ST JAMES, Jamaica – A woman who reportedly tried to scam the sponsor of a Montego Bay-based football club of over $600,000 was freed by the St James Parish Court on Monday after a series of mediation sessions with the complainant.

Tracey Hackett, 49, of a Granville address, was before the court on the charges of fraudulent conversion and 17 counts of conspiracy to defraud.

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According to court documents, the complainant is a sponsor of the Granville Football Club of which Hackett is the president.

On several occasions, the complainant would make payments for transportation for matches outside of St James for the team.

However, it was later revealed that the club did not play any games outside of the parish during the 2022-2023 football season and that Hackett had collected the payments for her own benefit.

A report was made and Hackett was subsequently arrested and charged.

During Monday’s court hearing, presided over by parish judge Sasha-Marie Smith-Ashley, it was revealed that Hackett and the complainant had struck an agreement using restorative justice. As a result, the prosecution offered no further evidence against Hackett.

“You are discharged and you may go, hopefully having learned a valuable lesson and that you will never walk this path again. You have been given a second chance,” Smith-Ashley told Hackett, before granting her permission to leave the courtroom.