A St. Catherine furniture maker has been slapped with several fraud charges.
He is 43-year-old Ricardo Chambers of Nadine Road in Edgewater, Portmore.
The Portmore Police say Chambers was charged after a number of customers filed reports about incidents that occurred between January and June 2022.
Shaloy Smikle reports.
The police say in January 2022, Chambers was contracted by a woman to build a king sized bedroom set.
She paid him 175,000 dollars as a down payment and was told the balance should be paid in March, when the job is completed.
Chambers, however, did not deliver on his contract and instead went into hiding.
In April 2022, a man reportedly contacted Chambers via an Instagram account, where his business was advertised.
The man reportedly contracted him to build a dresser and two night tables.
The man made a down payment of 60,000 dollars, with the balance to be paid upon completion of the job.
Chambers again did not complete the job or provide a refund.
Then, in June 2022, Chambers was paid 90,000 as a deposit by a woman to build a dresser, scheduling the balance to be paid upon completion of the job.
He again failed to honour the contract and went into hiding.
All complainants made reports to the police, and a probe was launched.
Chambers was subsequently arrested and charged with three counts of Fraudulent Conversion, three counts of Non Delivery of Goods and Services on a Contracted Date and three counts of Misleading and Deceptive Conduct.
The police are inviting other members of the public who may have been victims of this furniture maker to contact the Portmore Criminal Investigations Branch (CIB) at 876-949-8403.
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