PHILIPSBURG:--- Rene Guishard the Air Traffic Controller that was also arrested in the Mitte investigation and subsequently fired by the Princess Juliana International Airport also lost his battle in the Court of First Instance on Tuesday.
Guishard violated his labor agreement by performing side jobs without having permission from his employer. Guishard is accused of submitting sketchy invoices to the tune of NAF. 769, 330.86 to PJIAE for cleaning up the grounds of PJIAE post-IRMA.
Investigators believe that Guishard committed fraud when he submitted the invoices, all of which were approved and paid by COO Michel Hyman. It should be noted that Michel Hyman was the sole director of PJIAE when Hurricane Irma hit the island on September 6th, 2017.
PJIAE asked Guishard after he was released from pre-trial detention to provide information to the Supervisory Board of Directors about his arrest and pretrial detention especially since he is accused of committing fraud at PJIAE. The court felt that the employer has a right to know if the allegations are factual as such they were entitled to the information they requested.
Click here for the verdict handed down by the Court of First Instance on Tuesday.
