The St. James businessman accused of defrauding a church group of more than $3 million has been remanded.
Dominic Shaw, a 37-year-old resident of Montego Bay, was denied bail when he appeared before the St. Andrew Parish Court last week.
He's scheduled to return to court next month.
Shaw was charged two weeks ago with fraudulent conversion, failure to deliver goods on contracted date and possession of criminal property, after a St. Catherine-based church filed a complaint with the fraud squad.
Investigators reported that in February last year, Mr. Shaw, who is the operator of Cheap Travel Vacations and Events, was paid the sum of $3.2 million by a church in Portmore for a vacation trip to an all-inclusive hotel in St. James.
The accused allegedly received the funds on three separate occasions between February and September 2023.
The period of stay for the church group was five days in October 2023.
But a few days before the trip, the church was informed that no money was paid over to the hotel on their behalf.
When contacted by the church group, the accused allegedly agreed to refund the monies.
But despite numerous promises, the money was not repaid.
The matter was then reported to the Fraud Squad.
Shaw was arrested on December 7 after he was placed on the JCF's Wanted Wednesday list three weeks earlier.
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