A 41-year-old businesswoman, Terkessa Brereton-Duncan, was recently granted $175,000 bail after being charged with fraudulent conversion of $143,000. The case was brought before Master Shabaana Shah at the South District Court in Princes Town on July 22, with an adjournment set for February 20, 2025.
The charges arose from multiple payments made to Brereton-Duncan between March 2021 and July 2021 for the purchase of a roll-on roll-off Honda Vezel RS hybrid car. Promised delivery within two weeks of full payment, the car never arrived, leading to failed attempts to secure a refund.
After information was received by police on July 18, Brereton-Duncan was arrested at an address on Cipero Road in San Fernando by police from the Fraud Squad Office. The following day, acting W/Cpl Lively-John charged her.
Coordinated by W/Snr Supt Phillips, the operation was led by Insp Bachoo, Sgt Bassarath, and acting Sgt Lewis, along with acting W/Cpl Lively-John and PC Ali of the Fraud Squad, as well as W/Cpl Didier of the Guard and Emergency Branch.
