A pensioner was on Wednesday released on $10,000 bail when he appeared in court on an alleged $14 million property fraud.

Florence Marshall, 70, appeared before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and denied the charge which state that on May 3, 2017 at Georgetown, with intent to defraud, she obtained $14,418,067 under, upon or by virtue of a forged instrument, that is to say a last will and testament purporting to show that it was signed by Hubert Da Costa Burgess, knowing same to be forged.

The woman’s attorney made a bail application. The police prosecution had no objection but asked that substantial bail be granted. According to the police facts, on July 17, 2018, the defendant was granted the property by way of a last will and testament of the late Hubert Burgess which was prohibited and administrated. It was later discovered by Sabrina Burgess, daughter of the deceased, that the signature on the last will and testament was not her father’s, as a result she reported the matter and submitted the documents.

Marshall was released on $10,000 bail by the magistrate and the matter was adjourned to October 26, 2018.