Owner and CEO of a company awarded a Government Cultural Legacy Fund has assured the public the money is going toward it's education programme.

Duval Spencer, of Kat King Productions and creator of AJ The Little Gombey, spoke out last night over allegations that a $7,500 fund awarded to his company was going to Harrison Isaac Jr. who defrauded Government of $1.9 million in 2003-04.

Mr. Spencer, who created the gombey education programme, said Mr. Isaac Jr. had simply helped out him with the paper work and that he is not employed by the company

He said: "Harrison worked for Government. He knew how to fill out the grant form. I didn't. This is new for me. Mr. Isaac wrote it in my name and for my son and it was OK'd and apparently the permanent secretary was worried there was something untoward going on.

"I am not employing him. He volunteers where he can. He has no equity and I do not pay him for things that he does.

"His name is not on any of my accounts. He has no say on where this goes. Transparency is everything. We were not trying to put anything over so his name was on it."

Allegations were made that Mr. Isaac Jr., on the advise of Cultural Minister Neletha Butterfield, left his name off a $7,500 Cultural Legacy Fund grant application for AJ the Little Gombey mascot educational programme.

It was alleged on ZBM news Ms. Butterfield then approved the application, while her Permanent Secretary Wayne Carey did not endorse it.

But Culture Minister Neletha Butterfield denied claims she granted money to Mr. Isaac Jr. and said she had: "never spoken to or seen Harrison Isaac Jr. with regard to a Cultural Legacy Fund Application."

Yesterday Mr. Carey offered no comment and Head of the Civil Service, Kenneth Dill did not respond to a request for comment at the time of going to press.

Mr. Spencer added that he dislikes the chaos caused by these allegations, but said society needed to give rehabilitated individuals a chance.