A BERBICE man was on Monday jailed for nine months after being found guilty of fraud.

City Magistrate Leron Daly handed down the sentence to 31-year old Gangadin Mahase of Berbice. Mahase was charged with fraudulently converting over $500,000 in items entrusted to him.

The charge read that between January 11 and January 26, at Georgetown, being entrusted by Rameshwar Singh with three Panasonic air-conditioning units, valued $582,921, which he was asked to sell, he fraudulently converted same to his own use and benefit.

Police Prosecutor Kevin London had told the court that defendant sold the air conditioning units but he did not hand over the proceeds to Singh. In his first appearance in court Mahase requested some time for him to acquire all the funds but he never paid the virtual complaint.