BANKRUPT BANKER
42-year-old St Catherine businessman was charged on Tuesday, April 26, by detectives from the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID) with money laundering and conspiracy to defraud.
Allegations are that man used his point of sale card machine located at his business place to make transactions using a total of 61 fraudulent cards over a three-day period. The total transactions attempted amounted to over six million dollars. He was only successful in receiving $560,000 which he immediately tried to withdraw from the bank.
Detectives from then OCID received a report from a financial institution about the suspicious transactions. As a result of the report, an investigation was launched which then led to a raid at his business place and residence where several documents were seized by the police.
He was taken into custody, interviewed and subsequently charged.
He is scheduled to appear before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court tomorrow.
