MOCA raids St Catherine Municipal Corporation in multimillion-dollar investigation
According to sources, the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) and other law enforcement agencies have raided the St Catherine Municipal Corporation (SCMC) in relation to a multimillion-dollar fraud investigation.
The SCMC is now closed to the public as investigators conduct searches, one source revealed.
The homes of several employees and persons associated with them were also searched during the operations, sources further revealed.
The operations, which began Wednesday night and are ongoing, are being conducted at 17 locations in Kingston, St Catherine and Westmoreland, MOCA confirmed in a statement on Wednesday.
The police, army and the Financial Investigations Division are also involved in the search operations.
"The operations are aimed at executing search warrants at the various locations in connection with an investigation into allegations of serious organised crime," said Major Basil Jarrett, director of communications at MOCA.
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