Woman had withdrawn from three banks
Gun-toting bandits yesterday morning snatched $3M cash and an undisclosed amount of jewellery from a woman moments after she had left a city bank.
The woman had earlier withdrawn substantial amounts of cash from two banks and had just collected $500, 000 from a third when the two armed men confronted her.
Police said last evening that they are investigating an armed robbery that occurred about 10:30 am at Charlotte Street, Georgetown, during which Michelle Sam of West Ruimveldt was attacked and robbed by two men, both of whom were armed with handguns.
According to a police press release investigations have so far revealed that the victim had gone to two city banks and withdrawn a total of $2.5 million which she placed in a bag on the back seat of her motor vehicle. She then went to another bank and withdrew a further $500,000. This was after leaving the rest of the money ($2.5M) in her vehicle.
The release added that as Sam was approaching her vehicle, she was confronted by the two armed men who held her up and took away all the cash, her jewellery and her car key before escaping.
Up to press time no one had been held.
wow are things worst since fineman died.this woman has to be crazy or she think that she was untouchable. why would do all that in one day knowing the crime rate in gt ,And why would you be by yourself come on people stop inviting these thieves, money in bag on car seat
Maybe,,,just maybe there is more to this story than is being told,,,stay tuned.
Guyana needs to get away from all this cash … the banks need to work much much harder to convince employers to use e-transfers for salaries, to introduce online payment for all utility companies, to encourage individuals to use debit cards, and to encourage small businesses to use electronic point of sales devices… there will be no long lines in utility companies, and nobody becomes a target on the street …. it’s happening all over the world, and in 90% of these cases the services are free … no reason why Guyana can’t do it!
The banking system in Guyana is not friendly to non cash transactions. I once made the mistake of taking a $7000.00 US cashier’s cheque to Guyana, it took me 35 days and $53,000.00 G in charges to get it changed. The bank’s excuse was this is how it is done in Guyana. Although this woman should have been wiser, knowing the situation with the stealing going on in the country, especially in GT.
I salute you Jackie. The business community in Guyana is still operating in the era of the horse and buggy.
Well it look like she asked for it. Plain stupidity. No sympathy here, she taught she was untouchable. She got what she deserved.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN BAD JUDGEMENT ON HER PART BUT THE VICTIM OF THIS CRIME DID NOT DESERVE THIS!!! NO ONE DOES AND THAT’S WHY IT IS CONSIDERED A CRIMINAL OFFENCE.
Sr Zainno:
You are absolutely correct!!
With the crime situation in Guyana almost out of control, a woman three bank transactions. 1st the banks are so close, 2nd informers with cellulars, 3rd Why didn’t pay an escort.
Hope that those criminals would be caught and castigated with the full force of the law.
Taught, is spelled THOUGHT,,,, go back to school and make sure that you are right all the way before passing judgement on someone,,,,,look at yourself first and you’ll get what you deserve, a lesson in spelling and Grammer.
zainno,she might have been traced,she has been doing that for years,she has to pay her staff and do other things,it had to be well planned,because she has a popular business(Cool Square) people watch you and one day they pounce,I know from experience as a business person in Guyana!!
To add to what the blogger Jackie said, all Ms Sam had to do, whether she was purchasing goods, a plane ticket, foreign currency or making any significant business transaction, was to ask the buyers whether they would have accepted a CERTIFIED BANK check? Meaning it’s your own money in check form and guaranteed not to BOUNCE.
It is that SIMPLE!!!! When will be people GET IT? Just plain stupidity, plain stupidity. God forbid, she could have lost more than just the money
Water under the bridge…
I feel no sympathy for this woman. In a climate where crime is rampant, an act of such emense stupidity is beyond even Balgobin ( dah man sleeping, chop off he head and hide it, meh wan for see if he gon find it when ge get up) I say no more
First rule,,,,be kind to others, if you have nothing nice to say, just read and smile.
John Smith, immense stupidity is what I call your response. Have ever heard of typo? I guess not. Spelling is not the issue;its the stupidity of the person to carry large sums of money around in a climate where not even John could spell his way out of an AK47 pointed in his direction.
This is most stupid. Who does she think she is , to be moving around with that large sum of money. Some tellers in the bank have friends who they tell when people withdraw large sum of monies. These people than track the person and rob them. I think that she should have known better.
berry you said it. let the SF check all phone records of the teller who handle the transactions and see who made that call. then go onto other tellers who witness the transactions.
she may be stupid but reserve the right to do so without her business transactions or info given to others.
Maybe she was just excited at the prospect of leaving Guyana that she became completely complacement.
By the way, is moonlighting (police men who are off duty working in uniform as security for business entities) permissible by the police force. Here in Texas it is not uncommon to see uniformed police officers, who are off duty policing business places and even working as personal security to individuals who require protection. A word of advice to businessmen, if the practice of “moonlighting” is not permissible by the police force adopt the mantra of yesterday’s Guyanese: “strickah de Govement wisa da public” seek out an off duty police, pay him/her a “small piece” and let him/her accompany you on your business trips in which you intend to carry large sums of money. I know many bloggers are going to say: ” you ah mek cat watch milk” LOL. I say no more.
It appears that the bandits are in ‘cohots’ with the tellers at some banks. Tellers should be restricted from using cellphones and the police should look at the telephone records of the last bank the victim visited to determine if a teller contacted the crooks. This has to end!
this can end if the security forces can do the same. make big withdrawals and have back up for the take, killing two birds with one stone. the thieves with guns and the tellers.
berry, you are s……………………o right there are some tellers who would inform their
friends when a person has withdraw large some of cash , gt is a small place and those dishonest employers are all around in every work place and just waiting to get their hands on other people’s cash; this woman should have known better, it doe’s matter where you are in the world you have to take precausions to protect yourself from bad people.
these theives are at the post office……..they never delivered my mother day card
that was the one time i sealed the envelop……..those thieves thought momey
was in the card…that made me very angry, sad and disappointed with the behaviour of the people who are in the positions to steal, cheat and rob others.
The beat goes on, investigations & Fineman’s Jumbie continues to rob people. I guess only the ghost busters will help us. It’s amazing how these people hit so very freely & randomly & taxpayers pay a foolice force for service & protection. I wonder if they have shares in the robbery enterprise!?!?!