BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – ANOTHER man was arrested, charged and granted bail for obtaining money by false pretence.
A police press release stated that Hugh Matthew of Lamberts was charged for obtaining $8,000 X CD under false pretence from the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis.
Matthew allegedly committed the offence in Basseterre on Wednesday, March 15, 2017 and was granted bail in the sum of EC$15,000.
Bail was also granted on the conditions that he surrender all travel documents, not to travel while on bail, and to report to the Old Road Police Station every Friday between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
He was also ordered to appear at the Basseterre Magistrate Court on Monday, July 3, 2017 to answer to the charge laid against him.
Matthew is the ninth person to have been arrested and charged for obtaining money under false pretence from the Government.
Only last week police had indicated that Leroy Davis of Middle Island was arrested and formally charged and cautioned for a similar offence.
He had allegedly obtained the sum of $12,200 X CD under false pretences from the Government between January 25 and March 14 this year.
So far, the ongoing investigation into fraud against the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has accounted for the loss of $146,900 X CD.
On Wednesday (May 10), police had charged Ivas Burnham of Middle Island, Lescelia Francis of Lamberts, and Lynette and Lejon Warner of Conyers for falsely obtaining a combined total of $68,700 X CD.
Burnham was charged on four warrants in the first instance for obtaining money by false pretence, allegedly committed between November 29, 2016 and February 23, 2017 in Basseterre and Sandy Point, where the sum of $18,700 XCD was obtained from the Government of the Federation under false pretences.
Francis was charged on two warrants in the first instance for obtaining money by false pretence. The offences were allegedly committed between December 14 and 30, 2016 in Basseterre, where the sum of $11,000 XCD was obtained from the Government of the Federation under false pretences.
Lynette Warner was charged for obtaining money by false pretence, allegedly committed on December 29, 2016 in Basseterre where the sum of $2,500 XCD was obtained from the Government of the Federation under false pretences.
And Lejon Warner was charged on seven warrants in the first instance for obtaining money by false pretence. The offences were allegedly committed between November 16, 2016 and March 15, 2017 in Basseterre and Sandy Point, where the sum of $36,500 XCD was obtained from the Government of the Federation under false pretences.
Three days later, police had arrested and charged Kelvin Pemberton of Stapleton Village and Daveron Flemming of Challengers Village with similar offences.
Pemberton was charged on seven warrants in the first instance for obtaining money by false pretence.
The offences were allegedly committed between December 2, 2016 and February 27, 2017 in Basseterre, where the sum of $35,000 X CD was obtained from the Government under false pretence.
And Flemming was charged on two warrants in the first instance, also for obtaining money by false pretence. He allegedly committed these offences between February 21 and March 17, 2017 in Basseterre, where the sum of $6,000 X CD was obtained from the Government under false pretence.
Prior to the arrests of those persons, another man was also implicated in the fraud investigation.
Police had issued a release on April 13, 2017, which stated that Lennon Caines of Old Road was charged on four warrants in the first instance for obtaining money by false pretence.
The offences were allegedly committed between December 19, 2016 and March 15, 2017 when $17,000 X CD was obtained from the Government under false pretence.
Police have also indicated that investigations into these offences are ongoing.
