Female TTPS Applicant In Court For Forged CXC Certificate; Granted $80,000 Bail

A woman has been granted $80,000 bail with surety, after she appeared in the High Court this week, charged with uttering a forged document, for the purposes of securing employment as a member of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS). 

According to the TTPS, Aveyola Castillo-Clairmont was charged with the offence when she appeared before Master Adia Mohammed, on Thursday (27th November, 2025). She was granted bail and the matter adjourned to 18th December, 2025, for a status hearing. 

The TTPS said reports indicate that in 2019, a woman applied to be a member of the TTPS and in support of her application, she allegedly produced a preliminary result slip, in her name, with passing grades in certain academic qualifications. She did not produce the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) certificate as was required, and was asked to return with the certificate. 

It is alleged the woman returned to the Police Academy on 31st October, 2025, and presented a CXC certificate in her name, reflecting the same grades that were on the preliminary result slip. The certificate was accepted as a genuine document. However, upon verification, it was discovered to be a forged document. According to the Ministry of Education, she did not obtain the grades quoted on the certificate. 

A report of the matter was made to the Fraud Squad and an investigation launched. 

An operation was conducted on Tuesday (25th November, 2025), which led to the arrest of a female suspect at the Police Academy. The operation was spearheaded by DCP - Intelligence and Investigations, Natasha George, ACP - White Collar Crime Division, Avinash Singh and co-ordinated by Snr. Supt. Michael Jackman, Supt. Arnold Lutchman and ASP Damian Thomas and supervised by W/Insp. Dana George, Sgt. Terrence Hamilton, W/Cpl. Jade Glasgow, Cpl. Stephen Woodroffe, WPC Thimbelene Lutchmansingh-Mungal and PC Brandon Ramlackhan.

The female suspect was subsequently charged with the offence by W/Cpl. Glasgow on Thursday (27th November, 2025).

The TTPS is reminding the public that “the use of fraudulent documents to defraud and deceive others is a very serious offence and the temptation to do so must be resisted. The penalty is more severe, if the fraudulent documents are used to obtain admission into any Public Service organization.”