Two dismissed workers of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of Liberia have accused the establishment’s Director General, Edwin W. Harris of wrongfully dismissing them.
Recently, the FIU introduced the dismissal of two of its workers, Cooper Leamah and Amos Goba for allegedly breaching its confidentiality rule by leaking delicate info for private positive aspects.
The FIU, in a press release sanctioned by its Director General, acknowledged that the pair’s alleged actions have been in violation of part 67.13 of the FIU Act of 2012 and part 6.7.6 of the Human Resources Hand Book of the FIU, the Code of Conduct and Statement of Confidentiality. It added that the dismissed workers might be forwarded to the Ministry of Justice for prosecution.
However, in an unique interview with FrontPage Africa dwell, Leamah and Goba debunked the allegations made in opposition to them, and mentioned they have been unjustifiably dismissed.
Specifically, the FIU accused Amos Goba of utilizing his connection to conduct unlawful investigations and reporting to folks outdoors of the FIU; actions the FIU mentioned have been meant to soil the picture and character of respected people in society.
It additionally accused him of gross insubordination however mentioned allegation has since been denied by Mr. Goba.
“In my letter, it sated that I was found discussing classified information with people who are not with me in my department at the FIU, as well as people outside the FIU. And then the Director also alleged that I rendered him gross insubordination. With this in mind, why there was no action taken? There were no time that I have ever been investigated at the FIU; neither have I been warned before. So, to see a huge police presence, I thought that the FIU boss was up for something else.”
Goba defined that he and his colleagues had gone to work on Monday, June 27, 2022 and later that morning, a senior workers of the FIU, escorted by a number of members of the Emergency Response Unit (ERU) went to their respective workplaces with the letters of dismissal.
According to him, he was shocked as he has by no means been served a warning letter or knowledgeable of his alleged acts previous to being served the dismissal letter.
“The FIU boss did not send the information that he said I breached, though it borders on state crime to the relevant authorities for investigation. What he thought to do, instead, was to do publication and send it to the public to view his action and it left us wondering where in this world that somebody is not given a due process, and then you are dismissed with huge police presence.”
For Cooper Leamah, the FIU mentioned he was the pinnacle of study on the establishment, and in his capability, gave tip off to a suspect beneath investigation for suspicious cash transaction. This suspect, the FIU alleged occurs to be Leamah’s boss of ten years. His alleged motion, the FIU acknowledged, destroyed the proof and rendered the investigation meaningless.
Explaining his ordeal, Leamah mentioned in all of his time on the FIU, he has not been warned of any fallacious doing. According to him, there are procedures that ought to have been adopted in investigating them, as a substitute of taking the airwave and the print media to tarnish their hard-earned characters.
Storming their workplaces with group of armed law enforcement officials and forcefully disconnecting their digital machines have been intimidating and in opposition to greatest administration apply, he mentioned.
The FIU’s actions, he famous has vastly affected him, and vowed to take the rightful steps in proving his innocence.
“It (allegation) has affected my profession so badly because I don’t intend to stay in Government for the next five years. And I have a deep profession in this Anti-Money Laundering/Countering Terrorist Financing. So, by publishing that information on the net, it has gone all around the world – place that I have designation in my profession they have already gotten the news, and it is going to disconnect me from the network. That’s how grave it is going to be. I am a certified Anti-Money Laundering specialist.”
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