Seven arrested, charged by C-TOC in multimillion-dollar banking scam

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Seven arrested, charged by C-TOC in multimillion-dollar banking scam

The Fraud Division of the Counter Terrorism and Organized Crime Investigation Branch (CTOC) has arrested and charged seven persons for scamming US$63,871.87 and $10,162,468 from a customer of a bank. The scam, according to C-TOC, involved unknown...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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