Six charged in alleged $110-million loan fraud

THE Financial Investigations Division (FID) is reporting that six people have been arrested and charged following a joint investigation with the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) into an alleged fraudulent loan scheme totalling approximately $110 million.

According to the FID, the loans were obtained from a prominent financial institution between January 2023 and December 2024 through applications supported by forged and fictitious documents. The agency also said that loan proceeds were then moved through bank accounts held by third parties.

The FID identified the six individuals charged as Errol Williams, 39, a business owner and accountant from St Catherine; Christine Elliot, 52, a customer service representative from St Catherine; Staisha Campbell, 24, who is unemployed and from St Catherine; Paige Dixon, 34, a labourer and farmer and Adrien Kerry-Ann Gordon, 44, a self-employed shopkeeper, both from Kingston; and Admarie Ashman, 58, who is self-employed and from the Kingston 3 area.