Man Pleads Guilty to Lottery Scamming Charges

Jamaica (January 12, 2024) — According to local media reports a Clarendon building contractor pleaded guilty to lottery scamming charges in the May Pen Circuit Court on Thursday.

The ‘Jamaica Gleaner‘ reported the twenty-seven-year-old Jermaine Gabriel, of Peckham in Frankfield, is to be sentenced on January 29.

Gabriel was charged with possession of identity information, possession of an access device, and obtaining money by false pretence.

He was arrested by members of the Lottery Scam Task Force on Friday, December 18, 2020, after an operation was carried out at his home.

During an analysis of his cell phone, several files were found with identity information of persons residing overseas were found in his possession.

SOURCE: Jamaica Gleaner.