A Venezuelan national who was remanded on currency fraud charges, has been granted her release on $120,000 bail after a city court heard she is legally staying in Guyana.
Yumenni Lopez was granted $40,000 bail for each of the three charges against her when she appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly last Friday.
Lopez had been remanded to prison after it was claimed that documents she presented to the court were forged. However, at a hearing last Friday, police prosecutor Sanj Singh informed that documents Lopez presented confirmed her legal status.
Upon hearing the information, the magistrate granted Lopez bail.
The charges against her state that on May 23rd, at Quail’s Optical on Thomas Street, with intent to defraud, she uttered to Clement Cumberbatch US$1,800, knowing same to be forged; that on May 15th, at Georgetown, without lawful authority or excuse, she had in her possession 44 forged US$50 bills; and that on May 14th, at East Street, with intent to defraud, she uttered to Rookmin Del Toro, US$2,500,
