People who became victims of a suspected scam in Kongulai, Kakabona and Mount Austin are calling on responsible authorities to investigate their issue.
A Junior Malaha of Kongulai, Northwest Guadalcanal told SIBC News that a man claiming to be a Robert Salu went to the people of the three communities the previous week and sold them forms for $300 claiming that they will be paid $65,000 funding from the Government for their projects.
“What happened was that somebody who claimed to be an officer from the Ministry of Agriculture came to our community with a particular form and told us to fill them in with a registration fee of $300 per form. We did the registration and hand them back to him and he told us to collect our funding on Wednesday. He mentioned that a person can get $65,000 of funding.”
