Fraudsters forging property transports, Ali warns

Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali exhibiting the forged transport which he said was constructed by the fraudsters. (GINA photo)

Housing Minister Irfaan Ali has warned that a group of fraudsters have been forging property transports by posing as ministry officials and their victims so far include an overseas-based Guyanese, who was bilked of $1M.

According to the Government Information Agency (GINA), Ali on Thursday told the media that the ministry has successfully infiltrated the group. “They are taking transports and whiteout the original owners and information and they put the victim’s name in the transport, photocopy it and issue it as a transport,” he said. “It is sad that persons within our society are still not heeding the ministry’s call to avoid themselves from being caught-up in these circumstances,” Ali added,