35-year-old Jermaine Fraser, of Westminster, West Bank Demerara and 29-year-old Michael Corbin, of Parfait, who are both police Sergeants, were each granted $250,000 bail by Magistrate Faith McGusty on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on a falsification of account charge.
The charge alleged that, Michael Corbin and Jermaine Fraser, on April 4, 2019, at Eve Leary, each being employed in the capacity of a clerk or servant by the Guyana Police Force Finance Office, willfully, and with intent to defraud, made a false entry in the accounts of their employer. That is to say, falsely entered the sum of $12,565,000 in the Integrated Financial Management and Information System without the existence of payment vouchers.
After the charge was read, they both were allowed to make a plea. Both Fraser and Corbin pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The attorney who represented Fraser requested reasonable bail, because, in spite of the seriousness of the charge, it was his first offence. The attorney also indicated that Corbin was in the same circumstance.
Magistrate McGusty, after hearing the case, granted both Fraser and Corbin bail of $250,000 each.
The matter was adjourned until Wednesday, March 25, 2020.