Women get four years in jail for $48M phone credit fraud

Candacie Marshall, Melissa Naughton and Oladara Christian, who were found guilty in August of fraudulently converting in excess of $48 million from Telecom Solutions Guyana Inc, were yesterday each sentenced to four years in jail.

The three women were charged with conspiring together with a person or persons to embezzle in excess of $48 million in credit from Telecom Solutions Inc between June 25, 2008 and November 23, 2009.

On August 31, the trio was found guilty by Magistrate Leron Daly but their sentencing was