November 19, 2015
Attorney accused of withholding full payment for land sale, charged
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Detectives assigned to the Counter Terrorism and Organized Crime Investigation Branch (C-TOC) arrested and charged an attorney with Fraudulent Conversion on Thursday.
She is 55-year-old Laverne George of Diamond Road in Stony Hill, St Andrew.
Allegations are that in 2013 George was contracted to conduct transactions for the sale of land on behalf of the complainant. It is said that the attorney failed to pay over the total sum of money from the sale to the complainant.
A report was made to the police, an investigation launched and George was subsequently arrested and charged. She is expected to appear before the Half Way Tree Resident Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.
