A 36-year-old Nigerian national was today remanded to prison for intent to defraud two popular retail stores in Georgetown.
His name was given as Bab Rasaki, and he was slapped with the fraud charge after he allegedly attempted to purchase a number of items totaling more than one million dollars with a credit card that did not belong to him and may have been bogus.
The man reportedly claimed that he was using the card on behalf of a Brazillian National, who could not speak English.
The accused appeared with all smiles in the Court, but those smiles turned in to frowns after he was handcuffed and led out of the courtroom when bail was refused.
The Prosecution’s case is that between the 9th and 13th January, 2017, the accused visited the Lucky Dollar store and attempted to purchase a television set, a washing machine and a quantity of other items totaling $582,495.
On a later date, he visited Gizmos and Gadgets with the same card and and attempted purchase two I-phones totaling $550,000.
The card belonged to someone carrying the name Ann Adolino.
After being remanded to jail, the accused begged the Magistrate for leniency but that plea was ignored.
The Court was told that other charges are likely to be filed against the man as other similar cases are still being investigated.
He will return to Court on February 16th to stand trail.
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