St Catherine woman charged for collecting $3m in land scam
Published:Saturday | February 17, 2024 | 9:37 AM
The police have charged a 35-year-old St Catherine woman who allegedly tricked persons into paying a total of $3.4 million in fraudulent land sales.
Shanna-Marie Maragh was charged on Friday with obtaining money by means of false pretence and fraudulent conversion by investigators attached to the Spanish Town police in the St Catherine North division.
It is reported that in April 2023, Maragh collected $1.9 million from a businessman for the sale of a piece of land.
It was revealed that she pretended to be the secretary of a construction company.
In another reported incident in September last year, Maragh allegedly collected took $1.5 million.
The matter was reported to the police after the purchasers made several unsuccessful attempts to acquire titles for the lots.
An investigation was later launched leading to the arrest of Maragh.
She was charged in the presence of her legal representative after being questioned.
The police are urging members of the public who believe they were tricked into land purchases to come forward.
- Rasbert Turner
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