SUSPECTS CHARGED IN MOCA MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PHISHING INVESTIGATION
- Trishana Roberts
- Apr 4, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 9, 2025
The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) has charged the two suspects arrested over the last 48 hours, in connection with the ongoing investigation into a $47.5 million phishing scam at the National Commercial Bank (NCB).
Twenty-five-year-old Avinish Isaacs of Cassava Piece, Kingston, and 24-year-old Nickiehsa Coote of Gregory Park, Portmore were both charged with Breaches of the Cyber Crime Act, Acquisition of Criminal Property, Engaging in a Transaction involving Criminal Property, Facilitating the use of Criminal Property, Accessing a Program or Data held in a Computer with the Intent to Commit an Offence and Conspiracy to Defraud.
Issacs and Coote were arrested yesterday and Wednesday, following early morning operations conducted by MOCA agents and officers from the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF).
These latest charges bring to 14, the total number of persons charged so far in connection with the massive cyber-crime which fleeced NCB customers of over $47 million dollars. The offences took place between April and June 2022, when members of an organized crime syndicate targeted 16 NCB accounts in a phishing scam and transferred the funds to a number of beneficiaries’ accounts.
“MOCA’s has given a high priority to cyber and financial crimes such as these”, said MOCA’s Director of Communications, Major Basil Jarrett, adding that “fraud and other cyber-crimes of this nature have grown significantly in recent years”. He also thanked MOCA’s JCF partners for their support in the operations.
According to the Statistical Institute of Jamaica in its latest Jamaica National Crime Victimisation Survey (JNCVS) which was published last week, there were 88,108 incidents of bank/consumer fraud reported in 2023, an indication that white-collar crimes are becoming just as prevalent as street crimes.
Major Jarrett is urging the public therefore to continue to remain vigilant in their online activities and to report any suspicious activities involving financial transactions to the MOCA’s tip line at 888-MOCA-TIP.
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