Four more JUTC drivers charged in relation to ticket scam

Four more Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) employees have been charged in relation to alleged financial irregularities at the company.

Charged for embezzlement and failing to issue tickets are 31-year-old Kimanie Brown of Sandy

Bay, Clarendon, 41-year-old Nikesha Bell of Red Hills Road, Kingston 19, 43-year-old Telbourth Frazer of Seaview Gardens, Kingston 11 and 53-year-old Lenford White of Chaple Street, St. Catherine.

Brown faces 11 counts, Bell 30 counts, Frazer 22 counts and White six counts of these offences.

Reports are that between March 10 and April 2, the employees, all drivers, allegedly collected bus fares without issuing receipts.

The matter was reported to the police, prompting an investigation by the constabulary’s specialised investigations branch.

This brings the total number of individuals charged in this investigation to 13.