An unemployed 30-year-old man of Mes Delices, Canal #1, West Bank Demerara, was arrested on Monday May 20, 2024 at the Ministry of Housing (Brickdam) for allegedly trying to defraud another man of $250,000 as payment for a plot of land, the police said in a release yesterday.
Another man, a 31-year-old of Gordon Street, Kitty; who was in the company of the alleged fraudster, was also arrested after he attempted to flee on seeing the police ranks.
According to the intended victim, 30-year-old Andrew Albert of Enterprise, East Coast Demerara, on May 17, 2024 at about 10:00hrs, he received a call from the man, who claimed his name was Sookram, a surveyor working at the Ministry of Housing.