Woman swindled of millions of dollars in pregnancy scam

A US-based Guyanese woman is warning women who reside in Guyana not to fall victim to a local conman who swindled her of millions of Guyana dollars through the provision of false medications and promises of pregnancy.

She identified the man as a former resident of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo who now resides at La Bonne Intention (LBI), East Coast Demerara. She said the man goes by the name “Krishna Sookdan”.

Recalling her story, the woman said that it all started in 2015. Ms Singh (only name given) was introduced to Krishna who was recommended to her as someone who had great medicine and spiritual powers. At the time, she had a severe rash on her skin and the over-the-counter medication being given by the pharmacy was not assisting.

“I send a lot of money [to Guyana] since 2015 to buy medicine to fix my skin, and nothing was done. In the meantime, I was told as well that he could get me pregnant, since I was in a relationship and wanted a child; and that by doing meditation and using the medicine, my partner could have gotten me pregnant,” she said.

She continued: “So I believed him and I went to Guyana in January 2016, and we did some spiritual things at sea. And later he called me and told me I was pregnant in November 2016, the same week that I was going to India. [He told me that] as soon as I return [from India] that I had to come to Guyana.”

She explained that upon her return to Guyana, she was escorted by her mother who was also supportive in her venture. “I actually thought I was pregnant because my belly looked slightly swollen and I told Krishna that I would be going to the doctor, but he told me right away if I do that, the pregnancy might fail because the doctor will have to check me with their fingers and that will give me a miscarriage,” she said.

Ms. Singh explained that she had sent thousands of US dollars to the conman without even realising that something was amiss about all the requests the swindler had made.
“I kept sending money for him every week or every two weeks sometimes. This man made me even take out a loan for him, since he claims that he will give it back to me, since he sold his restaurant in Leguan. Up to this day, I never see the money back. He said that the bank will send it to me; I never got anything,” she lamented.

After several months passed, Ms. Singh visited a gynaecologist and was awakened to the reality she was not pregnant.

Adding that she later became depressed, Ms. Singh said upon investigation, she learned that “Krishna” was also responsible for swindling many women with deceit, tricks and lies, based on their needs.

She noted that upon reflection, all the times she sent money to him, it would never be in his name, but in his girlfriend’s name, but that she had never been suspicious of this at first.

“Right now I understand that I was not the only one he did this to. Many women he had done this to and after this happen to me, then I found out the horror stories. Many women he threatened to send evil spirits to hurt or kill them and their family, that’s why no one reported him to the police,” she said.

However, she said that she is no longer fearful of him and is instead seeking to spread awareness to others in society to not be susceptible to such swindles. “I recently learned that this man is living in LBI and driving taxi taking children to school. He should not even be around children and he is a very dangerous and deceptive person.” Ms. Singh said she is now trying to rectify the broken relationship within her family which occurred as a result of “Krishna’s” lies.

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