Nasley Somerville – her name first came to national attention in October of 2013, when we reported that 189 cheques which totaling $367,000 were
fraudulently drawn from the account over three years.
As Administrator of the Southern Regional Hospital, the Auditor General found that Somerville was responsible. She was suspended on half pay and the
report was handed over to police. Tonight the news is that she has been dismissed by the Public Service Commission. She will no longer receive the half
pay she was getting while on suspension.
This was confirmed in a letter sent to her on Monday from the commission. This is after she appeared before them twice this year. She denied signing
the almost 200 cheques, and said the signature was not hers. Somerville can still appeal to the Belize Advisory Council – but at this point she stands
dismissed from the public service.
Of course, this puts government and taxpayers not one inch closer to recover the substantial sum of misappropriated money – since police have still not
brought charges.
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