A New Amsterdam woman was yesterday charged with defrauding a fisherman of half a million dollars by claiming that she could provide him with customs documents to avert duties.
It is alleged that Rookmini Johnson, 31, of 12-17 Chapel Street, New Amsterdam, Berbice, on February 5, at Turkeyen, with intent to defraud Hemchandra Ramnarine of $500,000, claimed that she was a customs clerk at the Ministry of Agriculture and could provide