Former education ministry permanent secretary, three others under MOCA, FID investigation
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The article describes MOCA and FID conducting search-and-seizure operations tied to an Auditor General report on the Ministry of Education and implicates a former permanent secretary, indicating active anti-corruption and financial investigation involving public funds/governance.
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The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) and Financial Investigations Division (FID) on Friday morning conducted search and seizure operations at premises in three parishes, one of which is linked to former permanent secretary in the education ministry Grace McLean.
“The investigation stemmed from an Auditor General report on the Ministry of Education some time ago,” MOCA’s Director of Communication Major Basil Jarrett told OBSERVER ONLINE.
“We seized several devices, including cellphones and laptops, and documents relating to that investigation which will be taken in for processing by our cyber and forensic experts,” Major Jarrett added.
The operations, he said, took place at nine locations — five in the Corporate Area, one in Westmoreland, and three in St James.
Three other individuals are under investigation in this operation.
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