KINGSTON, Jamaica – A policeman is among six people charged in a multi-million dollar smishing scam that targeted an elderly customer of the National Commercial Bank (NCB).

In a release, the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) named those charged as 35-year-old police constable, Marlando Rowe of Four Paths, Clarendon; 34-year-old Glenecia Smith, a customer service representative of Old Hope Road; 31-year-old Nemoy Rodney, an electrician of Old Harbour Road, St Catherine; 27-year-old Shamar Cammock, a security guard of Manor View Drive, Kingston 8; 26-year-old Kimmor Peters, a sales representative of Bucks Common, Clarendon; and 27-year-old Zowan Foster, a cashier of Top Hill District, Junction, St Elizabeth.

They were all charged with breaches of the Proceeds of Crime Act and the Larceny Act on Friday December 6, following their arrests between Tuesday and Wednesday last week. Foster was handed an additional charge of facilitating the use of criminal property.

According to Major Basil Jarrett, Director of Communications at MOCA, the six persons are suspected of being part of a wider cyber enabled crime group. Jarrett says their arrest and charge demonstrate the agency’s resolve to dismantling and disrupting organised criminal enterprises.
The six are to appear in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Wednesday December 11.