A 62-year-old Sangre Grande man has been charged with 24 counts of money laundering and obtaining $118,000 by false pretence from a 92-year-old woman.

Bernard Rodney has also been charged with two counts of uttering forged documents and must report to the Sangre Grande Police Station twice per week as part of his $450,000 bail conditions.

Police say, between March 2018 and April 2021, $118,000 was withdrawn from the 92-year-old woman’s bank account which was in her and her daughter’s name.

The elderly woman was informed that the name on the account had been changed to that of her son and police later found that allegedly fraudulent documents were used to authorize the change.

The money represents the woman’s pension, NIS and Widows and Orphans’ contributions which were allegedly transferred to an account held in the name of her son only.

Following investigations, a male suspect was arrested on July 20th and Rodney appeared in court on July 22nd.