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Fraud charge suspect bailed

By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net A SOLDIER Road man accused of defrauding a commercial bank of more than $13,000 was arraigned in Magistrate's Court yesterday. Lettero Poitier, 32, of Goggle-Eye Road appeared before Magistrate Guillimina Archer in Court 10, Nassau Street on 15 charges of forged document possession, use of said documents and fraud by false pretences. It is alleged that on five occasions between November 9, 2011 and February 12, 2012, he defrauded First Caribbean International Bank of $13,300. It is claimed he used fake FCIB cheques at the Mall at Marathon branch, drawn on the account of D Patric Paton, knowing they were not genuine. Poitier denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty to the charges. He was granted $10,000 bail and returns to court for trial on September 14.

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