Two Chinese nationals were each fined $75,000 with an alternative of three months in prison for forging work permits.
Yan Zhan Chow and Zhing Hing Chow pleaded guilty when they faced Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, yesterday.
The couple, restaurateurs from East Canje, Berbice, admitted that they conspired together with persons unknown to forge work permits purporting to show that they were genuinely issued by the Central Immigration Authority.
According to the charges both Chow and his wife presented to immigration officers, Gonsalves and McLennan two Republic of China passports with counterfeit work permits affixed.
The court was told that the couple legally entered Guyana via the Pomeroon crossing but later decided to forge the document to continue with their business operation in the Berbice area.