A 33-year-old Freeport man has appeared in court charged in connection with an HDC housing scam.

A woman told police that in August 2020 she deposited a total of $8,000 into a bank account belonging to a man who allegedly led her to believe that he could help her get an HDC unit.

She later found this to be untrue and attempts to get the money back were futile.

Following an investigation by the Fraud Squad, 33-year-old Junior Rajkumar was held and charged with eight counts of money laundering and one count of larceny

He appeared before Master Shabana Shah on Wednesday and was granted $65,000 bail, with the matter postponed to June 25th.