[www.inewsguyana.com] – A 26-year-old Clerk of Second Street, Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara was fined $20,000 by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on a fraudulent conversion charge.
Marvin Morgan accepted that on February 26 at Georgetown, with intent to defraud he obtained the sum of $3,000 from Attorney-at-law, Lloyd Mark Conway, by falsely pretending to Conway that he was sent by Attorney-at-law Andrew Pollard for the money to file matters in the Supreme Court, knowing same to be false.
Morgan’s Lawyer, George Thomas told the Court that his client has no prior matter before the Court and that the situation stemmed from a misunderstanding. Thomas asked that Morgan not to be placed on a custodial sentence since he is married with two minor children and is the sole bread winner for his family.
Morgan acknowledged that his action was wrong and apologized. Failure to pay the fine will result in three months imprisonment.
