Van West-Charles charged with submitting false invoice to GEA

Dr. Richard Van West-Charles

Former Guyana Water Inc head Dr. Richard Van West Charles, a director of Atlantic Fuels Inc., was this morning released on $100,000 bail after being charged with furnishing a false or misleading invoice to the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA).

Dr. Richard Van West-Charles

Van West Charles, 72, who resides at Lot 301 Meadowbrook Gardens, was arraigned before Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus in a Georgetown court, where he denied the charge.

The particulars of the charge state that on November 13, 2020, AFI submitted invoice #100 to the GEA regarding a shipment of diesel, claimed to have been purchased from Global Oil NV, knowing same to be false or misleading.

After being granted bail, Van West-Charles was told to return to court on August 16.