12:53 pm, Wed March 23, 2016

St Elizabeth based medical practitioner, Dr. Alvin Grant, who is charged with fraud, had his bail extended when he appeared in court on Monday.
Dr. Grant, who is accused of defrauding Guardian Life Insurance of more than five million dollars in a medical insurance scam, is to return to the Corporate Area Criminal Court on May 9.
Dr. Grant was charged last week following an investigation by CTOC.
Prosecutors alleged that from 2013 to 2015, Dr. Grant submitted fictitious claims to Guardian Life for medical treatment purportedly provided to his patients.
The company paid more than five million dollars to the doctor’s medical practice.
The alleged fraud was uncovered by Guardian Life which called in the police.
Dr. Grant has denied the allegations.