By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A WOMAN accused of stealing $65,000 last December through a fraudulent cheque was granted bail earlier this week.
Prosecutors allege that Charlotte Marie Carter, 34, uttered a forged Bank of the Bahamas cheque in her name and deposited $65,000 into her Scotiabank account on December 2, 2025.
She allegedly defrauded Scotiabank’s Cable Beach branch of $60,000 on December 15, 2025, and defrauded Scotiabank’s Wulff Road branch of $3,000 the same day.
Carter is further accused of defrauding Scotiabank’s Wulff Road branch of $1,900 on December 16, 2025.
She pleaded not guilty to possession of a forged document, uttering a forged document, money laundering (acquisition), and three counts of fraud by false pretences before Senior Magistrate Kendra Kelly Burrows.
Carter was granted bail in the sum of $9,900 with one or two sureties. She must surrender her travel documents and sign in at the Matthew Town, Inagua Police Station once a week.
Her trial is set to begin on May 29.
Levan Johnson represented the accused. Sergeant Vernon Pyfrom prosecuted.
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