Businessman slapped with fraud related charges

May 14, 2017 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News

A business man was on Friday remanded to prison by City Magistrate Leron Daly after he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts charged with three counts of fraud related charges.
Ranford Williams, 28, denied all the charges after they were read to him by the magistrate.
The court heard that on November 24, last, at Water Street, Georgetown, he obtained credit by a forged Bank of Baroda cheque in the sum of $170,000, to Denzel Forde knowing that he did not have the said amount in his account to satisfy the sum.
The second charge read that on November 25, last, at Water Street, he obtained credit by a forged Bank of Baroda cheque in the amount of $70,519 to Denzel Forde knowing that he did not have the said amount in his account to satisfy the sum.
The last charge read that on November 26 at the same location; he obtained credit by a forged Bank of Baroda cheque in the amount of $1,500 to Denzel Forde knowing that he did not have the said amount in his account to satisfy the sum.
Police Prosecutor Bharat Mangru objected to bail citing the serious nature of the offence and the fact that the defendant was convicted before of a similar offence in another court.
Bail was denied and the defendant was remanded to prison, he will make his next court appearance on June 2.

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