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CANDIDATE SLAMMED ON CROWN LAND DEEDS Dr Pratt draws fire over distribution of property papers in East GB By Denise Maycock Tribune Freeport Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net A PLP candidate’s declaration that she had Crown Land deeds in hand and had been told to distribute them has drawn fire and questions about how such allocations are handled. According to video footage, East Grand Bahama
candidate Dr Monique Pratt made the claim at a PLP rally in West End on April 13, just weeks before the gereral election, telling supporters she possessed the long-awaited documents and had been instructed to release them. “Some other folks on the other side was talking about LAND - SEE PAGE THREE
DOMINICAN FACES COURT OVER FAKE PASSPORT AND VOTER CARD By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net A DOMINICAN man was charged yesterday with fraudulently obtaining a Bahamian voter’s card and passports, the latest in a series of such cases in recent months. Prosecutors allege that Biandry Francis, 36, obtained a voter’s card from the Parliamentary Registration Department on August 19, 2019, in New Providence,
and later uttered a fraudulent Bahamian passport in his name. He is also accused of fraudulently obtaining another Bahamian passport on March 1, 2022. Co-accused Horatio Francis, 52, is alleged to have conspired with others to commit fraud on September 20, 2013, and to have fraudulently obtained a Bahamian passport in Biandry’s name on October 1, 2013. FAKES - SEE PAGE FOUR
PLP rally at Thomas A Robinson Stadium last night. See PAGE TWO for STORY.
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Customs flags six fraud cases a month as 103 recruits join By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net
CUSTOMS Comptroller Ralph Munroe
CUSTOMS officials are uncovering up to six fraud cases a month, many involving importers understating the value or quantity of goods to reduce duties, Comptroller Ralph Munroe said yesterday, as the
department inducted more than 100 new recruits to strengthen enforcement. “What it means is that you have an invoice where someone knows they paid $1000, but when you look at it, they probably put $600 or maybe $500,” Mr Munroe said. “Or when you compare the prices with when you go online or back to the
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suppliers, you find that the prices have been slashed.” He said officers are trained to spot discrepancies by checking invoices against supplier records and prevailing market prices, while also relying on information from within the business community. FRAUD - SEE PAGE FOUR