Woman charged with falsifying passport application

A woman accused of falsifying her passport application was on Wednesday placed on $85,000 bail when she appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

The allegation against Chandrawattie Bagwandin is that on June 12, at the Central Immigration and Passport Office, she made a false statement by signing to a written document that she was never the holder of a passport, knowing same to be false.

Bagwandin pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to her at the Georgetown Magistratesโ€™ Court.

The case was transferred to Court Ten for June 26.