Three more persons have been arrested and charged by the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) as part of its investigation into the $47.5 million phishing scam at the National Commercial Bank (NCB).

MOCA, in a media release on Thursday, said 29-year-old Pajie Hibbert of Bay Farm Road, St Andrew; 26-year-old Sherika Pink-Oates of Rainford Road, Kingston; and 25-year-old Howalyn Petterson of Bushy Park, St Catherine, were taken into custody this morning during a series of coordinated operations.

The agency said they were charged with various breaches of the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) and the Cybercrimes Act, including engaging in a transaction involving criminal property, facilitating the use of criminal property, acquisition of criminal property, accessing a computer programme or data held in a computer with intent to commit an offence, and conspiracy to defraud.