Cashier accused of defrauding customers gets bail
A cashier accused of using a skimming device to defraud six customers of an auto shop where she worked of a total of $1.1 million, was last week granted bail in the the sum of $1.5 million when she appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court.
Chatal Wallace of Moore Street in Kingston was offered bail by Parish Judge Vaughn Smith on a charge of unauthorised access to computer data, following a successful bail application by her attorney, Richard Lynch.
According to allegations, Wallace, who was employed at the shop as a cashier between October 26 and December 8, reportedly used a fake, electronic data-capturing device to collect unsuspecting customers’ identity and banking information from their bank cards.
The captured data was then allegedly given to third parties who maliciously used the information to access the cardholders’ accounts.
It was also reported that Wallace was caught on camera using the skimming device, and copies of the video were handed over to the prosecutor and her lawyer on the previous court date.
Before bail was granted Lynch told the court that his client is planning to take a certain course of action, but that she would require her freedom in order to try and mitigate the losses that were suffered by the complainants.
Hence, Judge Smith offered her bail on condition that she reports daily at the Half-Way-Tree Police Station. She is to return to court on January 28.