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    Cops fingered in lottery scam - Kingfish head says arrests will be made

    published: Monday | February 19, 2007





    OPERATION KINGFISH says it is now targeting several police personnel who are involved in the deadly lottery scam operating out of Montego Bay, St. James.



    The head of the high-profile unit, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Glenmore Hinds, told The Gleaner yesterday that investigators were preparing to make further arrests in the case.



    This follows a number of raids on Thursday that netted 32 people.



    Fourteen of those arrested are believed to be key figures in the scam, and they will begin undergoing questioning in Kingston today.



    "We are looking at all the persons involved in the scam and we realise that a single operation would not net all of them so it is an ongoing operation," said ACP Hinds.



    "We know that it spreads far and wide and also across different social groupings and types of employment."



    Already the scam has shaken confidence in Jamaica's information communication technology (ICT) sector.



    Those involved are said to be closely linked to the notorious Stone Crusher gang in St. James, and ACP Hinds says he is confident that some of the masterminds are among those now in police custody.



    The scam works by convincing elderly Americans that they have won the Jamaican lottery. They are then persuaded to wire funds so that their 'winnings' can be processed.



    The lottery scam is reportedly being facilitated by unscrupulous ICT employees passing on personal information on American clients.



    The police have disclosed that those involved, mostly males aged 18-40, make US$4,000 to $10,000, weekly.



    During the simultaneous joint military/police raids in St. James and Hanover last week more than $1 million in cash, nine high-end motor cars, cellular phones, computers and documents were seized in Granville, Bogue Village, Westgate Hills and an establishment on Harbour Street in downtown Montego Bay.



    The lucrative scheme has also been linked to several murders in the St. James Police Division.



    Lynda Langford, country operations manager at Affiliated Computer Services, which operates 749 other locations around the world, said last year that the scam could force her company to pull out of Jamaica, costing over 1,400 jobs.



    Before last week's raids there were more than 20 arrests but the reluctance of American victims to travel to Jamaica to testify in the local courts forced eleven of the cases to be adjourned.


    BLACK LIVES MATTER

  • #2
    RE: Cops fingered in lottery scam

    ...and, as in all cases of corruption - It is the 'ordinary we' that facilitate the corruption.

    As I have said an many different occasions...and, failing to face this awful truth are many anti-PNP persons....corruption is rampant throughout the society. Yes, a wi fren dem and or aquaintances dem...and or wi mumma an puppa dem, bredda an sistah dem, cousin an pickney dem a fosta di corruption. A who a di gova-ment? A nuh wi?

    Watch iffen yuh nuh a guh si 'decent', head-di-cay-tid an res-pec-ted sumadi innah dis yah sin-ting? Yes!

    ...an di dutty money fram haul sources a circulate an use innah haul manna a ways innah di society! ...has hit his innah haul societies across di worl.

    Wi gats tuh face di facts! Value system bruk down! hit wi tek haul a wi a wok ti-ge-dah fi change hit back tuh a betta way! haul a wi!

    leada ship nuh eva lef pan dat euphimistic gova-ment. no sah...ebryone affi lead! Yuh waaan leada-ship a yard, leda-ship a church, leada-ship a school, leada-ship a wok! ...yes, leada-ship pan di sports-fiel, leada ship wen wi a cum innah custom, leada-shipebryweh!!!! leada-ship uptown! leada-ship downtown!! Leada-ship 'monst di rich! Leada-ship 'monst di poor! leada-ship ebryweh!!!!!
    "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

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    • #3
      RE: Cops fingered in lottery scam

      Karl, do you actually believe the crap yuh typing?
      "Jamaica's future reflects its past, having attained only one per cent annual growth over 30 years whilst neighbours have grown at five per cent." (Article)

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      • #4
        RE: Cops fingered in lottery scam

        <DIV>Yuh lucky! What the hell did he just say?!?
        </DIV><DIV>Even more reason why patois should be taught in school.</DIV>


        BLACK LIVES MATTER

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        • #5
          RE: Cops fingered in lottery scam

          A person that employs critical thinking cannot be Pro-PNP.

          Don't blame the critical thinker for that situation.

          Winning an election brings a certain responsiblity, I think that has probably escaped them... it appears that the primary purpose of this group is to win elections.. at the expense of the future of the country.

          "We always believe we are best for the country, so ANYTHING that causes us to remain in power is therefore best..."

          I believe they believe that... dangerous animal has been created..

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