Chef attempted to cook up $43M fraud – court hears

A self-employed chef/caterer arraigned on three forgery charges pertaining to a $153.8M cheque was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $5M when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton.

The allegation against Dustin Gonsalves called ‘Steven Ross’ is that on August 12 at Georgetown, with intent to defraud, he forged one Bank of Guyana cheque, numbered 06972185,