After being defrauded of more than $2.2 million by way of a bogus cheque it received, Caribbean Chemicals yesterday warned business owners to be alert and not fall victim to a “well organised” gang preying on businesses countrywide.
“We understand that our company is not the only company to have fallen victim to this scam and we would like to alert the business community to be on their guard,” Director of Caribbean Chemicals Francesca Pires said at a press conference yesterday.
She explained that someone had called the office identifying himself as a farmer and enquiring about fertiliser purchases. After receiving the necessary information, the person said he would go to the office to make the purchase.
The person then went to the office and paid with a Demerara Bank cheque for 350 bags of fertiliser,
