Two men held by the police in St Mary possessing the same fake New York State driver's licence, were slapped with forgery charges and brought before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.

The police yesterday told the court that they went to St Mary to apprehend one of the men, Jason Kameka, in whom they initially had interest. They said Kameka was responsible for the fraudulent conversion of some $2.4 million, which he deposited in the complainant's account via fraudulent cheques, before withdrawing the money.

American driver's licence

The police say that the other man, Timothy Burton, was in Kameka's company when he was accosted.

Following a search of the men, it was discovered that they had the same American driver's licence (New York state), bearing the name Jason Mitchell.

Burton was subsequently charged with possessing a forged driver's licence while Kameka is facing the same charge, along with those of uttering forge documents, obtaining money by false pretence and causing money to be paid out. Both will return to court on March 11.