By LEANDRA ROLLE
Tribune Staff Reporter
lrolle@tribunemedia.net
A magistrate yesterday adjourned the trial of a woman who was accused of stealing from and defrauding Cable Bahamas of more than $2.5m over a 12-month period.
Precious Moxey-Miller is currently on trial before Magistrate Kendra Kelly in relation to 161 fraud-related charges for her alleged actions between January 2018 and February 2019.
The charges included counts of falsification of accounts, uttering a forged document, fraud by false pretences and stealing by reason of service.
Yesterday, three witnesses were scheduled to give evidence at the trial’s opening, however, they were unable to after Moxey-Miller’s attorney, Bjorn Ferguson raised the issue that certain documents, namely the C13 customs forms, which formed the basis of the case, were not in his possession.
However, prosecutor Sgt Vernon Pyfrom insisted the documents were handed over to him, sparking a back-and-forth between the two.
Intervening on the matter, Magistrate Kelly told the attorney she had written in her notes from earlier this month that several documents, including the customs forms, were handed over to the defence team.
However, Mr Ferguson insisted the documents he and his team received were only Excel spreadsheets and audit reports.
He also told the court that “this was not a game”, suggesting that the prosecution was not taking the case seriously. He also conceded that his client’s personal life was in “shambles” due to the serious offences of which she is charged.
When asked by the magistrate if he had the documents present, prosecutor Pyfrom replied that he did.
As a result, Magistrate Kelly asked the attorneys to meet on January 28, 2022, for disclosure where all documents will be presented to the relevant parties before the court and the trial was also adjourned to March 21 and 22, 2022.
Officers allege that between January 2018 and February 2019, Moxey-Miller stole over $480,000 from Cable Bahamas, which she had custody of by reason of service.
It is further alleged that between those same dates, she obtained a total of $1,321,510.17 from Cable Bahamas Limited located on Old Trail Road by means of false pretences.
She is also accused of uttering several false Bahamas customs forms and making numerous false entries on the forms, purporting to show the bill of lading was consigned to Cable Bahamas knowing the information to be false.
Among the additional charges, the 34-year-old is accused of fraudulently obtaining from Cable Bahamas Ltd a Royal Bank of Canada cheque in the amount of $90,569.53 on February 15, 2019.
She is also accused of stealing $38,618.24 from the company, which she had custody of by reason of her service that same day.
Prosecutors allege the accused also made false entries on a Bahamas Customs Department C13 form that she was required to maintain on February 26, 2019.
However, Moxey-Miller has denied the allegations. She is also represented by attorney Tony Scriven.
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