A 48-year-old director of a construction company charged with seven counts of uttering a forged document and attempting to obtain $10,125,000.28 by false pretences, was granted $250,000 bail with a surety on Monday, after appearing virtually before Master of the High Court, Shabiki Cazabon.
Daniel Wilson was ordered by Master Cazabon to report to the St. Joseph Police Station three times a week as part of his bail conditions.
The matter was postponed to July 18, 2024.
Wilson was arrested on March 20 by officers attached to the Tunapuna Police Station. He was later charged on March 23 by PC Groome of the Fraud Squad, who was the lead investigator into a police report made by a financial institution.
According to the police report, on March 5, 2024, a man entered a commercial bank in Tunapuna, and attempted to open an account. He allegedly presented a cheque that appeared to be from the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, along with other contract documents purporting to be from the Ministry of Works and Transport.
The documents were accepted as genuine. However, they were later discovered to be fraudulent.
The suspect was subsequently taken into custody and charged, before appearing being granted bail on Monday, March 25.