A 50-year-old man from Freemans Village has been arrested and charged by the police for fraud amounting to one hundred and seventy-six thousand, sixty-nine Eastern Caribbean Dollars ($176,069.00).

The accused is alleged to have fraudulently converted the money entrusted to him for the construction of a house for his use.

He is also charged with larceny for the same stated amount. The incident occurred between February and August 2019.