… added another “zero” to cheque in battle for child support before courts
A mother of one is accused of forging a cheque for child support under the pretense that it was issued by the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts late last year. She presented same to Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited, and received a quantity of cash in return. 
Arraigned before Georgetown Magistrate Faith McGusty on Thursday morning, Joanna Beckles pleaded not guilty to three counts of forgery, the first of which detailed that on December 21, 2017, at Georgetown, with intent to defraud, she uttered to city bank teller Shenika Smith a cheque dated December 19, 2017 and valued at $60,000, knowing same to be false.
In addition, on the day in question, she obtained a sum of $60,000 cash from the teller on or upon a forged instrument purporting to show that same was issued by the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Moreover, the accused, between December 19 and December 21, 2017, with intent to defraud, forged one cheque in favour of herself, purporting to show that the said cheque was written for $60,000 instead of $6,000.
The mother of one was granted $50,000 bail and instructed to return to court on August 7.
