KINGSTON, Jamaica — An attorney at law has been charged with fraudulent conversion following a multi-million dollar property fraud investigation by detectives from the Fraud Squad and Financial Crime Investigation Division (FSFCID).

She has been identified as Debby-Ann Samuels. Reports are that Samuels was representing a client for a real estate transaction in St Ann.

The sale was reportedly completed in 2024, and the proceeds, over $8 million, were paid into Samuel’s account. The police were contacted when Samuels reportedly failed to disburse the funds to her client, and an investigation was subsequently launched. All efforts to contact Samuels were reportedly unsuccessful.

She was named a person of interest on Wednesday, April 22. Samuels was later apprehended on Monday, April 27, in St James by members of the Specialised Operations Branch after a brief standoff with the police.

On Wednesday, April 29, Samuels was interviewed in the presence of her attorney and was later charged.

She is scheduled to appear in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Friday, May 1.