Monrovia – The outgoing Judge of the Criminal Court C at the Temple of Justice, Nancy Sammy on Saturday, February 22 acquitted five employees of the defunct First International Bank (FIB), who were on trial for multiple criminal charges. Judge Sammy, in her ruling, said the court could not hold the Defendants guilty because state prosecutors failed to prove their case against the Defendants who were been tried for money laundering, theft of property, criminal conspiracy, forgery and criminal facilitation. Another part of Judge Sammy’s ruling ordered the Sheriff of Criminal Court “C” to return to the Defendants all properties including vehicles that were seized from them prior to the rendition of the judgment. The five acquitted Defendants are: Jeremi Tegli, Head of Operation, Africanus Freeman, Cash Manager, Robert Cummings, Teller, Victora Yanguba resident Auditor, Aurelia Tamba, a teller. They were among six other Defendants that were indicted by the state between January 2012 and February 2013.

Source: Front Page Africa February 25, 2020 05:29 UTC