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St James woman charged for lottery scamming

Published:Friday | November 2, 2018 | 11:18 AM

Members of the Lottery Scam Taskforce charged 25-year-old Janice Brown of Leader Avenue, Montego Bay, St James on Wednesday.

Brown has been charged with possession of identity information and possession of an access device.

A court date is to be set.

The police say between the hours of 12:45 p.m and 2:00 p.m, during a special operation, Brown’s premises was searched.

The search yielded one black laptop and three notebooks which contained identity information of persons living overseas.

Brown was subsequently arrested and charged.

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