Bail denied for fraud suspects

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MAGISTRATE Jioji Boseiwaqa this afternoon did not grant bail to three people charged with separate counts of money laundering and fraudulent falsification of accounts amounting to $699,000 at the Suva Magistrate Court.

The first accused Rajat Maharaj 31, was charged with 56 counts of money laundering.

The second accused, Biren Lal, 32 was charged with 50 counts of fraudulent falsification of accounts while third accused Jessie McGoon was also charged with seven counts of fraudulent falsification of accounts.

The incident happened between 2014 to 2015.

The court heard that Mr Lal and Mrs McGoon was working as financial assistants for Goodman Fielder when the incident happened.

However Mr Maharaj who was the first accused had his own company where the money was injected.

DPP lawyer Mehzabeen Khan said none of the monies were recovered and that prosecution had a strong case according to evidence gathered.

The case would be called tomorrow morning for a ruling on bail application.

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