Guyanese woman in counterfeit US$ scam denied bail

A Guyanese woman charged along with three Trinidadian men in a counterfeit US $ scam in Tobago, was denied bail when she appeared in the Scarborough First Court yesterday.

Bhowmini Indarjeet, 27, of Kitty Street, Guyana, claimed she had come to Trinidad last March and had travelled to Tobago last Friday to spend the day. One of her alleged accomplices, Dexter Taylor, 40, of 12 Hirondelle Street, Morvant, was also remanded in custody and advised of his right to apply for bail before a judge, by Senior Magistrate Annette McKenzie.

In the case of the other two accused, Darren Shane Painter, of 9 Longdenville, Enterprise, Chaguanas, was granted bail in the sum of $80,000 with a surety to be approved by the Clerk of The Peace, while Marlon Ramsawack, of 63 Fairley Street, Tunapuna, was placed on $150,000 bail similarly pending approval from the Clerk of The Peace. The four are jointly charged with being in possession of forged US currency notes in Tobago on Friday, last. Charges against Ramsawack were laid by Detective Sgt Vincel Edwards, of Crown Point Police. Painter was charged by Detective Sgt Ulric Daly, of the Scarborough CID; while Taylor is on several charges laid by Sgt Winston Adams, Cpls Ethelbert Jack, Wintley Kerr, and PC Dean Cipriani, all of the Scarborough CID, and Detective Cpl Oliver Clarke, of Old Grange Police. They were not called upon to plead as the charges have been laid indictably.

It is alleged that the four accused, who were said to have been moving around in a rented vehicle, ‘‘passed’’ a number of counterfeit US currency notes at businesses throughout the island on July 18. They were reportedly arrested later that day by officers who were said to have previously had the group under surveillance about two months ago. The four will next appear in court on July 31.