A Freeport businesswoman has been granted bail with surety for $750,000, after she appeared in court charged with extortion.
The TTPS, in a statement yesterday, said Sabrina Kalleecharran was charged with five counts of demanding money with menaces and one count of robbery when she appeared before Master Ambrose Persad-Singh at the Chaguanas Masters’ Court on Wednesday (January 22).She was not asked to enter a plea.
As part of her bail condition, the woman must report to a Central Division Police Station three days a week between 6 am and 6 pm, have no contact with the virtual complainants directly or indirectly, reside at her address until the completion of the matter and observe a curfew between 6 pm and 6.15 am every day.
The arrest and charges stemmed from reports made by several members of the Freeport business community that “they were being extorted and the alleged targets of vile and violent threats from the perpetrators.”
Police said an investigation discovered “that a female business owner of the area had co-ordinated with a high-risk inmate of the Port-of-Spain prison to supply personal details about the victims being extorted.”
Officers arrested a suspect and said they put a dent in a significant extortion ring operating within the business community.