The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) has started legal action against Alicia David-Jones, a former account executive, in relation to missing funds totaling close to $500,000.
Guardian Media Sport confirmed the legal action through a response to a Freedom of Information Act request from the Judiciary, dated August 12.
The action follows a promise by TTCB attorneys-at-law Henry Chase and Navinda Ramnanan back in June, to file civil proceedings against David-Jones to recover the alleged missing funds.
As first reported by the Trinidad Guardian in November 2023, a TTCB audit by former treasurer Kiswah Chaitoo, found that up to half a million dollars in funding was missing.
Chaitoo, a forensic accountant, reported in the AGM that he was unable to verify how $132,313 of TTCB funds up to July 31, 2023 – originally allocated for administration, cleaning, match fees, training and development, travelling, as well as office and general expenses – had been spent.
According to Chaitoo, further investigations revealed that more than $500,000 was unaccounted for.
Subsequently, David-Jones, who is being sued, wrote a resignation letter, admitting to taking some of the funds.
There is also an ongoing police investigation into the matter.