POOR and Boasy, 2009 winner of the Magnum Kings and Queens of Dancehall talent competition, pleaded guilty to fraud when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court in Half-Way-Tree on Tuesday.

The entertainer pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud, uttering forged document, and obtaining money by means of false pretence.

He is to return in November. A social enquiry report is also expected to be presented.

According to court documents, Poor and Boasy — whose given name is Omar Johnson — is alleged to have collected US$1,000 to convert to Jamaican currency from a deejay who had returned from an overseas.

It is further alleged that the entertainer gave the deejay the converted cash of $70,000 in a sealed envelope. On inspection it was revealed that all the bills had the same serial number. A report was made to the police and entertainer was arrested and charged.

No stop order was placed on the entertainer who has an upcoming show in the twin-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago. He has to, however, report to the Half-Way-Tree Police Station on a weekly basis.

In 2009, Poor and Boasy and Tiki won $1 million each on Magnum Kings and Queens of Dancehall talent contest. The contest ended in 2018, after 11 years.

— BB