Police at the National Fraud and Anti-Corruption Directorate have arrested the former caretaker administrator of the PNG Teachers Association over fraud allegations.
54-year-old Andric Yagro of Bogumatai village, Wewak district, East Sepik Province, was arrested on Nov 3 and charged with one count of abuse of office and misappropriating K138,226.10.
The funds he is alleged to have abused his office to misappropriate, belongs to the PNG Teachers Association.
This allegedly took place after he was appointed caretaker administrator on May 13,2016, by the Industrial Registrar. This was after the PNGTA General Secretary, Ugwalubu Mowana, was suspended over misappropriation allegations.
Police allege that within two months of Yagro’s time in office, he withdrew K138,226.10 from the PNGTA payroll account and paid the monies to accounts belonging to his family and friends, where he later collected the money for his personal use.
The missing funds were later discovered by Mowana, after the National Court re-instated him to office.
Yagro is on K1000 bail and is expected to appear at the Waigani Committal Court soon.