ST JAMES: Jamaica — Claudine Morgan, a cashier from the Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) on Tuesday, pleaded guilty in the St James Resident Magistrate’s Court to charges under the Cybercrimes Act.

Morgan worked at the Firearm Licensing Authority’s Montego Bay office, where it is alleged that she used a ‘skimming’ device to capture data from debit cards presented to her by people paying for firearm licences.

The Revenue Protection Department in a release yesterday said the full investigations revealed that the information obtained in this manner was passed to others (unknown), and these customers were subsequently defrauded via ATM withdrawals.

She was arrested and charged in September 2013 after intensive investigations.

Morgan was initially charged with conspiracy to defraud, simple larceny, breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act, the Law Reform (Fraudulent Transactions)(Special Provisions) Act 2013 and Sections 3(1) and 8 (1) of the Cybercrimes Act.

“This conviction is significant in light of the increases in cybercrime, which has been highlighted this week,” said RPD.

Charges against Morgan under the Law Reform Act are still before the court and are set for mention on May 25, the same date on which she is to be sentenced.