A 31-year-old man admitted that he sold a car that did not belong to him, to another man and also created fake registration documents for the vehicle when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Christopher Ramsammy appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and pleaded guilty to two counts of forgery. According to the first charge, during the month of May at Georgetown, with intent to defraud, Ramsammy handed to Ravie Duran, motor vehicle PVV 3480. The second charge reads that on May 13 at Georgetown, the defendant uttered to Duran, a forged registration card number 357939 knowing same to be false.
According to the prosecution, the owner of the vehicle Dhanraj Shivraj, lent it to a friend and it was the friend along with Ramsammy who later attempted to sell the vehicle. The defendant made contact with Duran and told him that he was selling the car for $850,000 and they later made an agreement which Duran signed.
The court was further told that Ramsammy created a false registration number and gave it to Duran. However, Shivraj, acting on information, went to the police and reported the matter after which investigations were carried out and Ramsammy arrested.
Ramsammy, however, told a different story to the court. He said that the vehicle was given to someone called ‘Tall Boy’ who told him that the car was broken. According to Ramsammy, he told ‘Tall Boy’ that he could help him and he went to Shivraj and told him that he was going to pawn the vehicle for $600,000 and 2-3 weeks after, collect more funds.
The Chief Magistrate fined Ramsammy $100,000 in relation to the forged document and ordered that he repay Duran $850,000 for obtaining money under false pretence. The first payment has to be made by the end of June in the sum of $250,000 and $200,000 in July, August and September.
The matter was adjourned to July 1.
