CLARENDON, Jamaica — A 31-year-old woman was arrested last week after more than $4 million was misappropriated from a Chinese wholesale in May Pen, Clarendon.

Kadesha Chambers, otherwise called Desha, from Mount Clair in the parish, was charged following an audit at the business place.

Chambers, who worked as a cashier with the wholesale, has been charged with larceny as a servant, possession of criminal property and engaging in a transaction that involves criminal property.

It was reported that the businessman hired someone to conduct an audit at the wholesale on January 19, 2022.

During the audit, which covered the period January 2020 to January 7, 2022, duplicate receipts were observed to have been tendered by Chambers, while original receipts were handed in by other cashiers.

The audit uncovered that these duplicate receipts were non-genuine transactions as they were not traceable to the credit card settlement report for the days under review.

Likewise, the originals of these credit card slips, were already included in other cashier balancing reports. The audit discovered that $4,308,371.31 was misappropriated from the wholesale and the proprietor gave the police a statement.

On September 23, 2022, a further statement was recorded from the businessman, and on September 27, 2022, search warrants were executed at Chambers’ house in Mount Clair, and a shop said to be owned by the accused.

She was then arrested and escorted to the May Pen Police Station, where she was charged.