Chimeka Gibbs at a previous court appearance. Photo: Tim Clarke/Tribune Staff
By NICO SCAVELLA
Tribune Staff Reporter
nscavella@tribunemedia.net
THE amount of extra money former College of The Bahamas employee Chimeka Gibbs received in payroll deposits from the college since 2010 increased by approximately $10,000 within a two-year window, Supreme Court jurors heard yesterday, totaling more than $100,000.
Indira Rolle, Scotiabank’s senior manager for service and support, taking the witness stand before Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson, said after receiving some $36,547.50 in COB payroll deposits to one of her Scotiabank savings accounts in 2010, Gibbs received $37,103.25 in 2011, which then increased to $48,000 in 2012.
Based on those figures, Gibbs received a total of $121,650.75 extra in COB payroll deposits within a three-year span. She had an annual salary of $32,310 as a human resources assistant at COB, which was confirmed by a job letter from COB dated May 24, 2011.
The $48,000 figure was the result of Gibbs receiving $4,000 extra in monthly COB payroll deposits for all of 2012, while the former figure of $37,103.25 was reflective of varied payroll deposits in 2011 - for example, the deposits fluctuated from $4,000 in May to $246.06 in November before soaring back up to $4,000 in December of that year.
Gibbs is on trial accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars between March 2008 and October 2015 while serving as an employee at COB.
She is facing eight counts of stealing by reason of employment and 16 counts of falsification of accounts.
It is alleged that Gibbs stole over $500,000 from COB by reason of her employment at the institution. It is also alleged she falsified numerous COB direct deposit files, the result of which purported to show she was entitled to over $200,000 in salary payments.
According to court documents, Gibbs served as both a senior clerk and a human resources assistant at the college. She was arraigned in June 2016. COB transitioned into a university later that year.
Roger Gomez represents Gibbs while Al-Leecia Delancey and Antania Rolle-Taylor represent the Crown.
The trial continues.
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