Five female gas station employees from St. Catherine and another woman who worked at a cafe in Kingston have been charged for allegedly using customers’ bank card information to steal roughly $2 million.
Nora-Gaye Banton reports.
Detectives assigned to the Counter Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch, C-TOC, arrested and charged the six women on Friday, May 3.
Charged with possession of identity information, simple larceny and conspiracy to defraud are –
Nineteen-year-old Teresa Douglas of New Nursery, Twickenham Park;
Twenty-five-year-old customer service representative, Ihesha Campbell, of High Mountain, Bog Walk;
Twenty-seven-year-old Onequea Morrison, of Princess Field district, Linstead;
Thirty-seven-year-old customer service representative, Latoya Walker, of Gordon Pen;
and
Thirty-nine-year-old pump attendant, Shavelle Whyte, of Kitson Town, all in St. Catherine.
The police have also charged 39-year-old cashier, Shari Tulloch of Thunder Pathway, Seaview Gardens, Kingston 11. The charges against her are possession of identity information and conspiracy to defraud.
According to the police, the women who worked at a gas station conducted several unauthorised transactions by entering card information without the presence of a physical debit or credit card in October and December 2023.
The amount involved is said to be over $1.1 million.
The police say the fraud was detected by the banks’ fraud prevention units whilst conducting investigations based on reports made by customers whose cards had been compromised.
The women are to appear before the St. Catherine Parish Court on Tuesday, June 11.
In the case of Tulloch, allegations are that she took pictures of customers’ debit and credit cards between the months of February and April 2024 while employed at a café .
She is alleged to have sent the pictures to her accomplices who used the information to transact unauthorised activities.
The amount involved is said to be about $1 million.
Tulloch will also appear before the St. Catherine Parish Court on Tuesday, June 11.
The Fraud Squad is advising card holders to always keep sight of their cards when transacting business.
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