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Tampering of records…Gold Board clerk gets three charges, accountant slapped with three more

Aug 07, 2018 News

Former accountant, Rosanna Ramnarine, of the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) who was recently slapped with six charges in relation to stolen monies and engaging in fraudulent activities, was yesterday slapped with three additional charges.
Also charged yesterday was a former clerk at GGB, Deborah Langevine.
The women were jointly charged after they appeared before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Ramnarine, 35, a mother of one, of Lot 46 Republic Park, East Bank Demerara and Deborah Forbes, 50, a clerk, of Langevine Street, Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara, pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
They were released on $450,000 bail each, after they lawyer, Nigel Hughes, made successful bail applications.
Particulars of the first charged alleged that both of them between January 1, 2017 and February 28, 2017, at the Guyana Gold Board located at Lot 68 Brickdam, Georgetown, conspired to forge Guyana Gold Board payment voucher #80230, dated January 24, 2017.
The second charge read that both of them between January 1, 2017 and February 28, 2017, while being employed as a clerk or servant of (GGB) they stole $436,409, monies taken in possession or power of the GGB, their employer.
The last charge levelled against the duo stated that both of them between January 1, 2017 and February 28, 2017 at Guyana Gold Board located at Lot 68 Brickdam, Georgetown, while being employed as a clerk or servant, they wilfully and with intent to defraud, they falsified payment voucher #80230, purporting to show that Clifton Alfonzo received a payment of $436,409 on January 24, 2017.
Both women denied the allegation after they were read to them by the Magistrate.
The women’s lawyer asked that his clients be released on reasonable bail citing that they are not flight risk.
He went on to tell the court that the matter has been engaging the attention of the police since November last year and his clients have been reporting to the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) every week.
However, Police Prosecutor, Quinn Harris had no objection to bail being granted to the defendants but asked that conditions be attached.
Facts presented by the prosecutor stated that an audit was conducted at the institution and it was discovered that several payments were falsified.
Handwriting specimens were then taken from the defendants and an investigation was launched. A file was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutor (DPP) who advised that charges be laid.
Conditions of the bail are that they must lodge their passport with the court and report to SOCU headquarters every Friday until the hearing and determination of the matter.
On July 18 last, Ramnarine made her first court appearance before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, where six fraud related charges were read to her.
She had denied the allegations and was placed on $300,000 bail.
The mother of two and Forbes were instructed to make their next court appearance on August 27.

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