UPDATE: Two more arrested in Facey multimillion-dollar fraud
KINGSTON, Jamaica— The police on Wednesday reported that two additional people have been charged in the ongoing multimillion-dollar fraud investigation at Facey Commodity Limited.
Investigators believe the company was defrauded of approximately $160 million.
READ: WATCH: 17 arrested in $160 million fraud at Facey
Charged are 41-year-old Andre Green and 28-year-old Adrian Nelson, both truck drivers.
This brings the total of people charged in relation to the matter to 23.
During a press conference last Thursday Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey, said on May 16, 2022, the management of Facey parent company, Seprod, called in the police to probe what was believed to be fraudulent activities carried out by employees in the van sales department at the company.
He added that between April 12 and April 13, members of the Counter Terrorism & Organized Crime Investigations Branch (C-TOC) conducted special operations across Clarendon, St Catherine and the Corporate Area where 17 individuals were arrested in connection with the pilfering and unauthorised selling of goods.