MONROVIA – The George Wisner, former Chairman of the National Investment Commission (NIC) and also a forerunner candidate for the chairmanship of the former ruling Unity Party risked being indicted on Monday for his issuing investment incentive in 2015 to a Czech company with Liberian partnership.
A writ of arrest and the indictment were to be served on him on Friday but was withheld because of a defect which would be ratified in a new indictment expected to be served on him on Monday.
The initial indictment, FrontPageAfrica gathered, which was being pushed by the Solicitor General, Cllr. Sayma Syrenius Cephus, was for criminal facilitation, allegedly over the grant of investment incentive in 2013, that was abused by the beneficiary.
Sources at the Ministry of Justice informed this paper that Friday’s indictment was withheld upon the realization that Mr. Wisner was by then at the Australian National University perusing his second graduate degree.
The Justice Ministry source also disclosed that Mr. Wisner might catch a difficult time getting an insurance company to grant him a bond as most of them have been intimidated.
Meanwhile, the Secretary of the Senate, the Secretary of the Liberian Senate, Nanborlor Singbeh would also be indicted and ordered arrested.
Singbe was the Liberian partner to MHM Eko-Liberia, an international company with 30% Liberian ownership and 70% owned by Czech Republic Partners, Martin Miloschewsky.
Also to be indicted and arrested are Othello Z.B. Karr, Karel Socher, Ales Sranmek, Sherman Longan, and Jan Holask.
Others are Barry F. Tequah, Ousman Fofana,Gloria Cain, Sylvester Selvkpoh, Patrick Saah Siaphia, Mulbah Kenneh, Patrick Siaphe and others to be identified.
The indictment by the Grand Jury of Montserrado County stated that in June 2013, up to July 2019, the complaints, Pavel Miloschewsky and Martin Miloschewsky of Czech Republic, expressed interest in the Liberian business sector with an intent to establish a company for the production of crushed rocks and other related activities and thereafter contacted Mr. Singbeh as an official of government.
It continues that Singbeh used his position in government to conspire and connive with Wisner, Karr, and Saysay along with others to obtain a “fake and fraudulent investment incentives” for duty free privileges in spite of the fact the company, MHM Eko Liberia, was established to engage in crushed rocks with a capital investment of US$7,616.152 hereby causing government to loss it’s needed revenue.
According to the indictment, a duty-free application no.103528 with 100% duty free entitlement dated December 12,2016 was granted in favor of MHM Eko Liberia for good supplied wheel load chassis 000683 and two power screen premier Trak totaling US$842,669.26 awarded US$16,853.39 as payable instead MHM paid the amount of US$8,261.00 thereby cheating the government.
The indictment added that in June 2013 and up to July 2019, Singbeh, while serving as Secretary of the Senate, was awarded 30% share but with criminal intent to commit crime opened two bogus accounts in the name of MHM Eko Liberia at Eco Bank and AFriLand Bank.
It stated that he conspired with others by convincing the majority shareholders to transfer US$2,495,109.00 and US$102,000,000.00 intended to pay custom duties on equipment imported, pay salaries of employees and other running cost.
During the periods of June 2013 up to July 2019 the defendants and others “planned, conspired, and dubbed Pavel Miloschewsky and Miloschewsky of Czech Republic out US$5,062,419.10,” the indictment added.