64-year-old accused of fraud

A WAIGANI committal court has adjourned the case of a 64-year-old man charged with five counts of fraud and extended his bail.
Magistrate Paul Puri Nii yesterday read the charges to Perapen Warun, from Lenki village in Wabag, Enga, and adjourned the matter to July 12.
Magistrate Nii said according to police, Warun was charged with one count of false pretence with intent to defraud, two counts of forgery and two counts of uttering.
He told Warun that police said in 2000 that he had entered into a contract of sale agreement with Yakan Business Group Inc (YBGI).
According to the contract agreement, a sum of K10,000 was to be paid as upfront payment to a lawyer’s trust account while the rest of the payments were supposed to be on installment until the full amount of K65,000 was paid before the transfer of the title for Allotment 2, Section 27, Wabag town, Enga, he said.
However, on the day the agreement was signed, Warun went back to the lawyer and got back the K10,000 without the knowledge of YBGI executives.
The matter was later reported by current chairman Johnson Doboyan.
Police carried out an investigation and found that records kept at the Lands Department revealed that Warun changed the title to his personal name and had the property put on mortgage with Bank South Pacific.
Warun was later arrested and brought to the National Fraud and Ant-Corruption Directorate where he was interviewed and detained.