Grande woman on fraud charges

A SANGRE Grande woman was remanded into custody yesterday when she appeared before a San Fernando magistrate charged with seven counts of fraud. Zaniffer Mohammed, 41, of Coal Mine in Sangre Grande, was remanded in custody by acting deputy Chief Magistrate Mark Wellington in the First Court, after court prosecutor Cpl Wendell Fernando indicated that the accused had not been “traced” by police, to see if she had a criminal record and/or pending court cases.

Mohammed was charged by Cpl Michael Marshall of San Fernando CID, with four counts of uttering false documents, namely the contents of her passport, two other passport forms and a false TT identification card. She was also charged with two counts of making false declarations on two passport forms and one count of presenting a TT identification card under false pretences.

The incidents are alleged to have occurred at the Immigration Office on Coffee Street, San Fernando, on Tuesday where she was later arrested. When Magistrate Wellington asked a timid looking Mohammed whether she wanted her matters heard in the Magistrates’ Court or the High Court before a judge and jury, she shrugged her shoulders and said, “I don’t know nothing about court.” The woman also claimed she had no previous convictions. The matter was adjourned to next Thursday.