A 35-year-old wealth advisor at NCB Ocho Rios Branch has been charged with fraud involving more than J$21 million.
Kadeen Thomas has been charged with simple larceny, forgery, uttering forged documents, and several offences under the Cyber Crimes Act in connection with the theft of more than US$143,000 from accounts at the bank.
The attorney for Ms Thomas, Bert Samuels said his client is maintaining she is not guilty. She is to appear in court on Friday, January 20, when a bail application will be made.
Thomas attached to the NCB wealth management arm, NCB Capital Markets, was arrested on Friday, January 13. This followed the allegation that funds had been moved from an account to her account. It was initially alleged that about US$15,000 had been defrauded from one account. However, investigations revealed that some US$143,000 (or J$21 million) had been stolen from several accounts, going back to 2021.
It is being alleged that there was forgery of signatures and the abuse of email allowing money to be siphoned off the accounts. It is not yet clear how many accounts are involved.
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