St Ann hotel worker granted $500,000 bail over alleged US$6,449 credit card fraud

ST ANN, Jamaica — A 32-year-old maintenance worker employed at a resort in St Ann has reportedly been granted $500,000 bail after allegedly using a senior executive’s credit card to carry out unauthorised transactions totalling US$6,449.33.

The accused, Derval Brown, of Exchange in Ocho Rios, St Ann, has been charged with engaging in a transaction involving criminal property, simple larceny and unauthorised access to computer data.

According to police reports, between Saturday, October 3, and Sunday, October 4, 2026, Brown, who worked in the hotel’s maintenance department, allegedly gained access to a credit card belonging to a senior executive at the property.