Stewartville woman on fraud charges in vehicle purchase scam case

Stewartville woman on fraud charges in vehicle purchase scam case

31-year-old businesswoman from Stewartville, West Coast Demerara, Adacia Coleman has been charged and remanded to jail on allegations of fraudulent conversion. The Guyana Police Force said her victim list has 95 persons, but she has been charged in two of the cases so far.

The fraud is related to down payments for the purchase of vehicles that the victims say, never arrived.

The Police said the 31-year-old is accused of defrauding the victims of cash ranging from $300,000 to $1,000,000.

Coleman is the owner and operator of a company that reportedly imports vehicles

Several of the victims told investigators that they made cash down payments for their vehicles and were provided with a three-month timeline for delivery.

But the vehicles never arrived, and the victims said their queries were met with excuses about shipment delays.

When some of the alleged victims sought refunds, they were provided with cheques that the bank told them should be returned to Coleman. The cheques were not honoured.

The Police said five investigations were completed and the files were dispatched to the DPP for advice. The DPP recommended charges in two of the cases, and the Police were instructed to conduct further investigations on the remaining three.

86 other investigation files are being finalised for submission to the DPP.

The suspect was charged on two counts of Obtaining Money by False Pretence.

She pleaded not guilty to the two charges during her appearance at the Leonora Magistrates’ Court and was remanded to jail after bail was refused. The matter will continue on the 31st January.

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