Policemen slapped with 21 fraud charges

Police sergeants – 35-year-old Jermaine Fraser and 29-year-old Michael Corbin – who are both attached to the Guyana Police Force’s finance department made their court appearance on Wednesday after being charged for defrauding the Force of over $11 million.
Fraser and Corbin were slapped with 21 charges. It is alleged that on April 4, 2019, at Eve Leary, Georgetown, while being employed at the GDF finance office, they willfully and with intent to defraud, made false entry in the accounts, that is to say, they falsely entered the sum of $11,385,000 into the integration and finance management system without the existence of payment vouchers.
Fraser and Corbin were represented by Attorney-at-Law Latchmi Rahamat, stood before Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty, and were not required to plead to the charges. Rahamat in a bail application asked the court to grant her clients bail.
As such, the Magistrate upheld the lawyer’s application and released both men on $250,000 bail each. The case will continue on March 25.