By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN has been charged with using forged National Insurance Board short-term benefit cheques to obtain more than $13,000 from NIB in 2021 and trying to obtain nearly $4,700 more.
Delshan Allen, 47, pleaded not guilty before acting Chief Magistrate Ancella Evans to four counts of uttering a forged document, four counts of possession of a forged document, three counts of fraud by false pretences and one count of attempted fraud by false pretences.
Prosecutors allege Allen uttered a forged NIB cheque in his name at Scotiabank on November 22, 2021 and fraudulently obtained $4,530 from NIB on November 24. That same day, he is accused of uttering another forged cheque at Commonwealth Bank and attempting to obtain $4,649.
He is further alleged to have uttered forged cheques at Scotiabank on November 26, 2021, obtaining $4,810, and on November 29, 2021, obtaining $4,396 on December 3.
Bail was set at $15,000 with one to three sureties. Allen must sign in at the Elizabeth Estates Police Station every Monday by 9pm, obey an 11pm to 6am curfew and be fitted with a monitoring device.
His trial is set for March 23, 2027. Inspector Deon Barr prosecuted.
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