The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ramps Logistics (Guyana) Inc. was yesterday granted bail in the total sum of $500,000 after he pleaded not guilty to 10 charges filed against the company of allegedly making false declarations to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) for a series of duty free imports.
The particulars of the charges, which were read to Shaun Rampersad, state that between the years 2021 and 2022, at Georgetown, the Trinidadian based company made a number of untrue declarations for consideration of customs officer on an application for tax exemptions on several items.
Rampersad, who was arraigned before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, denied all 10 of the charges and was granted $50,000 bail on each charge. The matters were then adjourned until November 25.