WASHINGTON, United States (CMC)–Two Jamaicans are among 17 naturalised citizens set to be stripped of their United States (US) citizenship after being accused of serious offences, including sexual abuse of a minor, wire and bank fraud, and distributing drugs wholesale without a licence.

According to the Department of Justice, the Caribbean nationals are from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti.

According to the US authorities, prior to naturalising in 2011, Rodger George Gurdon, a native of Jamaica, engaged in a conspiracy to steal and resell medical products from military hospitals operated by the Department of Defense.