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MARAD discover forgery in Bartica speedboat operations
Members of the Bartica Speedboat Association are calling on the authorities to properly investigate the blatant disrespect of a particular group of operators.
Chairman of the Association, Leslie Nurse, explained that the entire incident stemmed from a forged replacement document which was sent to the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD).
Raven, the speedboat at the center of the controversy
According to Nurse, a former member of the association had requested that a vessel named the “First Lady” be changed to “Raven”. Kaieteur News was told that the member is the owner of the vessel.
Nurse said that the member went to him for his signature which needed to be affixed to the document to be submitted to MARAD.
“He got me to sign but forged the other two member’s signatures” Nurse told this newspaper. This newspaper was told that the document was submitted to MARAD which immediately observed several discrepancies and contacted Mr. Nurse.
According to Nurse, the member admitted to the forgery and was cautioned by MARAD that his actions were criminal.
Soon after, Nurse said, they wrote to the member and informed him that he was being relieved of his position. As such the member needed to hand over all articles belonging to the Bartica Speedboat Association.
Nurse said that the former member has not handed over any of the articles and continues to disregard the code of conduct of the association. Moreover after the membership was revoked, MARAD refused to issue the replacement document.
Kaieteur News was told that even though MARAD had refused to issue the document the owner of the boat continued to operate the vessel. Kaieteur News was told that police were called in on Friday and again the owner of the vessel along with his brothers disregarded them and continued to operate the vessel.
Efforts last evening to contact MARAD officials proved futile.
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