A 31-year-old St. James resident, Romander Fletcher is to pay six million dollars to the state over the next ten years for his role in lottery scamming.
The Financial Investigations Division (FID) says Fletcher benefited from just over 11 million dollars for his participation in the illicit activity.
Director of Legal Services at the FID, Courtney Smith, says despite Fletcher’s claim that he only collected the money and subsequently handed it over, he’s still culpable.
Fletcher was arrested in 2014 and convicted in 2015 after pleading guilty for the unlawful possession of identify information with intent to use.
A sum of just under $500,000 belonging to Fletcher in a savings account was restrained.
He consented to the following:
Forfeiture of the funds remaining in his savings account plus the interest accrued.
Payment of the sum of $6 million to the Government as a pecuniary penalty by an order made under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA).
Also, that the full benefit of $11.4 million becomes due and payable should he commit another ‘scamming’ related offence.
The FID Director hopes this case will serve as a deterrent to those who might have an interest in partaking in the criminal offence.
Christeen Forbes reports for CVM Live:
