Logger denies defrauding men after promise to deliver wood

Everton Monteque

A logger was yesterday charged with duping two men of nearly $700,000 by failing to deliver promised wood to them.

Everton Monteque, 49, of 263 Independence Boulevard, had allegedly promised Terrance Persaud and Steve Ollivere, in July 2013, that he would supply and deliver the fruit of his labour to them, earned from logging in the Mabura area.

According to Prosecutor Deniro Jones, Persaud hired Monteque on July 2 to take wood