A 53-year-old Chaguanas businessman has been charged for attempting to secure $2.1 million by pretenses.
Barry Samaroo is being called on to answer two charges of uttering a forged document.
He was due to appear before a Port of Spain magistrate yesterday.
According to police reports, between June 1 and August 30, 2021, a man made an application at a financial institution for a mortgage debt consolidation loan for $2.1 million.
The existing loan was for two parcels of land valued at $2,240,000 and $750,000, respectively.
Samaroo allegedly submitted two valuation reports for the land, which when checked, were later found to have been falsified.
A report on the matter was made to the Fraud Squad and an investigation was launched, under the supervision of Snr Supt Groome, Supt Reuben, ASP Lutchman, Insp David, and Sgts Bassarath and Toney.
Samaroo was arrested in connection with the matter on Wednesday and charged yesterday.
He appeared before Justice of the Peace Abraham Ali and was granted bail with surety in the sum of $300,000.
Also read a snippet of my previous post;
Popular Nigerian Singer and Father-of-one, Adekunle Gold has opened up on the struggles he had with his health when he was much younger due to him being born with Sickle Cell Anaemia.
In an open letter to his fans, the “oriented” crooner revealed that there were days when a health crisis came and he wished he died because the pain was too much for him to bear.
It feels liberating to finally be able to share this part of my life with you, to finally be able to speak my truth. When I talk about how I struggled to get to where I am today, I need you to know that my struggle was real.
I was born with sickle cell disease. It was life and death, it was physical, mental, financial, you name it and I went through it all. It was tough, painful, and frustrating. I lived with a sickness no one around me understood, I lived with restrictions all my childhood.