Brazilian charged over forged passport stamps

A Brazilian miner was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with fraud and conspiracy when he appeared before Magistrate Alan Wilson at the Georgetown Magistrates Court.

It is alleged that on February 5, at Ogle Airport, East Coast Demerara, Solimar De Costa, 51, with intent to defraud uttered to a police constable, a Republic of Brazil passport in his name, with two false Guyana entry stamps, purporting