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Bogus passport tendered to obtain $2.5M lodged with Supreme Court

Apr 22, 2012 News

Two brothers have engaged the police in trying to find out who was responsible for withdrawing $2.5M that was lodged in a city bank through the Supreme Court.
The money was discovered missing when one of the brothers, Terrence Gill, turned up in Guyana for the Easter holidays to claim it after six years.
The money was part payment for a property they owned on Second Street, Alberttown.
Court officials are claiming that someone purporting to be the property owner had presented identification to claim the money some time in 2005.
But Terrence Gill is adamant that it was not him since he had not returned to Guyana since 2002.
Melvin Gill told Kaieteur News that in April 2005, he was instructed by the Chief Justice to lodge the money with the court as a settlement with his brother, Terrence, over a property at 100 Second Street Alberttown.
Terrence Gill resides in Washington DC, USA and the money was to be paid to him upon him presenting himself with proper identification.
The money was therefore lodged by the Supreme Court, with a city bank, earning interest as was instructed by the Chief Justice.
“I learnt about the money in 2006 and I figured that my money was safe,” Terrence Gill told this newspaper.
He arrived in Guyana on April 6, last, with the intention of enjoying the Easter holidays and making arrangements to collect the money that was there for him.
Five days later he went to the Supreme Court Registry to collect but was immediately met with some suspicions.
“At first they were trying to trace the money. They took my passport and after a few minutes they came back and told me that they will contact me later.” Terrence Gill said that he left the Registry and contacted the staff there the day after.
His suspicions grew after repeated requests to speak to the person he had dealt with the day before were met with “He’s busy”; “He’s at a meeting”.
On Friday April 13, Gill got the shock of his life when he turned up at the Registry only to be told that someone had withdrawn the money.
The person had produced a passport #032752 bearing his name which the court had accepted to justify instructing the bank to make the payment.
“They told me that the person came with a legit passport, and I told them it can’t be. I got a little upset and walked out,” Gill told this newspaper.
He was shown the signature that the court accepted as his, and was most flabbergasted since it bore no resemblance whatsoever to his.
Gill contacted his brother who had made the arrangement with the court and he too was devastated to learn about what had transpired.
The persons had managed to secure a cheque from the city bank where the money was lodged for the initial $2.5M as well as the interest it had accrued.
The police were eventually contacted and an investigation was launched.
Terrence Gill said that he has no intention of giving up the matter since he intends to return to Guyana some time soon to spend the rest of his life.

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