Fired embassy worker missing
A former employee of the United States Embassy here, who turned himself over to the police in the company of his lawyer yesterday, has reportedly gone missing. Eton Cordis, 31, of Dennis Street Campbellville, was taken into Eve Leary Police Station yesterday morning by his lawyer, attorney-at-law Basil Williams, after he heard that the police were looking for him. Cordis had allegedly worked closely with Thomas Carroll, who is accused of operating the largest US visa-selling operation ever. Cordis, who worked at the embassy for some five years as a technician, was dismissed after the visa sale scam was made public. Williams told Stabroek News that his client was one of three persons who had been dismissed. He said that Cordis had revealed that twice he had seen men in parked vehicles watching his home, but he had not been approached. It was learnt that on Tuesday night members of the Quick Reaction Group, visited the man's house and left a message that he was wanted at Eve Leary. Williams said he left his client with an officer whom he knew at Eve Leary. The lawyer said he returned later in the day and was told that his client was going to be placed on $5,000 bail, although he was not charged. He said he told the man's wife to visit the station and pay the bail, but when she arrived there her husband was not there. The mother of two was reportedly told that her husband was at Brickdam Police Station but she didn't find him there either. The man's wife who preferred not be named said that she was extremely worried about her husband's safety. Carroll, 32, a US embassy official, and 36-year-old auto parts dealer, Halim Khan, who hails from West Coast Demerara, were arrested on March 17, in Miami and Chicago, respectively. They are both being held without bond. Khan was said to be Carroll's go-between.
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