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Atalig: Stolen checks no monetary benefit for takers
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Posted on Dec 22 2005
The people who stole the checks from the CNMI Treasury Office Wednesday only wasted their time as they would not be able to cash it, said Finance Secretary Fermin M. Atalig yesterday.
“There’s no way they could cash it because the numbers are already out in public and the banks have been alerted,” said the Finance chief.
Atalig said he received no investigation update yet on the burglary and theft incident, which was discovered early Wednesday morning.
“It’s probably just a prank. They should have known that it won’t benefit them,” said the official.
The department announced Wednesday that 195 blank government checks for personnel payroll and rebate were stolen, alerting Bank of Guam and other CNMI banks to prevent the drawdown of funds using the checks.
Finance said that 194 checks numbered 499741 to 499934, and check no. 219047 were missing.
The set of checks fall under the government’s payroll fund deposited at Bank of Guam under account no. 0103-025700, while the other check pertains to the CNMI’s rebate trust under account no. 0103-137442.
Based on accounts, at least three glass windows of the Treasury offices were broken, including two that are near the public entrance door.
