Registrar of Deeds Azeema Baksh has told police that she never had the authority to authorise any payment to herself and all money she has received from her job was in keeping with a Cabinet decision.
Baksh broke her silence through a statement that was issued yesterday by her attorney, Nigel Hughes, which denied the allegations that she made fraudulent payments to herself of over $4 million and waived revenue due to the registry, while noting that she provided the police with all the documentation and other material to confirm her innocence.
Baksh was last week sent on administrative leave and on Tuesday the Chambers of the Attorney-General Basil Williams SC and the Ministry of Legal Affairs announced that it had referred complaints made by staff and their call for an investigation into alleged financial improprieties committed by her to the police.
