THE police say they are following strong leads which they believe could lead them to more suspects in a scheme that criminals have used to fleece more than $10 million from several financial institutions in the Corporate Area.

The racket has left several members of the Jamaica Constabulaty Force fuming as investigators reveal that the culprits had posed as police officers and presented fake documents to access the funds.

In an interview with the Jamaica Observer the police said that they were able to unearth the scheme following the arrest of a business development officer at a prominent bank last week Thursday.

The Constabulary Communi-cation Unit (CCU), the police information arm, said the man Marlon Taylor, 32, who is the suspected mastermind behind the illegal scheme was last week held by the police during an operation.

He has since been charged with several counts of fraud totalling $10 million.

Detectives attached to the Counter Terrorism and Organised Crime Branch (C-TOC) said he has been charged with conspiracy to defraud, forgery and uttering forged documents.

“Taylor recommended and submitted loan applications to a financial institution on behalf of men posing as police officers in a bid to take advantage of an exclusive offer for persons employed in that field. Upon inspection of the documents submitted, it was discovered that they were forged. The police were alerted and an investigation launched,” a C-TOC investigator told the Observer. Taylor was subsequently apprehended and charged.

But even as they spoke about Taylor’s arrest police said they have identified four other persons of interest whom they want to question in relation to the case.

As investigators continue their probe into the matter they reported that two of four men who were wanted for questioning in the racket have since turned in themselves to the police.

The two, Andre Wallace of a Clarendon address and Floyd Walters of a Kingston 10 address, turned up at the Fraud Squad offices on Monday and have since been remanded in custody.

The other men, Rohan Reid of a Kingston 17 address and Davian Burton also of a Kingston address, remain at large, the police said.

— Kimmo Matthews