A proprietor of a nightclub in St Ann who was hauled before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Friday for fraud was granted $150,000 bail.

He is Lorindo Powell from Kingston 13, who has been charged with conspiracy to defraud, obtaining money by means of false defence, conspiracy to defraud, possession of criminal property and involving in transaction that includes criminal property.

Powell is to return to court on September 6, when the matter will be mentioned for plea and case management hearing.

Allegations are that the accused conspired with other persons and defrauded a 75-year-old woman in the United States of several thousand dollars.

The court heard that the accused told the victim that she won US$5 million and she was to send money to him to process her winnings.

Sexual orientation

In applying for bail, Powell's attorney told the court that his client desperately needs bail as he was beaten by other inmates while being detained because of his sexual orientation.

"Your Honour, I went to look for the accused while he was detained and the amount of "blanks" that were fired at me, if those were live rounds I would have been a dead man today," the attorney told the court jokingly.

As a condition of Powell's bail, he is to surrender his travel documents and report to the Hunts Bay Police Station on Mondays and Thursdays between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.