub\u00adlic Fi\u00adnan\u00adcial Hold\u00adings Lim\u00adit\u00aded, One Caribbean Me\u00addia Lim\u00adit\u00aded, West In\u00addi\u00adan To\u00adbac\u00adco Com\u00adpa\u00adny Lim\u00adit\u00aded, An\u00adgos\u00adtu\u00adra and Trinidad Gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion Un\u00adlim\u00adit\u00aded. The Gov\u00adern\u00adment said the ini\u00adtial of\u00adfer was over-sub\u00adscribed and plans on sec\u00adond ven\u00adture next year.<\/p>\n
Since news of the An\u00adgos\u00adtu\u00adra in\u00adves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtion broke, how\u00adev\u00ader, peo\u00adple and or\u00adgan\u00adi\u00adsa\u00adtions which in\u00advest\u00aded in the NIF re\u00admain anx\u00adious about the out\u00adcome of the probe, ac\u00adcord\u00ading to one big in\u00advestor. But there has been si\u00adlence from the Min\u00adistry of Fi\u00adnance and oth\u00ader Gov\u00adern\u00adment min\u00adistries on the mat\u00adter, al\u00adthough Prime Min\u00adis\u00adter Dr Kei\u00adth Row\u00adley has been on a re\u00adcent cam\u00adpaign de\u00adnounc\u00ading white-col\u00adlar crime.<\/p>\n
And in the face of the au\u00addit and the com\u00adpa\u00adny be\u00ading in the me\u00addia spot\u00adlight, one An\u00adgos\u00adtu\u00adra di\u00adrec\u00adtor, Kir\u00adby An\u00adtho\u00adny Hosang, re\u00adsigned sud\u00adden\u00adly last week. No rea\u00adson was giv\u00aden by chair\u00adman Ter\u00adrence Bharath, who faced the me\u00addia on Thurs\u00adday and con\u00adfirmed the au\u00addit but gave lit\u00adtle oth\u00ader de\u00adtails about the al\u00adle\u00adga\u00adtions raised in an ex\u00adclu\u00adsive Guardian Me\u00addia ar\u00adti\u00adcle last week.<\/p>\n
An\u00adgos\u00adtu\u00adra con\u00adfirmed Hosang\u2019s de\u00adpar\u00adture, ef\u00adfec\u00adtive Oc\u00adto\u00adber 31, in ad\u00adver\u00adtise\u00adments in yes\u00adter\u00adday\u2019s news\u00adpa\u00adpers.<\/p>\n
Copies of the bomb\u00adshell com\u00adplaint, filed by an anony\u00admous whistle\u00adblow\u00ader, have been made avail\u00adable to Guardian Me\u00addia ex\u00adclu\u00adsive\u00adly.<\/p>\n
Ac\u00adcount\u00ading firm Price\u00adWa\u00adter\u00adhouse\u00adC\u00adoop\u00aders, which is be\u00ading as\u00adsist\u00aded by law firm Fitzwilliam Stone Fur\u00adness-Smith and Mor\u00adgan, will meet with the com\u00adpa\u00adny\u2019s Chief Ex\u00adec\u00adu\u00adtive Of\u00adfi\u00adcer Genevieve Jod\u00adhan to\u00admor\u00adrow to give her an op\u00adpor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to re\u00adspond to trou\u00adbling al\u00adle\u00adga\u00adtions over the award of mul\u00adti-mil\u00adlion dol\u00adlar se\u00adcu\u00adri\u00adty con\u00adtracts to MH Tac\u00adti\u00adcal, a com\u00adpa\u00adny with close ties to a serv\u00ading po\u00adlice of\u00adfi\u00adcer, Sgt Mark Her\u00adnan\u00addez, who has been de\u00adscribed as \u201can as\u00adset to the State and Na\u00adtion\u00adal Se\u00adcu\u00adri\u00adty.\u201d<\/p>\n
Po\u00adlice Com\u00admis\u00adsion\u00ader Gary Grif\u00adfith has de\u00adfend\u00aded Her\u00adnan\u00addez, 42, a high\u00adly-trained op\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtive who is as\u00adsigned to an elite unit\u2014the Spe\u00adcial Op\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions Re\u00adsponse Team\u2014say\u00ading a for\u00admer com\u00admis\u00adsion\u00ader of po\u00adlice had au\u00adtho\u00adrised the Spe\u00adcial Re\u00adserve Po\u00adlice of\u00adfi\u00adcer to be a con\u00adsul\u00adtant at a St Au\u00adgus\u00adtine-based com\u00adpa\u00adny owned by Her\u00adnan\u00addez\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n
How\u00adev\u00ader, Her\u00adnan\u00addez de\u00adscribes him\u00adself as the ex\u00adec\u00adu\u00adtive chair\u00adman and own\u00ader of MH Tac\u00adti\u00adcal Re\u00adsponse Group on his LinkedIn pro\u00adfile and is the face of the com\u00adpa\u00adny on its Face\u00adbook page.<\/p>\n
Her\u00adnan\u00addez is one of the of\u00adfi\u00adcers who played a key role in res\u00adcu\u00ading kid\u00adnap vic\u00adtim Na\u00adtal\u00adie Pol\u00adlon\u00adais from her ab\u00adduc\u00adtors in El So\u00adcor\u00adro in Sep\u00adtem\u00adber and has led a hand-picked team of po\u00adlice and sol\u00addiers in oth\u00ader ma\u00adjor an\u00adti-crime op\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions, ac\u00adcord\u00ading to Na\u00adtion\u00adal Se\u00adcu\u00adri\u00adty sources.<\/p>\n
Jod\u00adhan, who has opt\u00aded to pro\u00adceed on 20 days va\u00adca\u00adtion leave ef\u00adfec\u00adtive Oc\u00adto\u00adber 29, has main\u00adtained that her au\u00adtho\u00adri\u00adsa\u00adtion of the con\u00adtracts, val\u00adued at $2.2 mil\u00adlion, to MH Tac\u00adti\u00adcal and two sub\u00adsidiaries\u2014New Or\u00adder Se\u00adcu\u00adri\u00adty Ser\u00advices (NOSS) and Cor\u00adpo\u00adrate As\u00adset Man\u00adage\u00adment (CAP) were above board. An\u00adoth\u00ader con\u00adtract to Build\u00ading Spaces Ltd is al\u00adso un\u00adder re\u00adview, ac\u00adcord\u00ading to com\u00adpa\u00adny of\u00adfi\u00adcials.<\/p>\n
Sources close to Jod\u00adhan said she in\u00adtends to de\u00adfend her name to\u00admor\u00adrow and will in\u00adstead point fin\u00adgers at top com\u00adpa\u00adny of\u00adfi\u00adcials as hav\u00ading an agen\u00adda to re\u00admove her from of\u00adfice. She had ini\u00adtial\u00adly been sent on ad\u00admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtive leave af\u00adter she re\u00adturned from Har\u00advard Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty on study leave, but that de\u00adci\u00adsion was re\u00adtract\u00aded af\u00adter she agreed to go on va\u00adca\u00adtion.<\/p>\n
An in\u00adves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtion in\u00adto the al\u00adle\u00adga\u00adtion by for\u00admer judge of the Caribbean Court of Jus\u00adtice Rol\u00adston Nel\u00adson did not re\u00adsult in any dis\u00adci\u00adpli\u00adnary ac\u00adtion.<\/p>\n