A 32-year-old father of two will be spending Christmas behind bars after he was remanded on charges of fraud and embezzlement including the theft of $4.9m in gold.
It is alleged that Rudolph Braithwaite, between April 27th and June 7th at Imbaimadai Landing, Mazaruni River, with intent to defraud, obtained a quantity of mining equipment and food items valued $313,000, the property of Davika Persaud by falsely pretending that the items were bought on the account of his employer Rutherford Holdings Inc.
Another charge stated that Braithwaite, between January 1st and February 28th, obtained a quantity of goods and fuel valued $580,000, the property of Grant Ally, by falsely pretending that the items were bought on the account of his employer Rutherford Holdings Inc.