LAURYL Lamazon of Lot 1925 Section C, Diamond Housing Scheme, EBD, who for some 20 years had been a cashier at General Equipment Guyana Limited, was yesterday placed on $900,000 bail by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan after she appeared before her and pleaded not guilty to 30 charges involving swindling her employer of approximately $30M.Lamazon has been accused of embezzling the money, ranging from $27,000 to as much as $3.5M, between January and December 2014.
She was also charged with committing the said offence twice at the company’s outlet in Farm, East Bank Demerara — on February 20, 2014 and on March 23, 2014 when, being a clerk or servant to the said company, she allegedly embezzled $180,082 and $170,173 respectively, after she had collected these sums of money on behalf of the company.

Attorney-at-Law Mr. Nigel Hughes, representing Lamazon, asked the court to grant her reasonable bail because she has been reporting to the Brickdam Police Station as of April 2015, and she was not likely to be a flight risk because she had to lodge her passport at that station.
He also said that she has been complying with police requirements since the investigations commenced in 2014.

The police prosecutor did not object to bail, and the defendant was placed on bail on condition that she reports to the officer in charge of the Fraud Department at Police Headquarters, Eve Leary, Georgetown.

This matter has been adjourned to February 29, 2016.