‘Ponzi’ scheme accused charged with forging COVID test result

Ateeka Ishmael

Ateeka Ishmael, one of the principals of accused ‘Ponzi’ firm Accelerated Capital Firm Inc (ACFI), was yesterday charged with forging a COVID-19 test result to show that it was positive.

Ishmael, of Track A, Coldingen, East Coast Demerara, appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly in a Georgetown court on a charge of conspiracy to commit a felony.

She is accused of conspiring with Yuri Garcia Dominguez and others to forge a COVID-19 test result.