Thirty-six-year-old Linden businesswoman Omeca Primo, was yesterday further remanded when she appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court facing an additional 54 fraud chargers.
On October 18th a total of 14 charges were read to Primo and she was remanded. Yesterday’s appearance concluded the charges read to her which accused her of defrauding several persons through her car business to the tune of $51.573m. She now faces 68 charges.
Yesterday Primo appeared before Magistrate McGusty via Zoom on indictable charges dating back from as far as March of this year and in the months of April, May, June, July, August and culminating on September 25th.
She was represented by attorney Everton Singh-Lammy.
On the given dates it is alleged that Primo, who owns Primo’s Import and Primo’s Taxi Service, fraudulently obtained a total of $39.3 million from an additional 54 individuals by falsely claiming that she owned and could sell motor vehicles which she did not.
Singh-Lammy once again argued for his client to be released but the prosecution opposed bail, citing several attempts by the police to contact Primo, which were reportedly ignored. The prosecution stated that her recent arrest was the result of a sting operation and alleged that Primo had threatened individuals who contacted her seeking repayment. The Prosecution also said that Primo attempted to change her name on Facebook.
Because of the prosecution’s arguments, Magistrate McGusty denied bail and further remanded Primo to custody once again citing that the prosecutor should seek legal advice to have the matters discharged summarily.
Primo will appear in court again on November 25th.
