Chief executive officer of the Washington University of Barbados Gopi Venkata Rao has been remanded to HMP Dodds for a week.
The 42-year-old of No. 11 Falcon Crest, Tuscany, Oldbury, St Philip was charged with three counts of fraud in relation to the St Philip based Casa Grande Inc, by disbursing $210 000 between three bad cheques between April 1, 2017 and September 1, in the District “C” jurisdiction.
He was also charged with disbursing a bad cheques in the amount of $30 000 to Furniture Limited sometime between December 28, last year and September 30 in the District “A” jurisdiction.
Gopi, who is represented by Queen’s Counsel Roger Forde, appeared before Chief Magistrate Christopher Birch, who remanded him until October 15, when complainant Asha “Ms Ram” Mirchandani is expected to appear. (RA)

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