Guyanese reporter Cathy Richards has been ordered deported from the British Virgin Islands (BVI) after her conviction for the uttering of forged documents.
The Virgin Island News Online yesterday said that Richards who had been working in the BVI for over a decade, was ordered deported by Governor Daniel Pruce, according to Statutory Instrument 2026 NO. 63, dated October 20, 2026, and published in the Official Gazette on October 22, 2026.
The senior reporter with Japhix Entertainment since 2016 was found guilty on a single count of uttering forged documents.
The report said that the charges against Richards and Production Assistant Hitesh Yadram stemmed from the renewal of work permit applications that were submitted to the Department of Labour and Workforce Development in 2021. Yadram was found not guilty.
The report said that Richards was on January 16, 2026, handed a two-year suspended prison sentence by Justice Angelica Teelucksingh in the High Court of the Virgin Islands.
Governor Pruce ordered Richards to leave the Territory of the Virgin Islands; within thirty days from the date of service of the order and to thereafter remain out of the Territory.
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