Clarendon building contractor pleads guilty to lottery scamming
Published:Friday | January 12, 2024 | 1:46 PM
A building contractor is to be sentenced on January 29 after pleading guilty on Thursday to lottery scam charges.
Twenty-seven-year-old Jermaine Gabriel of Peckham, Frankfield, Clarendon, was arrested and charged by members of the Lottery Scam Task Force on December 18, 2020 after an operation was carried out at his home.
During an on-site analysis of his cellular phone, several files populated with names addresses and telephone numbers of persons believed to be residing overseas and banking information and receipts with monies collected from victims were reportedly found.
He was arrested and charged for possession of identity information, possession of access device and obtaining money by false pretence.
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