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<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : # Jamaica ' s Police Fo... fraud (RJR)...</span>
The police are to unveil a major initiative Thursday morning as they prepare to mount a major assault on the multi-billion dollar credit and debit card racket operating across the country. This will be done with the launch of a new Task Force - "Operation Safe Card.""Operation Safe Card," which will deal specifically with debit and credit card fraud, will operate under the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID).Details on the operations of the new Task Force will be outlined at a press conference scheduled for 9.30 with Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington, members of the officer corps of the Jamaica Constabulary Force and representatives of the Jamaica Bankers Association. The formation of the Task force comes as the country's banking sector reels from an alarming spike in credit and debit card fraud which has resulted in the theft of billions of dollars.Holders of credit cards issued by foreign banks have also been targeted by unscrupulous persons who illegally obtained information and siphoned off funds.Just last week four persons including an employee of a major bank were arrested in connection with another racket in St. James and Hanover.Two of the detainees were charged by OCID detectives with three counts of breaching the Cyber Crimes Act, and three counts of Conspiracy to Defraud.Allegations are that the accused conspired to pin debit cards that were fraudulently produced.The cards were then used at various business places to make purchases.
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : # Jamaica ' s Police Fo... fraud (RJR)...</span>
The police are to unveil a major initiative Thursday morning as they prepare to mount a major assault on the multi-billion dollar credit and debit card racket operating across the country. This will be done with the launch of a new Task Force - "Operation Safe Card.""Operation Safe Card," which will deal specifically with debit and credit card fraud, will operate under the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID).Details on the operations of the new Task Force will be outlined at a press conference scheduled for 9.30 with Commissioner of Police, Owen Ellington, members of the officer corps of the Jamaica Constabulary Force and representatives of the Jamaica Bankers Association. The formation of the Task force comes as the country's banking sector reels from an alarming spike in credit and debit card fraud which has resulted in the theft of billions of dollars.Holders of credit cards issued by foreign banks have also been targeted by unscrupulous persons who illegally obtained information and siphoned off funds.Just last week four persons including an employee of a major bank were arrested in connection with another racket in St. James and Hanover.Two of the detainees were charged by OCID detectives with three counts of breaching the Cyber Crimes Act, and three counts of Conspiracy to Defraud.Allegations are that the accused conspired to pin debit cards that were fraudulently produced.The cards were then used at various business places to make purchases.