Businesswoman charged for giving friend fake US$100

A woman who gave her friend a counterfeit US note found herself before Magistrate Leron Daly on Friday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Ally Williams, 36, denied the charge when it was read to her by Magistrate Leron Daly.
The businesswoman of South Ruimveldt, Georgetown, denied that on October 12, 2018, at North Road, Lacytown, Georgetown, with intent to defraud she gave Roshonda Burnette a forged US$100 bill knowing it was counterfeit. The prosecution is contending that on October 12, 2018, at about 15:45h, the Virtual Complainant and the defendant were at a salon when Williams asked if anyone could change the foreign currency that she had in order to pay for the services that were offered to her.
According to the prosecution, Burnette, who is the woman’s friend opted to give the woman the local currency in exchange for the United States money.
The VC then went to the Cambio and was told that the money was a counterfeit.
Subsequently, Burnette went to the Brickdam Police Station and reported the matter. Williams was contacted and later arrested.
In court on Friday, Attorney-at-law Sanjeev Datadin in a bail application told the court that his client has been cooperating with the police. He said that his client has been to the police station no less than “50 times” since the matter was reported.
According to the defence lawyer, his client, a mother of two young children professed her innocence in relation to the accusation and is willing to continue cooperating with the police.
She was released on $15,000 bail and the case will continue on March 25, 2019.