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Truck assistance booked on almost $2 million fraud in Portmore

08 October 2024
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Forty-one-year-old Rushawn Bygrave, a truck assistant of Claremont Housing Scheme in Old Harbour, St Catherine, has been charged with several offences following an incident in Portmore, St. Catherine on Friday, September 27.

He is charged with unauthorised access to computer data, uttering fraudulent documents and simple larceny.

Reports from the police are that between Friday, September 27 and Monday, September 30, Bygrave gained unauthorised access to the now complainant's bank account.

He allegedly used a fraudulent identification card to make several unauthorised transactions totalling $1,980,000.

The complainant was alerted to the fraudulent transactions by the relevant bank, and filed a police report.

Bygrave was reportedly apprehended at a business establishment in Portmore while enquiring about the status of one of the fraudulent purchases.

He was subsequently charged following a question-and-answer session in the presence of his attorney.

His court date is being finalised.

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