-upgrades her kitchen
“I buy a fridge, gas stove, microwave and blender with the money,” a maid, who admitted stealing $2 million worth of raw gold, told Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson before she was hit with an 18-month sentence.
Rena Mohamed, 26, of 80 Second Street, Alexander Village appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with simple larceny. She pleaded guilty to the charge when it was read to her.
Mohamed admitted that between November 17 and 25 she stole 12 ounces of raw gold worth $2 million from her employer Ganesh Seeram.
According to the prosecution, Mohamed sold the gold and purchased a number of items with the money.
On November 17, Seeram placed the gold in his prayer room and left his home. He returned on November 25 and discovered the gold missing. A report was made to the police who later questioned the maid. Mohamed confessed to the police that she’d stolen the gold and was later charged, the prosecution said.
“My boyfriend pushed me in it,” Mohamed told the court. “Because he wanted the money… I don’t know how much money he wanted or what he wanted it for,” the distressed woman said.
When asked by the magistrate what she’d done with the money Mohamed informed the court that she purchased a number of household appliances. Further, she said that she had only been working with Seeram for one month. “I only got $32,000 left back from the money,” she said.
The magistrate informed Mohamed that the offence carried up to three years imprisonment but she would only give her 18 months.
– upgrades her kitchen
“I buy a fridge, gas stove, microwave and blender with the money,” a maid, who admitted stealing $2 million worth of raw gold, told Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson before she was hit with an 18-month sentence.
Rena Mohamed, 26, of 80 Second Street, Alexander Village appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with simple larceny. She pleaded guilty to the charge when it was read to her.
Mohamed admitted that between November 17 and 25 she stole 12 ounces of raw gold worth $2 million from her employer Ganesh Seeram.
According to the prosecution, Mohamed sold the gold and purchased a number of items with the money.
On November 17, Seeram placed the gold in his prayer room and left his home. He returned on November 25 and discovered the gold missing. A report was made to the police who later questioned the maid. Mohamed confessed to the police that she’d stolen the gold and was later charged, the prosecution said.
“My boyfriend pushed me in it,” Mohamed told the court. “Because he wanted the money… I don’t know how much money he wanted or what he wanted it for,” the distressed woman said.
When asked by the magistrate what she’d done with the money Mohamed informed the court that she purchased a number of household appliances. Further, she said that she had only been working with Seeram for one month. “I only got $32,000 left back from the money,” she said.
The magistrate informed Mohamed that the offence carried up to three years imprisonment but she would only give her 18 months.
