Police charge 19-y-o woman for allegedly faking digital payment to obtain laptop
Published:Wednesday | March 12, 2025 | 8:58 PM
A 19-year-old woman accused of submitting a fake digital bank transfer receipt to obtain a laptop from a store has been charged by the police in St Catherine.
Breanna Barnes, a customer service representative of May Pen, Clarendon, and Portmore, St Catherine, is charged with simple larceny and obtaining property by false pretence.
Reports from the Waterford police in Portmore are that a store owner received an order via a social media platform for a laptop valued at $57,000 on Saturday, March 8.
The laptop was reportedly delivered to Barnes after the store owner received payment confirmation via a digital bank transfer receipt.
However, according to the police, it was later discovered that the receipt had been digitally altered.
Barnes was arrested during an operation and later charged following a question-and-answer session.
Her court date is being finalised.
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