Brazilian cleared of bank theft

Brazilian national Raymond Moreira, who was in September charged with illegally withdrawing $60,000 from a local ATM, was yesterday found not guilty of the crime by a city court.

The decision came at the end of an ex-parte trial held in the absence of the defendant, who had been granted $100,000 bail by the court at his arraignment.

It had been alleged that Moreira, a businessman, on August 31st, stole $60,000 from the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI). It was the prosecution’s case that on the day in question, he went to the ATM machine and used a