Four more alleged “romance” scammers were dragged before the Court on Monday for conspiracy to commit a felony and forgery. A total of 24 charges were laid before the four accused.
According to a press statement from SOCU, the four persons charged were Khadijah Long, of Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden; Wayne Halley of Mocha, East Bank Demerara; Kevon Mc Bean of Amelia’s Ward, Linden, along with Nigerian national Matthew Ejike Nwackukwu, who lives in Kitty, Georgetown.
They all appeared at the Linden Magistrate’s Court where the charges were read to them.
According to SOCU, Khadijah Long was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit a felony and placed on $50,000 bail, while Halley was charged with 10 counts of conspiracy to commit a felony and placed on $300,000 bail.
In addition, Mc Bean was charged with three counts of forgery and placed on $100,000 bail while Nwackukwu was also charged with 10 counts of conspiracy to commit a felony and remanded to prison.They all pleaded not guilty to the charges and will have to return to court on July 27.
SOCU said eight females were befriended by a someone on WhatsApp, who posed as a caucasian man and they all established a long-distance relationship and communicated regularly via social media.
During their conversations, the other person on the WhatsApp messenger told the women that he would be sending packages for them containing items such as cologne, bags, watches, chains and US currency.
The women complained that they started to receive WhatsApp messages from a delivery agent of a reported cargo company informing them of the status of the cargo.
They were then allegedly asked to send cash to Khadijah Long, Wayne Halley and Matthew Ejike Nwackukwu to facilitate the delivery of the packages.
The duped women in their complaint, said they sent a total of $804,000 to Long, Halley and Nwackukwu but they never received any package.
SOCU said it has found a trail of nefarious transactions by some of the accused including the forging of signatures on official documents among others.
One of the accused worked at the Post Office in Linden.
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