Alleged lottery scammer arrested and charged on return to the island

A 32-year-old electrician has been charged with various offences under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

He has been identified as Romaine Ricardo Jarrett of a Flower Hill District address in Montego Bay, St James. 

He has been charged with conspiracy to defraud, possession of criminal property, conspiracy to possess criminal property, conspiracy to transport criminal property into Jamaica and engaging in transactions involving criminal property.

Jarrett, who was a person of interest in an ongoing money laundering probe being conducted by the Financial Investigations Division (FID) and the Constabulary Financial Unit, was arrested after disembarking a flight at the Sangster International Airport on April 26, 2021.

In one instance, dating back as far as 2011, law enforcement officers in the United States visited the home of a lottery scamming victim after identifying that the person fell prey to a fraudulent scheme.

A sworn statement was given by the victim who fingered Jarrett as the main fraudster.

The FID’s principal director Keith Darien s they been trying to get a hold of Jarrett since 2015 .

Jarrett was offered bail in the sum of $400,000 and is scheduled to appear in the Savanna-La-Mar Parish Court on May 19.

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