A porter was yesterday charged with using a forged cheque to purchase seven TV sets.
The charge against Christopher Connell, 53, states that on January 16th, 2018, at Georgetown, with intent to defraud, he obtained seven flat-screen television sets from Safraz Allicock by means of a Bank of Guyana cheque for $1,130,400, proposed to be issued by Bank of Guyana, knowing same to be false.
He also faced a charge for uttering to Allicock a forged Bank of Guyana cheque for $1,130,400, knowing same to be forged.