Antigua Observer: A nurse has been slapped with 17 counts of fraud for using another woman’s bank card to purchase over $20,000 worth of items online. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP.
The accused is 29-year-old Jahmesha Millwood of Bolans.
Millwood and the complainant were said to have travelled to Jamaica in late February 2020 to pursue a seven-month training course in emergency nursing at the University Hospital of the West Indies.
However, after about two weeks, the course was suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but they had to remain in Jamaica due to the closure of the airports in both Antigua and Jamaica and were only able to return home in April that year.
Both women returned to Jamaica in January 2021 to continue the course and were reportedly quarantined in the same room for about two weeks before the programme started.
While rooming together, it is said that the complainant told the accused about a business which she was planning to start.
In March 2021, the complainant reportedly went to a bank in Jamaica to make a withdrawal and noticed that her balance was less than expected, so she contacted the bank in Antigua and requested a summary of her debit card transactions.
She reportedly noticed that a number of online purchases totalling $20,764.17 had been made over a period of time without her knowledge or consent.
The complainant subsequently reported the matter to the police who executed a search warrant on the premises of the defendant and allegedly found items which they believed had been purchased using the complainant’s card.
Millwood was subsequently arrested, charged and brought before the St John’s Magistrate’s Court.
However, given the seriousness of the charges, the matter was adjourned for the file to be prepared for committal proceedings on August 18
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Is she related to/friends with JANICE SAMUEL?
Maybe she was selling vaccine cards to pay back the 20K
It’s a shame it took that long to find out she was being robbed. You have tools at your desposal for securing your accounts. Beyond using the banking app to get instant access to transaction history, you can set up alerts for account activity that you want to be aware of. You can get a text message or email sent to your phone the instant a debit or credit is made. The banking app will tell you where and at what time the transaction occurred.
Yes I agree with you. That would have been very helpful and also would have prevented that large sum of money from being stolen.
🤔 hmmm any charges or updates on forgery of a Prime Minister signature and theift of barrels at Port Authority ? Still waiting but can’t hold my breath much longer .
🗣️ hello hello anybody there 🙆 ?
17 CHARGES FOR A ASE INVOLVING $20,000.00 FRAUD CASE AND YET THE CUSTOMS BROKER WHOSE CASE OF FRAUD IS OVER $3,000.000.00 ( THREE MILLIONDOLLARS) IS YET TO BE CHARGE. SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY.
This woman behaves like a psychopath and sociopath. I wonder what is the sordid excuse that the others who were selling vaccine passports used? Capitalism (opportunity knocking only once)
Oh and AJ c’mon seriously?
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