Lottery scammer nabbed in St James
Published:Wednesday | February 24, 2021 | 9:32 AM
Detectives attached to the St James Lottery Scamming Task Force on Tuesday charged a man with possession of identity information with intent and possession of an access device following an operation in Coral Gardens in the parish.
The man has been identified as 22-year-old Lance Brown of Olin Deer Crescent, Montego West Village in St James.
The police report that between 10:30 a.m., and 2:30 p.m., a team carried out a raid at Brown’s house and an onsite analysis was done on his two cell phones.
According to the police, numerous credit and debit card information, scamming-related conversations, among other personal information, were found.
He was subsequently arrested and charged.
Brown’s court date is being finalised.
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