Liberia: Former Police Training Chief Charged in Alleged U.S.$88,000 Contract Scam

MONROVIA – Police have charged the former head of the Liberia National Police Training Academy with taking US$88,000 in cash and goods from a businessman by promising him supply contracts at the academy that police say never existed.

Saymor K. Mulbah, a former deputy commissioner of police for training and manpower development, is charged with theft of property by deception and criminal conspiracy, according to a police charge sheet dated Sept. 29.

The charge sheet alleges that Mulbah took the…