A BUSINESSMAN accused of unlawfully obtaining more than $57,000 was remanded in custody.
Raman Rajeshwar Prasad,45, made his first appearance this afternoon before Suva Magistrate Pulekeria Low.
He is charged with 67 counts of obtaining financial advantage by deception and a count of possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime allegedly committed from January 7, 2020, to January 2023.
Mr Prasad is alleged to have unlawfully obtained a total of $57,180 from the complainant via BSP online banking and M-Paisa.
It is understood that an investigation carried out by the Criminal Investigations Department’s Major Fraud Unit, Anti-Money Laundering Unit and Cyber Crime Task Force revealed that the accused had allegedly obtained the cash on the pretext of selling land plots which didn’t belong to him.
