Nandos Provides Clarification on $50,000 Bank Transfer

On Tuesday night, we told you that thirty-three-year-old Kathleen Belisle was charged for dishonestly retaining a wrongful credit after almost fifty thousand dollars of the Belize Government Lottery was deposited into her bank account. 

As we reported, an accountant at Nandos Wholesale LLP intended to transfer $50,000 to Lowes Supermarket, a sub-agent for the Belize Government Lottery. However, it was mistakenly transferred to Belisle’s account. 

Today, Nandos issued a statement clarifying what happened. The company says that it mistakenly saved Belisle’s phone number as Lowes Supermarket’s. Before the transfer was made, the company’s accountant contacted the number regarding the funds that needed to be transferred. The company alleges that Belisle pretended to be the proprietor of Lowes. Nandos further alleges that Belisle informed the accountant that Lowes’ Bank account number had changed and provided her bank account number instead. Nandos says it only found out because the proprietor of Lowes reached out to say that they haven’t received the funds. According to the company, Belisle spent some of the funds.