Nearly $50,000 Deposited Into Wrong Account

Today, a woman was charged for dishonestly retaining a wrongful credit after nearly fifty thousand dollars of the Belize Government Lottery was mistakenly deposited into her account. That woman is Kathleen Belisle, a thirty-two-year-old security guard at the Philip Goldson International Airport. On Wednesday, March twentieth, 2024 about two p.m., Prem Balani, a twenty-five-year-old Belizean Accountant at Nandos Wholesale LLP visited Precinct two Police Station Crimes Investigation Branch Office and made a report. Allegations are that on March eight, 2024, Belisle retained a wrongful credit of forty-seven thousand, nine hundred thirty-five dollars and forty-five cents in Belizean currency. Belisle allegedly knew that the wrongful transaction had occurred but did not take the necessary steps to ensure that the transaction was cancelled. Balani  told police that Nando’s Wholesale LLP is one of the Sales Agent for the Belize Government  Lottery and on Friday, March eighth, 2024, he sent the money to a Belize Bank account,  believing to be the account of Bi Yun Chen at Lowes Supermarket which is a Sub- Agent for the Belize Government Lottery, but on Wednesday, March sixteenth, 2024, Balani received a call  from a Sales Representative at Nando’s Wholesale LLP who was inquiring about the payment to Lowes Supermarket as to why the money had not been sent. Proof of payment was sent to the Sales Representative at Nando’s Wholesale and shortly afterwards the representative informed Prem Balani that the Belize Bank account number was wrong and belonged to someone else. That is when the Belize Police Department launched an investigation into the matter and sent a request to the Financial Intelligence Unit to ascertain who the account belonged to. No plea was taken from Belisle as the prosecutor indicated that the matter will be taken to the High Court on indictment. The Prosecutor, Christopher Smith, had no objection to bail being offered to Belisle; however, he asked the sitting magistrate to set stringent conditions to her bail. With that the sitting magistrate offered Belisle bail in the sum of six thousand, plus one surety of the same amount, or two sureties of three thousand each which she needed to meet by four p.m. this evening.