Police have charged a 65-year-old US man with knowingly and
fraudulently uttering (using) a false document in connection with what
investigators said was an unlawful attempt to sell property in Cayman.
The suspect, Delbert Allem Hyland, appeared in court Monday
and was denied bail by the magistrate hearing the case.
Police initially said the suspect arrested in the case last
week was from Colorado, USA. However, court records indicated Hyland’s address
is in Louisiana.
Senior Crown counsel John Masters told the court that Hyland
is charged with uttering a false document, namely a power of attorney issued
for a deceased man named Donald Cosby, who is from Colorado.
According to Mr. Masters, Hyland was issued the power of
attorney document by Cosby five days before his death. Court testimony indicated that
Mr. Cosby committed suicide.
Mr. Masters said the notary whose name is on the power of
attorney document indicated the stamp and signature it contains did not belong
to her. The prosecutor also said the Crown plans to bring charges under the
Proceeds of Crime Law against Hyland at a later date.
Police said the suspect in the property sale case was a
visitor to the Islands who had a connection to the property at the Poinsettia
complex in George Town that he was allegedly attempting to sell.
Superintendent Brian Donley said the investigation started
after police got a report that a man had attempted to sell property in Cayman
that did not belong to him and without the owner’s authority. The Poinsettia
condo was valued at nearly US $500,000.
Police said the forged documents the man used in the scam
were obtained in the US and brought into the Islands with the specific intent
to commit fraud.
Please see this week’s editions of the Caymanian Compass for
more details on this story…
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