BUREAU DE CHANGE WORKER TELLS COURT HE SPENT D1.9 M ON GAMBLING BETS – The Standard Newspaper

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BUREAU DE CHANGE WORKER TELLS COURT HE SPENT D1.9 M ON GAMBLING BETS – The Standard Newspaper

By Amadou Jadama Tijan Jallow, an employee of Afro Express Bureau de Change in Brikama was yesterday arraigned at the local magistrate’s court charged with stealing over D1.9 million from his employer. When asked to enter a plea, he denied stealing the money. However, when Principal Magistrate Anna Mendy pointedly asked him how he spent the money, Tijan said he expended it on gambling bets. Afro Express is claiming Jallow, 28, stole D1,975,84 fr…