Housing Fraudster to be charged soon…More victims come forward

Sep 26, 2013 News

A number of persons have come forward with claims that they were hoaxed by a counterfeit land dealer who was captured by police during a sting operation on Tuesday.

Con artist – John Stewart

According to a source, a number of persons who were either scammed or approached by the con artist who has been identified as 48-year-old John Stewart, have come forward with allegations of losses, possibly amounting to millions of dollars.
The source further added that the police are now working to ascertain those who were actually swindled by the middle aged con artist. “We have many persons coming forward but we need enough evidence to tie him to the crimes,” the source said.
The bogus land dealer was caught by police last Tuesday during a daring daylight sting operation. It could have been a scene from the movies.
The scam artist got the shock of his life when he turned up confidently to carry out another fraudulent transaction expecting to receive liquid cash. Instead, he found himself in handcuffs, being whisked away to the police station.
Sources say the con artist whose aliases include “Yusuf Stuart” and “James Stuart” was wanted by the police for a variety of scams involving illegal sale of lands, carried out in the last year – the most recent being the sale of a house lot to a woman for a total of $3M.
Kaieteur News understands that the man is to be charged soon.