A former employee of Utelligence Limited, a parent company of Palau Solar Corp, Ms. Rowena Munez Cawit, was charged with allegedly stealing over $30,000 from Palau Solar Corp. by fraudulently manipulating the company payroll system.
Ms. Rowena Cawit, a former employee of Penthouse Hotel, was released in 2022. She was then hired by Utelligence Limited and worked as an administrative assistant whose tasks included administrating the company payroll.
According to the police report, Ms. Cawit had allegedly obtained the PIN codes of Greg Decherong to process payroll and used the PIN access to make additional payments to herself and her boyfriend Allan Gayona.
The theft was found after a company audit which revealed 32 separate unauthorized transactions to Ms. Cawit’s Bank of Hawaii account of over $21,000 dollars and unauthorized supply payouts to herself and her boyfriend, totaling over $33,904.30.
Ms. Cawit was arrested and charged. Her bail was set at $2,000 or $4,000 surety. Her travel documents were seized and her status conference is set for December 27, 2023.