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University CEO charged

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Earlier today, 42-year-old Gopi Venkata Rao, of # 11 Falcon Crest, Tuscany, Oldbury, St Philip, appeared in court facing four charges of evading liability.

Rao, the chief executive officer of  Washington University of Barbados at Casa Grande, St Philip, was charged in the District ‘C’ jurisdiction with three counts of evading liability at Casa Grande Inc. for three dishonoured cheques totalling $210 000.

He was also charged in the District ‘A’ jurisdiction with one count of evading liability at Furniture Ltd. T/S Builders Value Mart for one dishonoured cheque totalling $30 000.

Rao is due to appear in the St Matthias Magistrate’s Court later today. (PR)

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