Trial begins for ex-NGMC manager accused of fraud

The trial of former General Manager of the New Guyana Marketing Corporation (NGMC) Nizam Hassan, who is accused of approving payments for substandard work on the rehabilitation of the company’s Robb Street headquarters, began yesterday.

Hassan and Felicia De Souza-Madramootoo, the wife of the engineer Hanniel Madramootoo, stood before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, who presided over the trial in a Georgetown court.

The prosecution has proceeded with the trial of Hassan and Felicia in the