Former Ministry employee sentenced to 6 months imprisonment for collecting money from villagers for her personal use

A former employee of the Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development has been sentenced to twelve months but will only spend six months  behind bars for collecting money from villagers for her personal use.

She has also been given a suspended sentence of two years.

Nanise Gucake was charged with one count of Corrupt Transactions of Agents by FICAC last year.

Gucake was found to have collected a total of $418.00 from nine different people from the districts of Korotasere, Saqani, and Tawake between February and April 2015 for her own personal use.

An internal revenue audit in the same year discovered that she attempted to overwrite the dates and figures on the copies of the receipts to cover her tracks.

While delivering his sentence, Resident Magistrate Senileba Levaci said the court recognised that Gucake is a first offender and had entered an early Guilty plea, however her conduct was a serious breach of trust.