Contractor, Linden man slapped with fraud charges

A Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) contractor was on Wednesday released on $100,000 bail after he denied two fraud charges when he appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Trevor Glasgow, 47, of Lot 9 Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara (WBD), denied that between September 4 and 12, 2018 at Vlissengen Road, Georgetown, with intent to defraud he forged a GWI gate pass to obtain several buckets owned by the company.
Glasgow’s attorney, in a bail application, informed the court that there was no evidence to prove that his client’s handwriting was on the forged gate pass.
Magistrate Azore released Glasgow on $100,000 bail, and the case was scheduled to continue on October 31, 2018.
Meanwhile, 27-year-old Cliff Ryan Jacobs of Lot 264 Low Creek, Linden-Soesdyke Highway also made an appearance before Magistrate Azore and was also released on bail after he denied a fraud charge.
Jacobs denied the charge which stated that on September 17, 2018 at the Central Immigration and Passport Office, Georgetown, he made a false statement by pretending to be Joseph Troy Gomes.
According to the Prosecutor’s case, on September 17 about 09:20h, Jacobs visited the Central Immigration and Passport Office with a completed passport form and a birth certificate in his possession purporting to be Joseph Troy Gomes.
Upon checking the documents, the immigration officer observed that the information was incorrect, and the charge was later instituted.
Jacobs’s Attorney, Paul Fung-A-Fat in his application for bail told the court that his client was willing to accept bail in a reasonable amount. The Police Prosecutor made no objections to bail, and, as a result, Magistrate Azore released Jacobs on $25,000 bail. The case will continue on October 2, 2018.