据称,一名圭亚那选举官员为投票工作人员盗窃了5M美元,之后被监禁。
A Guyana election official was jailed after allegedly stealing $5M meant for polling workers.
圭亚那选举委员会 30 岁的助理会计师 Dikimbie Gittens 被指控在 2025 年 9 月 15 日至 16 日期间从乔治城的 GECOM 秘书处窃取超过 500 万美元后被还押候审。
A 30-year-old assistant accountant at Guyana’s Elections Commission, Dikimbie Gittens, was remanded in custody after being charged with stealing over $5 million from the GECOM Secretariat in Georgetown between September 15 and 16, 2025.
原定用于投票日工作者的资金据报在9月1日选举之后的关键时期被盗,造成付款延误,使一些工人的薪酬不足或未付。
The funds, intended for polling day workers, were reportedly stolen during a critical period following the September 1 elections, causing delays in payments and leaving some workers underpaid or unpaid.
Gittens于9月22日被捕,在Fabayo Azore地方法官面前出庭,阅读了一名办事员或仆人盗窃的指控,并拒绝保释。
Gittens, arrested on September 22, appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore, where the charge of larceny by a clerk or servant was read, and bail was denied.
此案被休庭至2025年10月15日,因为人们对选举机构内部的财务监督日益关切。
The case was adjourned to October 15, 2025, amid growing concerns about financial oversight within the electoral body.
警方从Gittens手中收回了部分被盗资金。
Police recovered a portion of the stolen funds from Gittens’ possession.