A 57-year-old businessman and his seven months pregnant teenage mistress were, on Friday, February 15, 2019, remanded to prison by City Magistrate Leron Daly for a series of fraud-related charges, in relation to house lot scams.

Rajeshwar Persaud, called Raj Persaud and Renika Rajbance, 19, were separately arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Persaud was slapped with three counts of fraud and was remanded to prison until March 13, 2019, after he denied the charges.

The first charge alleged that, on May 29, 2018, at Charlotte Street, Persaud, with intent to defraud, induced Rajbance to affix her signature to an agreement of sale for a property at Lot 189 Prospect, East Bank Demerara, valued $1.7M, in favor of Rodwell and Doreen Fortune, in order that it may be, afterward, converted to a valuable security property of Renika Rajbance.

The second charge alleged that, on July 31, 2018, at Eccles, East Bank Demerara, Persaud, with intent to defraud, induced Rajbance, to affix her signature to an agreement of sale for a property at Plantation Friendship for $1M in favor of Amanda Sooklall, in order that it may be, afterward, converted to a valuable security property of Renika Rajbance.
The third charge alleged that, on November 1, 2018, at Charlotte Street, Persaud, with intent to defraud, induced Rajbance to affix her signature to an agreement of sale for a property at Lot 186 Prospect, East Bank Demerara, valued $3M, in favor of Waleima Singh in order that it may be, afterward, converted to a valuable security property of Renika Rajbance.

Police Prosecutor, Richard Harris, told the court that Persaud was a witness in the murder of Godfrey Scipio, known as “Saga”, and had been on the run from the police.
Harris pointed out that Persaud had similar matters before the court and also had 10 on-going police investigations against him.

Meanwhile, Renika Rajbance was slapped with two similar charges and was remanded to prison until February 28, 2019, after she denied the charges.

The first charge alleged that, on November 1, 2018, at Charlotte Street, Rajbance obtained from Waleima Singh $3M, by falsely pretending that she was in a position to sell a property at Lot 186 Prospect, East Bank Demerara, knowing same to be false.

The second charge alleged that, on July 31, 2018, at Eccles, with intent to defraud, Rajbance obtained a sum of $1M from Amanda Sooklall for the property at Plantation Friendship, pretending that she was in a position to sell the property, knowing same to be false.