A woman, who is accused of committing a number of crimes, was remanded in custody when she appeared before the St Ann Parish Court on Thursday, November 24.
She is Simone Gammon who is charged with lotto scamming, cyber-crime and simple larceny. It was said that she had performed a series of activities which were connected and these charges were laid.
The accused was found in the possession of eleven manipulated debit cards, linked to accounts belonging toNational Commercial Bank (NCB) account holders, who noticed suspicious activities from their accounts.
Video evidence is to be presented, as well as statements from NCB customers and representatives.
Reports are also that the accused is linked to other criminal activities in Trelawny and further enquiries are to be made for her connection to these events which are of the same nature.
Clerk of court, Andre Wedderburn stated that her attorney, Everal Webster had stated that Gammon is at a very low rank in the ‘scam’ and he (Wedderburn) believes that as a result of this, she will pose the greatest challenge to the public.
Mr Webster in her defense stated that if granted bail, Gammon would not be a threat to the public since all the cards she was found with were confiscated and, as a result, she would no longer be able to commit crimes.Additionally, he told the court that there was no evidence presented to indicate that Gammon has access to more cards, if she is released. He also argued that access to the card would require a pin and that there is no proof of her spending money, which could have been possibly obtained from the cards.
Mr Webster then pointed out that his client was not granted bail on the last occasion as enquiries were to be made regarding the other allegations. And, according to him, there is “no substantiating” reason for his client to be remanded.
It was disclosed by Mr Wedderburn that the accused has a case of similar nature pending before the court in Portland and was convicted in St Thomas.
Mr Webster disagreed with the prosecution to say the other cases “are not of a similar nature.” However, Mr Wedderburn questioned Mr Webster’s statement since he did not disclose the nature of the charges.
The investigating officer who plays a vital role in the case was unable to be in court last Thursday and the case is set for mention on November 30.
