A life coach found herself before Principle Magistrate Judy Latchman on Monday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts slapped with a fraud charge.
Nazia Persaud of Lot 44 Grove, East Bank Demerara, denied the charge which stated that on July 9, 2018 at Cummings Street, Georgetown she incurred the debt of $1,264,000 by obtaining credit for airline tickets to Barbados from the Summer Time Travel Agency and did not have the means to pay.
According to the facts presented in the court, on the day in question, the accused went to the Virtual Complainant, Tameshwar Jiapersaud, and obtained 10 airline tickets to travel to Barbados, which she promised to pay for when she returns. The VC booked the flights and gave the woman the tickets and was told the payment for same would be on July 26, 2018. However, when Persaud returned, she failed to pay her debt which resulted in the matter being reported and charged being laid.
Jiapersaud, who is an agent at the Summer Time Travel Agency, told the court that he only received $150,000 from the accused for the tickets.
Persaud, in an attempt to defend herself, also told the court that she never committed fraud but rather has some difficulty obtaining the money to be paid to the Agency, which was not intentional.
As a result, Magistrate Latchman granted Persaud bail in the sum of $200,000. The case was adjourned to October 1.
