Fraud accused faces more charges over alleged loan scheme

Charged only a month ago with a $26.3 million fraud, Clayton Alleyne found himself facing three more charges yesterday, when he was accused of defrauding three persons of over $1 million in total.

It is alleged that Alleyne, of 179 South Ruimveldt, between November 3, 2016, and December 29, 2016, at Sheriff Street, obtained $700,000 from Dulana Lalchand, on the pretext of granting him a loan of $5 million, which he failed to do.

It is further alleged that between January 31, 2017 and February 8, 2017, at Sheriff Street, Alleyne obtained $516,000 from Samuel Manbodh on the pretext of granting him a loan of $4 million, which he failed to do.