A Hu'atolitoli prisoner who posted on Facebook her delight in being freed for weekends - only weeks after she was sentenced to three years and four months imprisonment, has had her prison furloughs suspended after a formal complaint was made to Tonga's penal system.
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Monday 23 December 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Thursday 24 October 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
In sentencing Tafolosa Bloomfield, a former Miss Heilala, to three-years and four-months imprisonment in Hu‘atolitoli Prison today, a Tongan Supreme Court judge said that her deceit was audacious and her embezzlement case was by far the worst of its kind he had encountered in Tonga.
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Monday 9 September 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Supreme Court judge in Tonga, in jailing a tearful embezzler on September 6 said the crime had become commonplace in Tonga. “Embezzlement has to stop,” said Mr Justice Charles Cato, who warned stakeholders to address the problem before it was too late and companies would not operate in Tonga. “Corruption at any level or shape in Tonga needs to be wiped out,” he said.
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Tuesday 27 August 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tafolosa Bloomfield, a former Miss Heilala, was today remanded in custody for sentencing after a jury found her guilty of embezzling over $204,000 from her former employer, Forum Travel Ltd. while she was working as a travel consultant.
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Wednesday 7 August 2013
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A former Miss Heilala charged with embezzlement of $179,782 from her employer and theft of airline tickets worth nearly a quarter of a million pa'anga, maintained her not guilty plea yesterday, while a co-accused changed his plea and pleaded guilty to embezzlement, at the start of a jury trial.
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