By Racquel Porter
A soldier has been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into a sophisticated phishing scam that defrauded the National Commercial Bank of more than $47 million.
The soldier was arrested during a joint operation by the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency and officers from the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigations Branch on Tuesday morning.
Allegations are that between April and June 2022, the funds were illegally accessed from a number of accounts held at NCB, via an online phishing scam.
The stolen money was subsequently transferred to various beneficiary accounts, which have since been used to withdraw the funds or further transfer them to other banking institutions.
The soldier, who is suspected to be part of an organised criminal syndicate, was picked up by the lawmen at approximately 10 a.m. Tuesday, and taken to his residence in Kingston which was subsequently searched.
Another address linked to another suspect, who is currently in custody, was also searched.
A number of electronic devices were seized during the search and charges are expected to be laid shortly.
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