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BOND clerk Hemraj Singh Pahalad, of Number 11 Village, who is charged with embezzling $16M from his employer, businessman Ramdial Ramoutar, of Bath Waterloo, also at West Coast Berbice, was remanded to prison on Thursday. The defendant appeared before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo, at New Amsterdam Court, in Berbice, too, where Police Corporal Orin Joseph, prosecuting, successfully objected to bail.
The prosecutor said the defendant, who pleaded not guilty, was attempting to flee to neighbouring Venezuela when arrested.
It was alleged that the defendant, a married father of four, was employed by the virtual complainant for 12 years when he committed the crime between February 2 and 16 last.
Police said Pahalad, 53, was tasked with managing Ramoutar’s bond and delivering merchandise.
Particulars of the offence said Pahalad, at Waterloo, Bath Settlement, being employed as a clerk or servant by Ramoutar, fraudulently embezzled $16M.
The case has been transferred to Fort Wellington Court, West Coast Berbice, for hearing on March 28.
The prosecutor said the defendant, who pleaded not guilty, was attempting to flee to neighbouring Venezuela when arrested.
It was alleged that the defendant, a married father of four, was employed by the virtual complainant for 12 years when he committed the crime between February 2 and 16 last.
Police said Pahalad, 53, was tasked with managing Ramoutar’s bond and delivering merchandise.
Particulars of the offence said Pahalad, at Waterloo, Bath Settlement, being employed as a clerk or servant by Ramoutar, fraudulently embezzled $16M.
The case has been transferred to Fort Wellington Court, West Coast Berbice, for hearing on March 28.
