A 45-YEAR-OLD woman from Penal has been charged with 68 counts of fraudulent use of an ABM card in sums totalling $124,060.
Kaloutie Jadoonanan Maharaj, a domestic worker, of Penal, was charged with the offences by officers of the Fraud Squad on Wednesday.
Police reported on Thursday that in April, the victim reported that after she could not locate her ABM card, she contacted her bank and was given a statement of her account. The statement revealed that during the period June 2020 and February 2021, in Debe and environs, sums totalling $127,764 were withdrawn from her bank account with the use of an ABM card, without her knowledge.
An exercise coordinated by Snr Supt Arlet Groome and Supt Reuben, supervised by Insp (Ag) Bachoo, and Sgt Seepersad and including Cpl (Ag) Lewis, Cpl (Ag) Ramdial and other officers of the Fraud Squad South Office, was conducted in the South Western Division, on Tuesday.
Maharaj was arrested during the exercise and charges were laid by WPC Sadar-Seenarine of the Fraud Squad. She was expected to appear before a Siparia Magistrate on Thursday to answer to the charges.
