Three used-car dealers busted in expanded CARMAX probe
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Detectives from the C-TOC Branch say they have charged three used-car dealers for breaches of the Proceeds of Crime Act, as they widen their CARMAX investigations.
The men — 46-year-old Dwight Tyndale, 30-year-old Peter Blake and 38-year-old Barrington Biggs, all of Mandeville, Manchester addresses— were arrested between Thursday and Friday.
They have been charged with several counts of engaging in cash transactions above the prescribed limit of J$1,000,000 and are in breach of the latest amendment of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2013.
Reports are that between October 2014 and April 2015, the men bought 69 motor vehicles valued approximately J$81 million. They are to appear before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Criminal Court on Tuesday, May 26.
Director of CARMAX Jamaica Limited Daren Blake, who was arrested and charged on Friday, March 13 for Fraudulent Conversion, is also facing similar charges and will appear in court on the same date.
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