A Rumbek court last week sentenced two employees of Ivory Bank branch to 10 years in prison after being found guilty on charges of abuse of office over the theft of $2,267 and over 28 million SSP from the bank.
The two convicts were identified as deputy bank manager Natale Marino Lual and the bank’s chief cash controller Kuol Wuol Kuol.
Following an audit of the Ivory Bank financial statements for the fiscal year 2018, Natali Marino and Kuol Wuol Kuol were arrested in December 2019, after the branch manager found out that $2,267 and over 28 million Pounds went missing.
“The two men were found guilty based on the evidence presented before the High Court. So the court has concluded that the two should be jailed for 10 years and pay back the money to the Ivory Bank branch in Rumbek,” said Presiding Judge Eid Sabit Eid, reading from a one-page ruling.
Mangui Dot, the Ivory Bank branch manager in Rumbek, welcomed the court ruling on the missing money.
"The High Court judge has made a decision against the two suspects to compensate for the disappearance of $2,267 and over 28 million Pounds. So the decision made by the court is commendable,” he said.
The two convicts’ defence lawyer declined to comment on the court ruling.