Fourteen more fraud charges were on Friday laid against businessman Clayton Allen and one of his employees who had been previously charged and remanded to prison with him.
Allen, 62, Chairman of Micro Business Developers and Consultancy Services and of South Better Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) and his employee, Nobert Bailey, 59, of Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara (EBD) made their second court appearance in a Georgetown Court, where the joint charges were read to them.
The charges allege that between June 13 and September 16, 2022, at Georgetown, with intent to defraud, they obtained the sum of $103,000 from Kerri Houston by falsely pretending that they were in a position to loan the woman $1.2 million.