A former Cost Pro employee convicted of forging Customs officers’ signatures will learn his fate on February 21, after his sentencing was delayed due to an unavailable pre-sentencing report.
Edwin Ireland, who was found guilty of 25 counts of forgery and uttering by a servant on December 6, 2024.
The ruling was handed down by High Court Justice Ann Marie Smith pending his sentencing.
The conviction stems from Ireland’s activities between 2019 and 2020, when he allegedly misappropriated thousands of dollars by forging receipts while working at Cost Pro Supermarket.
As the sole employee responsible for paying Customs duties, Ireland exploited gaps in the company’s oversight, presenting forged receipts to receive cash payments meant for Customs officers.
During the judge-alone trial, several Customs officers testified that while they would date receipts and allow Ireland to complete remaining details, many denied the signatures appearing on the documents were theirs.
Evidence also revealed that Ireland frequently bypassed required procedures, sometimes inspecting containers without Customs officers present.
He is expected to be sentenced on Friday.
Can u please remove the picture of the individual as it is the wrong person!!! That is of a magistrate who passed and NOT THE PERSON.
So why is the good magistrate’s picture attached to this news article?
Will an apology be forthcoming?
When you too busy to post
What in the name of bread and cheese if going on here. So am I supposed to believe all you days the receipt but didnt sigh in? chupsss
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Antigua.News makes a mistake and the whole media gets loud. Another news room steal everything they post and the world stays quiet. anyway, so there were no back checks on these receipts? sounds crazy and fishy to me.
So that’s how Antigua rolling den? This means the customs officers are not full filling their duties to ensure true things. The customs officers might just be working on his behalf
It has happened in the past, Food for thought. I hope he saved some for when he is released, then again he should pay back the people..