The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency, MOCA, is reporting that it has secured guilty verdicts in three court proceedings involving financial crimes and corruption.
The cases feature Nickeisha Lewis, Alvira Campbell and Goldston Cranston.
Daina Davy reports.
Nickeisha Lewis was initially charged with offences under the Law Reform Act.
She was indicted on two counts under the Proceeds of Crime Act, namely, facilitating the acquisition of criminal property and engaging in a transaction involving criminal property.
She pleaded guilty to both charges last week in the Home Circuit Court and was sentenced to two years imprisonment. Her sentence was suspended for two years.
Lewis was also fined $100,000 or an additional three-days imprisonment.
In the case of Alvira Campbell, the former employee of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, was charged with larceny as a servant and money laundering.
She was convicted in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court and ordered to pay restitution in the sum $870,500. Campbell’s sentencing is scheduled for August 20.
Goldston Cranston, meanwhile, was charged and convicted last week for uttering forged documents. He was ordered to pay restitution in the sum of $830,000. He is set to be sentenced on August 21.
Director of Communications at MOCA, Major Basil Jarrett, says the convictions have served to not only bolster the agency’s reputation for putting strong cases before the courts.
But, he says they underline MOCA’s commitment to combating organised crime and corruption while maintaining the integrity of the country’s financial systems.
He’s urging anyone with information on corruption, financial and other organized crime to call the agency’s anonymous and confidential tip line, 888-MOCA-TIP and report what they know.
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