Twenty-four-year-old Jermaine Fraser of Lamaha Springs, Georgetown was on Thursday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan when he appeared in her court charged with four counts of fraud.
Fraser pleaded guilty to three of the four charges.
The court heard that on April 26, 2018, while in the vicinity of Georgetown, Fraser collected the sum of $400,000 from Baldeo Puran by pretending he was in a position to acquire for Puran a Toyota 212 motorcar, knowing same to be false. He pleaded guilty to this charge.
Another charge stated that on May, 4, 2018, while in the vicinity of Lombard Street, Georgetown, he obtained the sum of $300,000 from Ashmi Singh by pretending that he was in a position to acquire a bus for Singh, knowing same to be false. Again, he admitted to this charge.
Fraser admitted that on June 29, 2018, at Charlotte Street, Lacytown, he obtained the sum of $200,000 from Floyde LaFleur by falsely pretending that he was in a position to acquire a minibus for him.
But he denied that, on July 31, 2018, he fraudulently obtained $1.4 million from Damian Persaud by pretending he was in a position to acquire a car for Persaud.
After considering an early mitigation plea, the Chief Magistrate sentenced Fraser to three terms of imprisonment, and ordered that the sentences run concurrently.
Fraser will make his next court appearance later in August, to answer to the allegations made by Damian Persaud, which he has denied.
