Fraud Squad officers are investigating the report of a San Fernando businessman who in August paid more than $300,000 to a woman representing a company selling safety equipment.
It turned out the woman and the company do not exist.
The man, who operates an industrial sales business, told police this week a woman who gave her name as Mahalia Jackson purported to be an employee of a company based in Tunapuna.
She negotiated the sale of safety boots and was paid $304,462. The woman and money disappeared.
