A 41-year-old business woman appeared before Master Shabaana Shah of the Princes Town Magistrates’ Court on Monday after she was charged with Fraudulent Conversion in the sum of $143,000.
Terkessa Brereton-Duncan was granted bail in the sum of $175,000 and will next appear in court on February, 20, 2025.
The charge stems from a report involving a woman who allegedly made multiple payments totalling $143,000 between March 2021 and July 2021, to a business woman, for the purchase of a Roll-on Roll-off Honda Vezel R.S Hybrid vehicle. The vehicle was due to be delivered within two weeks of the full payment.
However, despite the full payment being made, the vehicle has not been delivered and attempts to have the money refunded proved futile.
On July 18, 2024, officers of the Fraud Squad went to an address at Cipero Road, San Fernando, where they arrested a woman and took her to the Fraud Squad San Fernando office. The woman was charged by acting Cpl Lively-John with fraudulent conversion on last Friday.
The exercise was coordinated by Snr Supt Phillips, supervised by Insp Bachoo, Sgt Bassarath, acting Sgt Lewis and including acting Cpl Lively-John, and PC Ali of the Fraud Squad South Office and assisted by Cpl Didier of Guard and Emergency Branch.
