Driver admits withholding €10,000 due to Arriva
An Arriva driver admitted in court today that he did not hand the company the money which passengers paid for their tickets.
The court heard how Carl Grima, 31 of Birkirkara, issued tickets to his passengers but did not remit the takings - nearly €10,000 - to the company.
Police Inspector Jonathan Ferris said the accused had told the police that he had started to pocket the takings because he was owed €3,300 by Arriva in salaries and bonus. The money had not been paid to him because of problems related to his registration with the Employment Training Corporation,
He also told the police he had spent the money to pay a loan on his car and for home improvements.
Arriva finance department official Carmen Galea confirmed that the accused was owed €3,300 and said the company was only seeking to recover the difference.
The accused declared he was prepared to repay Arriva within six months.
Sentence will be delivered in the coming days.
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Mr Emanuel Farrugia
Nov 23rd 2012, 08:42
Zmien 'l buzullotti ta' kuljum f'din 'l bicca qoxra ta' gzira sa kemm tispicca d-dinja, u aktar ma' jghaddi z-zmien, aktar 'l buzullotti qeghdin isiru u jikbru, ghax kulhadd qeghda tikbirlu rasu u kulhadd sar gharef.
Emanuel Farrugia former Executive Secretary Mtarfa Local Council
stephen portelli
Nov 23rd 2012, 06:20
Drivers not paid,drivers creating chaos in streets,drivers destroying port de bombes,drivers inventing that they where stolen to loose job,drivers crashing cars,drivers hit and run,drivers stopping away from shelters,drivers always late, drivers arrogant with customers , drivers create every day an accident ,drivers take action against their company u ZMIEN IL BUZULLOTTI SPICCA UX ?
Steven Smith
Nov 23rd 2012, 12:46
just like the good old days is it not :)
Charles Muscat
Nov 23rd 2012, 02:06
Was this one sick on the job too?
Peter Murray
Nov 22nd 2012, 23:03
Take his car off him as collateral and part payment of the money he stole.He never waited six months to take the money did he -so why allow him that time to repay?
Emanuel Muscat
Nov 22nd 2012, 21:18
I was even 'sold' a used ticket on one occasion by the bus driver!
mark borg
Nov 22nd 2012, 20:19
10 k stolen from just one driver, from such a small place like Malta...just shows, what an unprofessional and mediocre entity they are
roberto bordino
Nov 23rd 2012, 06:12
At least they give you the correct change. The old bus drivers never gave the change and if you asked for it you could get beat up. You have such short memories. Compared to the old service, this service is 1st class
Michael Camileri
Nov 22nd 2012, 20:09
Just how can Arriva Malta not account for takings on a daily basis....??? Something very very wrong in this company!
Christopher Pollard
Nov 22nd 2012, 18:05
Why not have the same system as on the continent where the driver doesn't handle any money at all? All tickets have to be bought either before you get on the bus or from a little machine on the bus, the latter usually at a slightly higher cost. It seems to work very well and reduces the time at each stop.
mark johnson
Nov 22nd 2012, 17:22
No problem, Carl., simply stand to be elected as an MEP.
Charles Micallef
Nov 22nd 2012, 17:11
Are Arriva such an easy touch, this is one of a number of their drivers who were accused of similar offences.
Dunstan Crockford
Nov 22nd 2012, 16:15
Arriva is also week in its accounting system! How could we expect them to deliver?
William x
Nov 22nd 2012, 16:07
Probably just didn't care !
Julian Borg
Nov 22nd 2012, 15:35
With this sort of attitude no wonder there are problems!
Christian Sciberras
Nov 22nd 2012, 15:25
So he effectively took a loan out of Arriva? Hilarious.
John Dee
Nov 22nd 2012, 15:21
..... and he thought Arriva would not notice? Dooooh!
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