A man accused of fraud was remanded in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

Charged with two counts of forgery, obtaining money by means of forged documents, making a false declaration, uttering forged documents and conspiracy to defraud is businessman Alexander Swanson, 45, of Franklyn Town, Kingston 16.

Allegations are that between October 9, and November 25, 2014, the accused man applied for a $8 million motor-vehicle loan from a commercial bank. In support of his application, he submitted an employment letter and payslip stating that he earned an annual salary of $9.5 million.

It is alleged that the accused also obtained a credit card with a limit of $500,000 and subsequently deposited a cheque in the sum of J$1.25 million payable to the bank.

It was subsequently discovered that the accused had another account at the institution in the name Alexander Miller. Further investigations indicated that all the documents submitted by the accused were forged and a report was made to the police on May 9.

A search of the accused man's home was conducted on May 11, and a Jamaican passport in the name of Alexander Kerrick Swanson was seized. He was later arrested and charged.

According to investigators, the accused man did a deed pole to change his name from Vincent Dawes to Alexander Miller. He was, however, implicated using the name Alexander Swanson.

It is alleged that the accused man was deported from Florida in 2004.

Swanson was ordered remanded by Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey. He returns to court on June 15.

- B.B.