A lawyer in his 50s will be produced in the Suva Magistrates Court after being charged with allegedly dishonestly appropriating more than $1.5 million from a bank between the months of May to June 2018.
Police say the accused has been charged with theft contrary to Section 291 of the Crimes Act 2009.
It is alleged that on the 18th of May 2018, the lawyer made an application for the installation of an EFTPOS machine in his office under the Supermarket mode, where he later switched it to Tourism mode without proper compliance to the Bank's policies and procedures.
Police say by doing so, he allegedly enabled the transfer of $1.55 million from the bank to his firm's Operating Account with the same bank, via several transactions between the months of May to June 2018.
It is alleged the funds were then further transferred to the Firm's Trust Account whereby multiple cheque withdrawals were conducted in which the accused was the sole signatory.
Police say through these alleged unlawful actions, the accused managed to dishonestly appropriate and deprive the bank of the funds.
