By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Court Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN was charged in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday for allegedly defrauding scores of people of more $50,000 under false pretences over the course of a year.
Vaughn Johnson, 49, represented by attorney Ian Cargill, faced Magistrate Kendra Kelly on 29 counts of fraud by false pretences and 15 counts of money-laundering.
Between November 10, 2021 and September 20 of this year, Johnson is accused of defrauding 18 people across both New Providence and Long Island of an estimated collective $54,410 under false pretences. The accused allegedly claimed to be able to repair these people’s property, falsely saying on multiple occasions that he was a mechanic.
In court Johnson pleaded not guilty to the charges, after which prosecutor Sergeant Vernon Pyfrom revealed that the accused also had prior charges.
The accused was remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services as he awaits his bail hearing on September 30.
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