Guyanese businessman Ed Ahmad enters formal guilty plea on NY mortgage fraud

Ed Ahmad

US-based Guyanese businessman Ed Ahmad yesterday morning pleaded guilty to attempting and conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud before Judge Dora Irizarry in a New York Court. The case has been closely watched here because of the ties between Ahmad and former President Bharrat Jagdeo.

Ahmad several years ago set up a hardware business on the location at Industrial Site, Ruimveldt