Mother fed up as son faces fraud charges

A frustrated mother was moved to tears as she expressed her frustration in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court with her adult son, who is facing fraud charges, while allegedly serving time in another case.

"Me talk to him say him nuh fi tief and him go St Thomas and tief and get six months. Him just come out [of prison], and now him gone back," the woman lamented.

Her son, Andre Anglin, did not appear in court on Tuesday as she related to presiding Judge Carlo Mason that he was sentenced to a year and six months' imprisonment at hard labour on September 29 in the Manchester Parish Court for robbery with aggravation.

"Him a serve time now and me nuh know weh fi do," she said, her voice crackling.

Anglin is charged on an indictment with two counts of conspiracy and two counts of obtaining goods by fraud. It is alleged that sometime in 2021, Anglin contacted the complainant, who is said to be the owner of IRC Solutions, and requested items which totalled $784,000. The money was deposited as a cheque by way of a mail deposit to the complainant's account, and the goods were handed over to Anglin.

On December 12, 2021, Anglin revisited the company and made another request for goods amounting to $2 million. The complainant was contacted by the bank and informed that the transactions conducted by Anglin were fraudulent. A report was made to the police and he was apprehended the same day.

Prosecutors requested an adjournment to verify the mother's claims and to ascertain Anglin's whereabouts. The matter is to be mentioned on November 7.