Working with my supervisor in the accounting department of Air Jamaica was an unusual experience. The man lived a lavish lifestyle. He did not drive a car, yet he did not take the bus. If he had to go to King Street from Harbour Street, one of his taxi drivers would take him. He was loved by all because every now and again, he would order Chinese lunch for his friends on the seventh floor.
I remember that I had to go to the bank to make lodgements for the company, and I had no security. He used to give me several cheques to cash at the bank. He told me that these were taxi drivers' cheques. He said that the bank was not willing to change their cheques because the taxi drivers had no accounts at the bank. He was my supervisor, so who was I to argue with him?
He was a big, thick man towering over me with an extended belly, probably storing all the Chinese food that he ate regularly. He had some strange-looking characters visiting him on a regular basis. I know he gave them things discreetly. After I was no longer with the company, a staff member told me that these guys were dons.
My supervisor was very popular in the company, and he made no attempt to hide what he was doing. Years later, when the police swooped down on the airline, a police officer told me that I could be in prison. I was the one who signed those cheques, which were cashed at the bank for the alleged taxi drivers. Over the years, these cheques must have totalled millions of dollars. The police showed me my signature on the cheques. I nearly peed myself in the office when I was told that these were fraudulent cheques.
I should point out that at that time, when the police swooped down on the department, I was now in another department. I must give thanks that some actions that I took saved me from prison. I had expressed my concerns to the chief internal auditor, and he confirmed this to the police. The VP for finance, who subsequently died, denied that I had a conversation with him. Wicked man.
That VP had collected a significant amount of the staff redundancy payments, and as far as I know, the staff member lost all their funds. That VP was a holy man, being a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses faith, and people trusted him.
The story started to develop now about what was happening at that level of the company. Major fraud involving those who compensated passengers for lost and damaged bags and also for transporting delayed bags. This apparently involved several staff members. I noticed that staff were being suspended left, right, and centre. I asked the VP if I should go home, and he instructed me to go and do my work.
My supervisor had now become aware that things were closing in on him. He got on the first available flight to the US. He has not been seen since. If he is still alive in the US, then we might see him soon on one of Trump's deportee flights.
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