WIN candidate, social media commentator on bail for confrontation, alleged assault
…Bryan Maxx says he went to collect money owed to US-sanctioned Azruddin Mohamed, ALP’s Simona Broomes
…after station bail, threatens “Guyanese Critic” “walk with eyes behind his head”
Mikhael Rodrigues, popularly known as “Guyanese Critic”
We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) candidate Bryan Maxx and social media commentator, Mikhail Rodrigues, called “Guyanese Critic” were both placed on station bail on Saturday after they were involved in a heated confrontation which led to an alleged assault. Reports are that Maxx went to Rodrigues’ Queenstown, Georgetown home while he was doing a live broadcast of his morning show and said that he was sent by United States (US) sanctioned Azruddin Mohamed to collect monies owed to him. According to the live broadcast by both parties, Maxx entered Rodrigues’ studio then demanded monies on behalf of Mohamed and former People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) member and coalition Government Minister, Simona Broomes who is now the leader for Assembly for Liberty and Prosperity (ALP) party.
A confrontation then ensued after Maxx refused to collect some money offered to him in the presence of a guest on the broadcast but instead began hurdling derogatory remarks about sexual acts involving the guest’s mother and also about Rodrigues’ mother. A heated exchange followed that led to a physical altercation. Both men reported the matter to the police and were questioned.
Rodrigues was granted $50,000 bail, while Maxx was released on $25,000 bail. Both are scheduled to appear in court on Monday.
WIN candidate Bryan Maxx along with US-sanctioned Azruddin Mohamed
After their release from custody, Maxx then made another video saying that it was no real assault by Rodrigues but rather a “cheap shot” and that he was laughing it off. He then proceeded to threaten Rodrigues in the video telling him to walk “with eyes behind his head.” He also continued his derogatory remarks against Rodrigues. Only last week, Maxx was caught on camera threatening to kill a sitting Government Minister with a machete in his hand.
In 2024, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) had announced that it sanctioned Nazar Mohamed and his son, Azruddin Mohamed, as well as several of their companies.
According to a statement from OFAC, this is related to the evasion of taxes on gold exports, noting that between 2019 and 2023, Mohamed’s Enterprise omitted more than 10 thousand kilograms (kg) of gold from import and export declarations and avoided paying more than US$50 million in duty taxes to the Government of Guyana.
