Yuri Garcia Dominguez and his wife Ateeka Ishmael, who are accused of defrauding thousands of Guyanese through an alleged Ponzi scheme, were yesterday faced with 14 additional charges.
The couple appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court, where the charges of conspiring with other persons to obtain monies by false pretense were read to them.
It is alleged that they obtained a total of $9 million from the 14 victims.
They were granted bail in the sum of $800,000 each and are due to make their next appearance on November 2nd, 2020.
