A 28-year-old businessman is granted $300,000 bail with a surety after he was charged with receiving $226,000 in down payments for vehicles he never delivered.
Eberneil Eron Bernard, of Palmiste was charged with larceny in the sum of $170,000, larceny in the sum of $8,000 and larceny in the sum of $48,000, by officers of the Fraud Squad. He is to appear in court on November 2, 2023 after he was granted bail by a Justice of the Peace.
A release by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) on Tuesday stated that the alleged victims reported to police that they handed over sums totalling $226,000 to a man, representing down payments for the importation, registration and delivery of various types of vehicles.
They later discovered that the man was never in any position to execute the transactions as promised and all efforts to have to vehicles delivered or the monies refunded, were futile, the release stated.
An investigation was launched into the matter and on October 19, 2023, an exercise was coordinated by Snr Supt Groome and supervised by ASP Lutchman in the Southern Division, which resulted in officers arresting one male suspect.
Bernard was charged on October, 21 2023, by WPC Geoffroy attached to Fraud Squad South Office.
