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    Assistant Accountant remanded over alleged theft of more than $5M from GECOM

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    DIKIMBIE Gittens, a 30-year-old Assistant Accountant of Onderneeming, Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, was on Thursday charged for the alleged theft of over $5 million belonging to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

    The police in a statement said that the accused was arrested on Monday, September 22, 2025, and charged for allegedly committing the offence, Larceny by Clerk or Servant

    On Thursday, he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Her Worship Magistrate Fabayo Azore, where the charge was read to him.

    He was not required to plead. Bail was refused and the matter was adjourned to 15th October 2025 for report, the police said.

    It was explained that Gittens is accused of stealing a little over $5 million from the GECOM Secretariat at Barrack and Fort Streets, Kingston, Georgetown, sometime between September 15 and 16, 2025.

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