Cashier allegedly disappears with $900k slated for bank deposit
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — A woman who is accused of making off with $900,000 she received at work to deposit in the establishment’s bank account has been charged with larceny as a servant.
She has been identified as 29-year-old Crestida Lewis, otherwise called ‘Tanya’, of New Building district, Naine, Westmoreland. She initially gave her name as Tanya Lewis and was featured on the JCF Wanted Wednesday campaign.
According to the police, the accused was employed as a cashier at a business establishment in the parish when she was given over $900,000 to deposit into an account. It is alleged that Lewis did not make the deposit and failed to hand over the cash to her employer.
The police said she was contacted on several occasions, however, all checks made were futile.
Lewis turned herself in after being featured on the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s Wanted Wednesday campaign this week.
She is scheduled to appear before the Savanna-la-Mar Parish Court on Tuesday, April 23.
