By Racquel Porter
The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) says the recent conviction of three fraudsters has helped to establish the agency's reputation for bringing successful prosecutions to court.
Former employee of the Ministry of Labour Alvira Campbell and Goldston Cranston are to be sentenced on August 20 and 21.
MOCA agents were alerted by the ministry after a 2018 internal audit uncovered a number of irregularities within the Public Assistance Department, responsible for reviewing applications and disbursing aid under the Rehabilitation Programme.
The investigation revealed that between January 2014 and November 2017, Campbell exploited her position to illegally obtain a total of $807,500.
The funds were used to cover tuition fees for herself at the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean and for her son at the Mico Foundation.
Campbell was convicted last month.
Meanwhile, Cranston, who was convicted of uttering forged documents, has been ordered by the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Court make restitution in the sum of $830,000.
In addition, Nickeisha Lewis, who was originally charged with offences under the Law Reform Act, was later convicted of facilitating the acquisition of criminal property and engaging in a transaction involving criminal property.
Lewis pled guilty to both charges last week in the Home Circuit Court and was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, which was suspended for two years.
She was also fined $100,000 or three-days imprisonment.
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