A JAMAICAN on Wednesday appeared before a city magistrate after he allegedly forged a Guyana passport.

It is alleged that on April 23, 2018 at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, with intent to defraud, Ricardo Brown uttered to Kevin Grant, an immigration officer, a forged passport purporting same to be issued by the Immigration Office, knowing same to be forged.
The 36-year-old Jamaican pleaded guilty to the charge

According to evidence presented in court by Prosecutor Gordon Mansfield, on the day in question, Ricardo Brown entered Guyana via Copa Airlines and he presented his passport with the name Jermaine Samuels and a photo inside.

The immigration officer entered the said passport’s serial number in the Border Management System and the name Ashana Singh came up. The passport was reported to have been stolen or lost. Further examination showed that it was tampered with.
Brown was fined $100,000 by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and ordered deported back to his country.