A Columbian national was yesterday remanded to prison after denied that he stole over $1M from the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) using a fake ATM card.
Freddy Rival, 42, was arraigned on six counts of simple larceny at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. The charges state that between July 17th and July 21st, he stole $1,050,000, which was the property of the GBTI.
Rival allegedly stole a total of $580,000 from an ATM at Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara on two separate occasions and $90,000 from an ATM at Providence, East Bank Demerara. It was also alleged that he stole a total of $290,000 from an ATM at