Ex-GRA clerk accused of taking $1M bribe from Rio club owner

Seresti Bascom

A former Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) clerk has been charged with obtaining a bribe from the owner of the Rio Nightclub in exchange for not seizing illegal alcoholic beverages found on the premises.

Seresti Bascom, 33, of Lot 9 Melanie Damishana, denied the charge, which was read by Senior Magistrate Leron Daly in Georgetown yesterday.