A Cunu­pia busi­ness­man has been grant­ed bail in the sum of $75,000 af­ter be­ing charged with ob­tain­ing goods by use of a dis­hon­oured cheque.

Steve Bal­roop ap­peared be­fore Jus­tice of the Peace Kr­ish­na Ramkissoon at the Cunu­pia Po­lice Sta­tion last Thurs­day, where the bail was grant­ed. He is sched­uled to ap­pear at the Ch­agua­nas Mag­is­trates’ Court on Wednes­day June 26 to an­swer the charge.

The charge aris­es out of an in­ci­dent re­port­ed by an es­tab­lish­ment, which al­leged that on May 29, 2024, Bal­roop pur­chased items val­ued at $26,469.06. Pay­ment for the goods was made via a cheque is­sued un­der the ac­count of his busi­ness. The cheque, dat­ed May 29 2025, was de­posit­ed in­to the busi­ness ac­count and lat­er re­turned dis­hon­oured due to in­suf­fi­cient funds.

Mul­ti­ple at­tempts by the com­pa­ny to re­cov­er the out­stand­ing funds were un­suc­cess­ful, prompt­ing a re­port to the Fraud Squad. WPC Kennedy was as­signed to in­ves­ti­gate the mat­ter.