Of­fi­cers of the San Fer­nan­do Fraud Squad have ar­rest­ed and charged two men for al­leged­ly swin­dling $91,000 from a woman un­der the guise of sell­ing her land. 

Pe­ter Karim, 57 of Bronte Vil­lage Princes Town and Mar­lon Samuel a 32-year-old Re­al Es­tate Agent and plumber, of Jor­dan Hill Vil­lage, Aripero Road will ap­pear be­fore San Fer­nan­do Mag­is­trate Ra­jen­dra Ram­bachan to an­swer to the charge.

Ac­cord­ing to of­fi­cials,  the re­port al­leges that be­tween June 21st and Au­gust 25th 2020, the woman made con­tact with one De­oku­mar Ram­per­sad, who led her to be­lieve that he was the own­er of the Ca­roni Lands in La Ro­maine. She lat­er dis­cov­ered that the per­son al­leg­ing to be Ram­per­sad was in fact, Pe­ter Karim.

Karim nev­er owned the land and was not in any po­si­tion to sell the prop­er­ty. She then at­tempt­ed to have her down pay­ment re­fund­ed, but was un­suc­cess­ful. In­ves­ti­ga­tions by the South­ern Di­vi­sion Fraud Squad, co­or­di­nat­ed by Snr Supt Groome and Supt Rueben, su­per­vised by Sgt Seep­er­sad and in­clud­ing Sgt. (Ag.) Bas­sarath, Cpls (Ag.) Mo­hammed and Ram­di­al with WPC Roberts led to both men be­ing ar­rest­ed and charged. No date has been set for the mat­ter to be heard.

The T.T.P.S would like to re­mind the pub­lic to be vig­i­lant when con­duct­ing busi­ness trans­ac­tions. Al­ways do due dili­gence to avoid falling prey to fraud­sters. Be sure to ver­i­fy the le­git­i­ma­cy of cre­den­tials and doc­u­ments be­fore pro­vid­ing pay­ments and keep records of all trans­ac­tions.