A tale of deception unfolded when 37-year-old Paramdeo Victor, a resident of Rosignol, West Coast Berbice, found himself in police custody after allegedly staging a multi-million-dollar robbery to pocket his employer’s cash.
Victor initially reported to the Mahaica Police Station that while transporting $10,250,000 from a Georgetown Cambio back to Rosignol, he was ambushed by three masked, gun-wielding men at Unity Mahaica Old Road, East Coast Demerara, and the armed robbers forced his vehicle off the road, snatched the cash, and disappeared.
However, his story did not hold up under scrutiny of the Criminal Investigation Department, as investigators quickly noted inconsistencies that led to suspicions of the alleged robbery being a ruse.
The cash recovered by police
Victor eventually crumbled under further questioning, and admitted to concocting the entire story.
He confessed that he fabricated the tale of being robbed in order to keep the money for himself, and led officers to his vehicle wherein he had hidden $2 million, then revealed that his accomplice, known as Cornell “Rastaman” Taylor, was holding additional cash in Ithaca Village, West Bank Berbice.
Police on Thursday said that, at about 19:00h on Wednesday, they accompanied Victor to Ithaca, and later to his Rosignol home, where they discovered $6 million stuffed in a black plastic bag inside a washing machine. Police are still searching for “Rastaman” and the remaining cash.
Investigations are continuing.
