Duo tried using forged $3M cheque to defraud hardware store

From left: Kevin Bacchus and Floyd George.

Two men accused of conspiring to fraudulently obtain nearly $3M worth of building equipment from a city hardware store are now on bail.

Floyd George, 27, of Sophia, and Kevin Bacchus, 28, of 140 Regent Street, Bourda, denied that they conspired to swindle National Hardware Guyana Ltd of $2,923,227 worth of building equipment when they appeared in a city court yesterday.

It is alleged that Bacchus, a technician, on February 18, presented a Republic Bank cheque #65748329 to the