A taxi driver who allegedly stole over $25,000 from people by pretending to be foreign used car dealer was granted $50,000 approval bail after he appeared in court on 11 fraud charges.
Haimraj Narine, 39, of Macaulay Village, Claxton Bay, was also granted a cash bail alternative of $15,000 by San Fernando magistrate Nanette Forde-John.
It is alleged that during the period July and August he took sums of money from people to provide them with vehicles which he did not deliver.
The charges included four counts of larceny by trick, three counts of forgery of valuable security and four charges of uttering a forged valuable security.
Narine, who gave himself up to Fraud Squad officer Insp Abbot at the San Fernando office last week Monday, was charged following investigations headed by Senior Supt Dookee and ASP Kent Ghiysawan.
Narine was charged by WPC Plante and PC Legendre and first appeared in court last Wednesday, but he was remanded into custody for his fingerprints to be traced to determine if he had any other matters in court.
The matter was adjourned to October 20.