A MAN who posed as a Police Inspector was remanded to prison on a fraud charge.

ON Tuesday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court City Magistrate Leron Daly remanded Paul Watson, 40, of Zelugt, West Coast Demerara, who pleaded not guilty to the charge, which stated that between March 2017 and June 12, 2017 with intent to defraud Gouind Sundar, he obtained $ 790,000 by falsely pretending that he was in a position to obtain a firearm license for Sundar.

Police Prosecutor Sanj Singh objected to bail after an application was made by Watson’s lawyer Bernard De Santos. Singh objected to bail on the ground that Watson has a matter of similar nature pending. The matter was adjourned until July 14.

According to the facts of the case, Sundar is a businessman in Georgetown. The businessman had gone to Brickdam Police station and handed over the documents to process his gun license. However, he was later called by Watson, who identified himself as an Inspector of Police. Watson later made further contact with Sundar three weeks later and instructed him to meet a police constable at the Parliament Building, where the individual received the cash.