Repeat scammer Gopaul Tiwari was yesterday slapped with another fraud charge after it was alleged that he conned a woman out of $5.4 million. But Tiwari told the court that he was in prison at the time of the alleged fraud.
The court heard that between February 1 and April 20, 2015, at Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD), Tiwari, 48, of Craig, EBD, with intent to defraud, took $5,400,000 from Kamini Komal by falsely pretending that he could procure for her a Lexus SUV knowing this to be false. Tiwari pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to him by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.
According to Police Prosecutor Deniro Jones, Komal was interested in
