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Jan 13, 2017 Court Stories, Features / Columnists, News
A former cashier attached to the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, yesterday made an appearance before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to the charge of fraudulent conversion.
It is alleged that between January 16, 2012 and August 7, 2012, Tiffany Peters, of Lot 35 Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara, while being employed as a clerk or servant at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, fraudulently embezzled the sum of $1.1 M property of the Court Registrar.
The 26-year-old was represented by Attorney Latchmi Rahamat who told the court that her client was previously charged for a similar offence and sentence to 60 months’ imprisonment but was granted Presidential Pardon last year after an appeal was filed.
Latchmi further stated that after her client was pardoned by the President she was part of the USAID Skills and Knowledge for Youth Employment (SKYE) Guyana, where she benefited and is now the owner of a poultry farm.
Her Attorney mentioned that her client is not a flight risk because she has been living at the same address for the past six years and has no pending matter in any other court.
Latchmi went on to say that on the day in question her client was at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters to uplift a Police Clearance when a member of the Fraud department told her to appear in Court yesterday.
Her attorney’s request for bail was successful and Peters was released on self bail by the Magistrate.
Police Prosecutor Neville Jeffers did not object to bail. The 26-year-old will make her next court appearance on January 24.
Peters was jailed on October 13, 2014 for 60 months after she was found guilty by Magistrate Judy Latchman for fraudulently converting $3M while being a cashier at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
According to report, Peters was employed as a cashier in the court’s Maintenance section. Her duties entailed writing up maintenance/affiliation cards and cash composition book as well as collecting cash from persons.
During the period, Peters made changes to receipts and records and stole the sum of $3M.
After making off with the money, Peters was on the run, and following a sting operation she was arrested one year later.
During the trial, a number of witnesses including clerks, supervisors and former Clerk of the court testified.
THIS IDIOT TELLING GUYANA WE HAVE NO SAY IN THE 50% PROFIT SHARING AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH EXXON.
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