A Cuban national was yesterday remanded to prison after he was read three charges, including forging a confirmation letter for an appointment at the Mexican Embassy.
Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus yesterday read the three charges to 52-year-old Lazaro Pereira Alanzo.
The first charge alleged that between September 28th, 2018 and December 17th, 2018, at Georgetown, with intent to defraud, Alanzo forged a visa appointment letter, dated January 11th, 2019, in favour of himself, purporting to show same was issued by the Mexican Embassy. It was further alleged that the accused on December 17th, 2018, at Georgetown, with intent to defraud, uttered the visa appointment confirmation letter, dated January 11th, 2019, in favour of himself, purporting to show same was issued by the Mexican Embassy, to a clerk at the Ministry of the Presidency’s Department of Citizenship.
