US-indicted Mohameds breaching bail conditions – prosecutor tells court

As the extradition proceedings against United States-indicted businessmen, Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed, continue at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, the prosecution has claimed the two accused have been breaching their bail condition which requires them to report weekly to the police station.

Attorney Glen Hanoman, who is prosecuting the US extradition proceedings against the businessmen, raised the concerns when the matter was called on Friday.

The father and son are facing 11 counts of federal indictments filed in Florida last October for a series of offences ranging from gold smuggling to money laundering. The United States Government has since requested their extradition to face those indictments – something which the Mohameds are challenging.

As part of the committal hearing, the two businessmen were granted $150,000 bail each and ordered to report to the Ruimveldt Police Station between 13:00h and 15:00h every Friday.

However, Hanoman told the court that the Mohameds were breaching this condition, resulting in the presiding Magistrate Judy Latchman requesting police records to verify the claims.

Consequently, an inspector attached to the Ruimveldt Station showed up in court and informed the magistrate that he only has the records for March, explaining that the station sergeant who is the custodian of the station diaries, was not present to produce the records for January and February.

Based on the diary in his possession, the two businessmen reported to the station on March 6: Nazar appearing at 10:00h and Azruddin at 13:14h – a trend the prosecutor said he observed in the in the entries for previous months.

Hanoman argued that Nazar Mohamed reporting earlier than the strict timeline set by the court was still a breach. He further alleged that the accused men sometimes report one or two days later than stipulated day required.

In response, the Magistrate ordered that all the station diaries be presented to court on Monday at 09:00h when the matter resumes.

Meanwhile, earlier on Friday morning, Magistrate Latchman had to caution persons against recording or publishing evidence online from the ongoing committal hearing.

This was after the prosecutor informed the court that Hana Mohamed, the daughter of Nazar and sister of Azruddin, was recording and transcribing testimony and publishing same on online.

The Magistrate warned that this is sensitive information and no one should be posting the evidence online.