Fraudster sentenced to four years

Jasodhra Bahadur

After being sentenced to four years in prison for stealing almost $600,000 by forging cheques intended for her employer, confessed fraudster Jasodhra Bahadur on Thursday also admitted to 26 charges of simple larceny of sums that amounted to over $11M.

For each of the additional charges, Bahadur, a 37-year-old mother of one, received three-year prison sentences but they will run concurrently. As a result, she will only be jailed for four years.

The former sales clerk, of 18 Block CC Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, was found guilty of