{"id":23225,"date":"2019-01-08T18:06:16","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T22:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=23225"},"modified":"2019-01-08T19:55:38","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T23:55:38","slug":"shakema-charles-charged-in-passport-fraud-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/shakema-charles-charged-in-passport-fraud-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakema Charles Charged In Passport Fraud Probe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shakeema Charles, the Johnston Village woman who was wanted under suspicion of fraud has been charged.<\/p>

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This development is 24 hours after she surrendered to the police who have been in search of her since December 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was charged with five counts of forging bio pages of the Antigua and Barbuda Passport and one count of larceny.<\/p>

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Her purported lover, Police Officer Ray John and his mother Yvonne Nickie were charged last April in connection with the same investigation.<\/p>

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John is accused of larceny of 54 multi-layered infilling sheets and one multi-layered infilling patch, valued at EC$21,700, the property of the Antigua and Barbuda Passport Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawmen say investigations into the matter are continuing.<\/p>

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