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April 03, 2009
Attorney arrested on fraud charges
Attorney-at-law, Mrs Antonette Haughton Cardinas, was charged with two counts of fraudulent conversion by the Yallahs Police, St Thomas Wednesday.
Information received by the Constabulary Communication Network is that Mrs Cardinas collected monies totaling $12 M from residents of Fort district, Leith Hall in the parish between 1990 and 2002, to assist in the acquisition of land. When she failed to represent them in court, a report was made to the police and an investigation launched. Mrs.
Cardinas was subsequently arrested. She was granted bail and is booked to appear in the Yallahs Resident Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, April 16.