One of the three former executives of a major supermarket chain charged with money laundering has admitted to the offence in the Suva High Court.
Abhisaeth Abhimaanu and Kavishay Abhimaanu have pleaded not guilty to the charge while Amrita Anand has pleaded guilty.
They are each charged with one count of money laundering.
Justice Vinsent Perera has set the trial to start on 3rd February next year.
Abhisaeth Abhimaanu is the company's former Chief Finance Officer, Kavishay Abhimaanu is the former CEO and Amrita Anand is the former Human Resources Payroll Clerk.
The three allegedly paid additional salaries to themselves which was picked up during an internal audit conducted by the Fiji Revenue and Customs Service in 2017.
The matter was then referred to the Criminal Investigations Department's Anti-Money Laundering Unit.
Abhisaeth Abhimaanu is alleged to have received more than $99,583.33, Kavishay Abhimaanu is alleged to have received $56,250 while Amrita Anand is alleged to have received more than $35,250.
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