Two men were yesterday each fined $60,000 after they both admitted to impersonating others to apply for passports.
The charges against Ryan Felix and Saesnarine Etwaroo stated that they made false statements, by signing written declarations at the Central Immigration and Passport Office that they never held nor previously applied for passports.
Magistrate Judy Latchman, who heard both cases at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, was told that 30-year-old Felix, who is a baker and resides at 14 Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara, signed falsely for the purpose of procuring a passport stating that he was Rayon Thomas on September 25th. The court heard from Prosecutor Kerry Bostwick that Felix went to the passport office and applied for a passport using a birth certificate in the name of Rayon Thomas.
After being questioned by immigration officials, it was discovered that Thomas was already the holder of a passport. At this point,
