Nassau, Bahamas - The Department of Education categorically refutes circulating media reports about
the arrest of three Ministry of Education employees, now reportedly in Police
custody, involving the alleged stealing of $245,000.00.
To be clear, a staff member of the Ministry’s Performance Appraisal Unit was
interviewed under caution by the police today, at the Ministry of Education
headquarters on Thompson Blvd, after it was brought to the attention of the
Ministry of Education by a local financial institution that a staff member was
involved in the production of fake job letters for non-Ministry employees, who
sought to qualify for fast loans.
The Public is hereby informed that the staff member under question has been given
a one-week administrative leave while the investigation continues.
Yours sincerely,
Lionel K. Sands,
Director of Education
