Peter Ramcharran, the former Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) accountant who was faced with 39 counts of fraud after being deported from Canada last month, yesterday pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.
At a hearing before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in Georgetown, Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) prosecutor Patrice Henry requested to have the Administration of Justice Act applied, thereby allowing Ramcharran to plead.
The 39 charges were then read once again to Ramcharran, who pleaded not guilty to each one.