A woman accused of trying to scam two persons by selling them a car that she could not deliver was yesterday faced with two charges in a city court.
Natoya Cottam, 26, of West Coast Demerara, appeared before Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus, who granted her bail after she denied two charges.
It is alleged that on the July 7, at Georgetown, by false pretense, she obtained $300,000 from Tameshwar Vishundai, in order to sell him a car while she was not in a position to do so. It was further alleged that on July 23, at Georgetown, by false pretense, she attempted to obtain $650,000 from Nazeema Nazir by trying to sell her a car when she was not in a position to do so.
According to Police Prosecutor Annalisa Brummell, Cottam was contacted by Vishundai about a car she was selling. He met with her and handed over the $100,000, however, she told him she had to go to the hospital before she could do further transactions. She then allegedly changed her telephone number and he could no longer get in contact with her. He then saw that the same vehicle he was purchasing was listed again on Facebook as being for sale.
The prosecutor said that Vishundai then contacted Nazir, who agreed to act as if she wanted to purchase the vehicle. Nazir and Cottam made arrangements to meet and during the meeting, Cottam was arrested.
Cottam was released on $100,000 bail for each charge and the proceedings were adjourned until August 30.
