> One of the officials said Mr. Saleh had paid Mr. Haspil so well that he had been able to pay off the debts of several family members.
The train of thought that takes that to the comment
> The article mentions the stolen money was used to pay off family debts. He allegedly murdered Mr. Saleh after he was caught and fired.
must make sense in some degree to the comment author
Interesting that human information copying is subject to such large transcription errors over such a short period of time.