Appearing before Magistrate Guillemina Archer were Nassau Village resident Trarearus Barrow, 35; Adelaide Drive resident, Christoff Hanna, 46, Lamarion Rolle, 24, of David Street; 27-year-old Frank Moxey of Isles Way and 51-year-old Bloneva Mackey of Adderley and Dorsett Streets.
The group was charged separately with fraud by false pretenses.
According to reports, the group cashed cheques from the National Insurance Board’s unemployment benefit knowing that they had already secured employment.
During the arraignment, Hanna was arraigned on four fraud charges.
Court dockets indicate that between May 8 and June 16, he obtained $247.76 from various Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) branches.
Mackey was charged with obtaining $295 from RBC through false pretences between March 27, May 5 and June 2.
She was also charged with obtaining goods from Milo Butler and Sons valued at the same amount.
Barrow was charged with two counts of fraud.
The Crown alleges that Barrow obtained $147.36 from RBC on Prince Charles Drive on May 19 and again on June 2.
The prosecution alleges that Rolle obtained $195.60 from RBC and obtained goods from Super Value Food Store on Nassau Street valued in the same amount.
According to court dockets, Moxey obtained $363.30 from RBC on June 3.
In the end, all of the accused pleaded not guilty to all the charges. They were all granted bail.
Hanna was granted $3,000 bail; Mackey was granted $4,000 bail; Barrow was granted $1,000 bail; and Moxey and Rolle were both granted $800 bail.
All of the accused are expected back in court on March 1, 2010.
However, Magistrate Archer noted that there were more persons expected to be charged on Tuesday, however they failed to show up for court.
A court summons has been issued for those persons.
On Monday, Director of National Insurance Algernon Cargill said there were at least 100 persons who were expected to answer to fraud charges relating to the government’s Unemployment Benefit Programme.
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