Forgery Case

Magistrate Danny Wakikura committed Jennifer Rex to stand trial at the National Court on the 11^th of March 2024 after the court found sufficient evidence against her.

She was charged with obtaining money by false pretence and forgery under section 462 (1) and Uttering under section 463 (2) of the Criminal Code Act.

It was alleged that the accused had lodged falsified documents to the Coroner and Motor Vehicle Insurance Limited to obtain monies belonging to her late husband.

Murray Willie stood trial in court after he pleaded not guilty to fourteen counts of false pretense, where he was alleged to have obtained K558, 000 for false pretense.

He was also charged with three counts of forgery, for allegedly drawing three cheques under the Department of National Planning for the amounts of K55,000, K1.9m and K4.5 m respectively.

From Ali island,  Aitape in the West Sepik Province he was found guilty by the Waigani National Court on February 10 for forging his former wife’s signature twice to sell their house without her knowledge and consent in year 2000.

Steven returned to court today for submission on sentence. He was given the opportunity to address the court on what his appropriate penalty sentence should be.

He told the court that his former wife had knowledge and consented to him facilitating the sale of the property with some of the sale proceeds given to her when he went to Rabaul.

The court found George Steven guilty of forging Ekson Aquila’s signature on two occasions on  17 May 17, 2000 and Nov 15, 2000 to sell the family house which she had taken out a loan for.

Steven forged Aquila’s signature in the notice of intension to sell the property, section 284, Lot 69, a house which she got under the PTC home ownership scheme. He did so with the intension that the documents be used as genuine evidence of title of property.

Aquila had returned home to the East New Britain province in 1998 after the couple separated.

The Waigani Committal Court today (Nov 17) ruled there was sufficient evidence to warrant the committal of brothers Walo and Vui Matapere to the National Court.

Magistrate Cosmas Bidar made the ruling, saying the forging of Customs clearance documents was  becoming prevalent as more and more local companies were now involved in the business of importing goods.

He said that previously it was a business foreign companies were involved in.

Bidar said it is when the goods arrive on land and at the wharfs that the problem of forging documents starts.