AN habitual fraudster was yesterday sentenced to 14 months in jail at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court,after she was found guilty of larceny by clerk or servant. Jasodra Bahadur, 35, a sales representative of Lot 18 Block ‘CC’ Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, was slapped with seven charges; however, the magistrate dismissed six of the charges for the lack of evidence.
Bahadur however was found guilty of the charge which read that on February 13, 2013 at Georgetown,she stole $597,659, property of Mohamed R.D. Khan.
The case which started in 2013 and was presided over by Magistrate Judy Latchman, ended when the magistrate stated that the prosecution had satisfied her in their presentations that the accused had stolen the money while being employed as a sales representative of New Horizon Food and Manufacturing Distribution Company and betrayed the trust of the businessman .
The matter was prosecuted by Police Prosecutor Vishnu Hunt, while Bahadur was represented by attorney-at-law Latchmie Rahamat.
The prosecution alleged that Mohamed RD Khan is a customer and usually signs blank cheques and the accused, who was assigned to deal with Khan, is responsible for inserting the amount and name of her employer. However, the accused would instead insert her name on the cheque, along with a large amount of money, change the cheque and give her employer their money and then keep the rest for herself.
The magistrate in her ruling impressed upon the defendant, the commandment “thou shall not steal.” Bahadur currently still has several forgery and embezzlement charges by her employer before the court ,while other matters similar in nature are currently being investigated by the police.

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