The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) wishes to inform the general public that it has filed an indictment against FREDERICK CAULKER, FORMER HEAD OF OPERATIONS, UNITED BANK OF AFRICA (UBA) and of 38A Taylor Street, Wellington in Freetown, on FOUR (4) Counts of Misappropriation of Public Revenue, Contrary to Section 36 (1) and ONE (1) Count of Conspiracy to commit a Corruption Offence contrary to Section 128 (1) of the Anti-Corruption Act, No. 12 of 2008 as amended by the Anti-Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2019.
The revenues misappropriated by FREDERICK CAULKER were Pay As You Earn (PAYE) and Withholding Taxes paid by the Small Holder Commercialization Agri-Business Development Project (SCADeP) to the National Revenue Authority (NRA) amounting to ONE MILLION, NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE (NEW) LEONES, FOUR CENTS (NLe 1,980,233.4).
In one of the dates, between the 1st day of January and the 31st day of January, 2024,FREDERICK CAULKER, who is still at large,misappropriated the sum of ONE MILLION, TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE (NEW) LEONES, FIFTY CENTS (NLE 1,291,623.50), being Withholding Tax paid bySCADeP to the NRA. FREDERICK CAULKER will be tried in absentia, if he fails to show up for trial. The matter will come up for first hearing on the 5th December, 2024.
The Commission wishes to reassure the general public of its continued resolve to protect public funds and curb all levels of corruption in Sierra Leone.
For further enquiries on this and other ACC matters, please contact Alex A. Bah, the Public Relations Assistant on +232-78-004714 or via email info@anticorruption.gov.sl.
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PATRICK SANDI
DIRECTOR, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
