Fraud accused obtained $12.8M on bogus cheques
NIGEL Adams, of Lot 21 Ogle, East Coast Demerara, appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday, on five charges, three alleging fraud involving $12.8M. He was ordered to post a total of $500,000 bail and return to court on July 12.
One of the indictable charges said, on December 9, 2009, he, together with person or persons unknown, conspired to obtain $2.7M by virtue of Bank of Guyana cheque from the Accountant General’s Department in the Ministry of Finance.
Another charge said he did similarly, between December 9, 2009 and January 14, 2011, obtaining $6.2M on one more cheque from the same source.
A third such allegation said Adams got $3.9M on a Ministry of Health cheque between December 9, 2010 and March 18, 2011.
He also faced threatening language charges that, last April 16 and 17, he threatened Shamshun Mohammed but pleaded not guilty to them.
Police Inspector Stephen Telford, prosecuting, Adams, having been implicated in the conspiracy, went to Mohammed’s home and warned her that, if she said anything concerning the offences, he would kill her and her family.
The prosecutor said the woman became scared for her life and reported the threats.