A LABOURER has been charged with producing a false letter to secure a $50,000 loan from a commercial bank in Mayaro.
Sheldon Robinson, 34, of Erin Road, Siparia, and Peter Hill Extension Mayaro, was charged with uttering a fraudulent document and attempting to obtain $50,000 by false pretences on Monday January, 24, 2022.
He was denied bail and remanded into custody when he appeared virtually before Magistrate Ava Vandenburg-Bailey at the Mayaro Magistrates’ Court on Thursday after being charged with two fraud offences.
The matter is scheduled for hearing on January 31, 2022.
Robinson allegedly went to a commercial bank in Mayaro on Monday to secure a loan in the sum of $50,000.
During the interview with the loans officer and a supervisor, the accused allegedly tendered a job letter from a technology company.
The loans officer then conducted a verification process of the documents, where it was confirmed by the human resources manager of the technology company that the job letter was fraudulent.
The matter was reported to the Mayaro Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the officers then conducted an investigation.
PC Sarabjit then charged the man with uttering a fraudulent document and attempting to obtain $50,000 by false pretences.
