Erma Mitchell, 67, in cuffs
NASSAU| A former Royal Bank of Canada employee was charged today with using forged documents to obtain bogus loans.
Prosecutors say that Erma Mitchell, 67, fraudulently obtained $368,900 from the bank by submitting forged loan applications in the names of various borrowers.
Mitchell allegedly carried out the bogus loan scheme while working as a personal financial services officer at the bank between April 2008 and December 2009.
Mitchell denied charges of falsification of accounts, forgery, uttering forged documents and fraud by false pretenses at her arraignment before Magistrate Ambrose Armbrister.
She was denied bail. However, her lawyer Jairam Mangra has made an emergency bail application in the Supreme Court.
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A ROYAL Bank of Canada financial services officer who was accused of falsifying several accounts and defrauding the bank of hundreds of thousands of dollars over a decade ago, was yesterday denied bail ahead of her trial.
Erma Mitchell appeared before Magistrate Armbrose Armbrister charged with over 80 fraud related offences which the prosecution alleged she committed between April 2008 and December 2009.
Yesterday, the 67-year-old was charged with 17 counts of falsification of accounts, 23 counts of forgery, 23 counts of uttering a forged document, 23 counts of fraud by false pretences and one count of conspiracy to commit fraud.
The finance officer was accused of falsifying the RBC accounts by fabricating personal loan application forms which were filed in the names of other people.