A San Fernando man was granted bail with surety in the sum of $200,000 by a Justice of the Peace (JP), after he was charged with two counts of land fraud.
Rossi Kirk Sealey, 54, of Palmyra Village, an insurance sales representative, has been charged with one count of possession of a forged document and one count of fraudulently causing the acceptance of a valuable security.
He appeared before Justice of the Peace Stephen Young on October 22.
The accused was ordered to appear before a San Fernando magistrate on November 23.
Reports said that on October 19 personnel attached to the Chief State Solicitor’s Office allegedly discovered fraudulent standard agricultural leases for two acres of State lands purportedly leased to a man.
It was also discovered that the leases were allegedly fraudulently registered at the Registrar General Office of Trinidad and Tobago on October 12.
Closer scrutiny of the documents revealed several signatures, inclusive of the acting Commissioner of State Lands and attorneys attached to the Chief State Solicitor’s Office, were also forged.
A report was made to the Anti-Corruption Investigations Bureau (ACIB) and acting ASP Bryon Daniel, Insp Mc Millan, Sgt Baldwin, Sgt Emrit, Cpl Brown, WPC Harewood, WPC Riley and PC Williams, conducted investigations into the matter.
A search warrant was executed at the home of a man on October 20 during which a certified copy of the forged standard agricultural lease was allegedly found and seized by investigators.
Sealey was charged by WPC Riley of the ACIB October 21 with the two offences.
