A travel agent was yesterday granted bail after she was charged with intent to defraud a Nigerian of over $600,000 that was to be used to purchase a return plane ticket.
Adriana Onoja, 27, of Lot 290 Section A, Block X Diamond, East Bank Demerara, was read a charge by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, which alleged that between October 10 and November 1, at Georgetown, with intent to defraud, she obtained from Ojooko Konoke, $630,000, by falsely pretending to him that she was in the position to get him a two-way ticket from Lagos, Nigeria to Georgetown, Guyana knowing same to be false. Onoja of Delight Travel Services, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
