KINGSTON, Jamaica — Detectives from the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch (C-TOC) on Monday arrested and charged 45-year-old Shereen Sawyers, call service agent of Water Street, Kingston with obtaining money by means of false pretence.

Reports are that between June 2015 and February 2016 Sawyers purported to be a visa agent and collected $100, 000 from four individuals to make visa applications to the United States Embassy on their behalf.

She reportedly gave the four people confirmation codes for appointment. However, it was revealed that the appointments were fictitious. The four individuals contacted her and she promised to make a full refund, which was not honoured, the police say.

The matter was reported to the Fraud Squad in March, resulting in Sawyers being arrested and charged with four counts of obtaining money by means of false pretence.

She was offered bailed in the sum of $60,000 and is to appear in the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, March 23.