The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) is seeking the arrest of a former accountant of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Peter Ramcharran, in order to for him to stand trial on charges that he allegedly falsified the organisation’s accounts.
SOCU prosecutor Patrice Henry yesterday made a request to Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for an arrest warrant to be issued for Ramcharran.
However, the Chief Magistrate requested that SOCU’s head, Assistant Commis-sioner Sydney James, be present at a hearing on June 5 and testify to what transpired prior to the charges being brought against Ramcharran.
If arrested, Ramcharran would formally face five charges for alleged falsification of GRDB accounts from 2011 to 2015.
Last month, six former GRDB board members were charged with failing to record entries for funds amounting to over $250 million in total in the agency’s general ledger, from 2011 to 2015.
