-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
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.
SOME PEOPLE ARE CRAZY………………………………………..DO THE CRIME SERVE THE TIME.
$2 MILLION DOLLARS IS simple larceny…. COME ON HOW SIMPLE …
SURE BLAME IT ON THE BOYFRIEND… SHE HAS NO MIND OR BRAIN OF HER OWN!
18 MONTHS … I WOULD OF GIVEN HER THE FULL TERM… NOW LETS SEE HOW EASY IT WILL BE FOR HER TO GET A JOB..
Come on people 18 months is a long time. I am sure she would have learnt her lesson.
SURE I DO NOT BLAME THE BOYFRIEND. NO ONE CAN MAKE YOU DO THINGS . YOU HAVE A BRAIN & MIND OF YOUR OWN. ……I HOPE ALONG WITH THAT FRESH GINGER BEER, THERE’S A BIT OF PEPPERPOT. MERRY XMAS.
Criminals come in all shapes and sizes.We tend to let someone’s gender and appearance fool us sometimes. I saw her on tv, she’s extremely pretty with an excellent figure. Looks like a model.
Well, perhaps it was a sting from the inception. Seems to me that the man was deliberately targeted and he fell for de pretty gal with the sexy figure. Some maid!!!
She stole and should pay for her actions. Low salary iis no excuse. Lots of people work for a small salary and and donot steal. The boyfriend and the buyer of the gold shold also be charged.
Wow she gets wat she deserve she shoulda get more time,if u ask me.
She shoulda get more time.a theif is a theif G.t is a onesided place . 18 mts ..? Come—on.
well this is one of many many cases of theft in guyana, this one get caught
one thing you can’t stop guyanese from doing is thiefing, all over the world they
go is the samething.
The owner of the raw gold should be investigated also since he should have some permit to have such quantity of raw gold in his personal posession ,is he the Guyana gold board?. Raw gold is an illegal comodotity in the hands of private citizens . I belive this maid is no fool she maybe think and know that the employer might find himself in trouble if he reported the matter .However he did because I am sure he uses his links within the law enforcement . My question is how did the employer aquired 12 ounces of raw gold?
Rena Mohamed says “her boyfriend pushed her to steal.” The fact is ,she had a choice. She could have said NO , but she choose to do the crime. She was the one who spent the money anway, she has a new fridge, stove, microwave and blender. I hope the judge ordered the police to retrieve the stolen items to be returned to Mr.Seeram in lieu of his $2million. Also the remaining $34,000. should be returned to Mr.Seeram. Such a pity she messed up her life by being greedy for materialistic stuff and now has to go to jail for it.