MANCHESTER, Jamaica—An additional two people have been arrested and charged in connection with a card-skimming and cryptocurrency laundering ring operation in Manchester.

They have been identified as 25-year-old Alrick Bruce, a fast-food restaurant employee, and 23-year-old Shanae Smith, a sales representative. Both reside on Highway Drive, Mandeville, Manchester.

Both individuals were arrested on Monday by detectives from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Fraud Squad and Financial Crime Investigation Division of the Specialised Investigation Branch (SIB).

Their arrest follows the arrest of three fast-food employees on February 14, who allegedly fleeced approximately $600,000 from a customer’s bank card.

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Reports are that between June 2025 and January 2026, Bruce allegedly compromised several customers’ card information while working at a restaurant drive-thru, which he would use to purchase Bitcoin, and then transferred the funds—approximately $1.5 million—to a bank account owned by Smith.

Bruce was charged with conspiracy to defraud, simple larceny, possession of identity information and breaches of the Proceeds of Crime Act.

Smith has been charged with conspiracy to defraud and unlawfully making available a device or data for the commission of an offence.

They are to appear in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Monday, May 4.