MONROVIA – The Ministry of Justice insists that it has officially charged CRANE Currency, the company which stands accused of conniving with the staff of the Central Bank of Liberia to print excess Liberian dollar banknotes and under reporting same, with economic sabotage, criminal conspiracy and criminal facilitation. The Justice Ministry’s insistence is based on a March 21 release by the printing house denying ever being indicted by the Government of Liberia and at the same time, denying any form of wrong doing in the printing of the Liberian dollar banknotes. According to the Ministry of Justice, charges were leveled against CRANE since March 4 and the case is scheduled for the May Term at Criminal Court “C” of the Temple of Justice in Monrovia. In its March 21 press release, CRANE denied allegations of receiving kickbacks to violate the contract with the Government of Liberia. The CBL procured the services of Crane AB for both contracts without adhering to its own internal tendering policies for procurement, the report said.

Source: Front Page Africa April 02, 2019 01:52 UTC