The principals of Accelerated Capital Firm Inc (ACFI), Yuri Garcia and his wife Ateeka Ishmael yesterday faced 60 new charges of conspiracy to defraud but did not show up at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s court, according to a release from the police last night.
The police say that their attorney tendered two medical certificates purporting to show that they had tested positive for COVID-19.
However, the police said they have launched a probe to determine whether the certificates are authentic.
Dominguez, 34, a naturalised Guyanese of Cuban origin, and his wife, both of Track A, Coldingen, East Coast Demerara, are currently facing close to 80 charges in what has been described as a huge Ponzi scheme. They were released on bail amounting to about $30 million.
The charges against the couple were laid separately before different magistrates.
