75-year Ernest Bailey of Arima has been charged with 32 counts of money laundering and obtaining monies by false pretenses.

He appeared before Master Indira Chinebass on March 19th where he was granted $400,000 bail with surety to cover all charges and was ordered to report to a police station twice weekly.

According to police reports, the man collected monies under the guise of a law clerk.

The victime claims she paid the suspect  TT$145,000  to prepare legal documents, however the legal documents were never delivered and the suspect was unable to refund the monies received.

Officers from Fraud Squad East Office investigated the matter, arresting the suspect on March 17th and  charging him on March 18th.

He is due to reappear in court on May 16th.