ST JAMES, Jamaica — Jason Jarrett has been hit with a $1.2-million fine after being convicted of passport fraud.

According to court documents, the case emerged on November 15, 2024, when the police received information from the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) indicating that a case of double identity had been detected.

Subsequent investigations revealed that Jarrett had submitted two passport applications in 2002, under different names.

On April 28, 2002, Jarrett applied for a passport under the name Carlton Lloyd White, and on August 5, 2002, he submitted a second application under the name Dave St O’Brian Caw.

There was no indication that Jarrett had travelled on either of the passports issued in those names.

In court, defence attorney Delbert Morgan argued that Jarrett had travelled abroad, made “some bad choices,” and was subsequently sent back to Jamaica.

According to Morgan, this was Jarrett’s first brush with the law and was fully aware of the consequences of his actions.

The lawyer said Jarrett had expressed remorse and asked the judge for leniency.

Presiding judge Natiesha Fairclough-Hylton acknowledged the circumstances surrounding the first application but questioned the reason for the second.

“While I understand the initial set of circumstances that could have prompted Mr Jarrett to apply for the passport in a different name on the first occasion, I fail to understand why he applied for another passport in another name on the second occasion,” the judge said.

Jarrett was fined $400,000 or three months’ imprisonment on the first count, and $800,000 or six months’ imprisonment on the second.