Three accused persons facing charges of fraudulent falsification of account and money laundering appeared at the High Court in Suva yesterday.

Rajat Maharaj, Biren Lal and Jessie McGoon appeared before Judge Justice Thushara Rajasinghe.
The matter was adjourned for plea to May 6.

Maharaj has been charged with 56 counts of money laundering and Lal has been charged with 50 counts of fraudulent falsification of account.
McGoon has been charged with seven counts of fraudulent falsification of an account.

It’s alleged that between 2014 and 2015, the three were involved in transferring $699,000 to the account of a company belonging to Maharaj.

At that time, McGoon and Lal were employed as finance assistance of Goodman Fielder.

Prosecutor from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Mezabeen Khan, sought time to file information and disclosures.

The court granted 21 days to the State and ordered to file the information and disclosures by April 22.
Bail was extended for all three accused persons