No case to answer ruling deferred in Prime Fiji matter

The case of limited liability company Prime Fiji Limited has been adjourned for a no case to answer ruling. At the Suva Magistrates Court yesterday, Magistrate Deepika Prakash told both counsels that the no case to answer ruling was not ready. Magistrate Prakash adjourned the matter to November 15 for hearing of the ruling.

Prime Fiji Limited is charged by Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) with forgery and using forged documents.

The Charges:

For the charge of forgery, Prime Fiji Limited, a limited liability company, between April 1, 2016, and April 30, 2016, partly at Suva, made a false document namely the Performance Security of Westpac Banking Corporation for the performance guarantee No. FRA/TIISP/15-67, streetlight renewals amounting to FJ $351,865, purported to have been issued by the Westpac Banking Corporation, with intent to dishonestly induce Fiji Roads Authority officials in their capacity as public officials to accept it as genuine and to dishonestly influence the exercise of their functions.

For the charge of using forged documents, Prime Fiji Limited, a limited liability company between April 1, 2016, and April 30, 2016, partly at Suva, used a false document which Prime Fiji Limited knew to be false, namely the Performance Security of Westpac Banking Corporation for the performance guarantee No. FRA/TIISP/15-67, streetlight renewals amounting to FJ $351,865, with intent to dishonestly induce Fiji Roads Authority officials in their capacity as public officials to accept it as genuine, and to dishonestly influence the exercise of their function.