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A warrant was issued Wednesday for the arrest of attorney at law Paul Miller.
Mr. Miller who is accused of defrauding one of his clients of $2.6 million in a 2002 real estate deal, failed to appear in court Wednesday when the case was called up.
He was charged by the Fraud Squad two weeks ago, <span style="font-weight: bold">seven years after he reportedly went into hiding overseas.</span>
Investigators reported that in 2002, the complainant gave Mr. Miller $2.6 million to purchase a house in Edgewater, Portmore, St. Catherine.
However, after receiving the money, the 70-year-old attorney disappeared and could not be found by his client.
The complainant then ran into a mountain of problems when the property was transferred into his name.
The vendor who did not get his money then filed a lawsuit against the complainant.
The High Court handed down judgement in favour of the vendor and ordered the complainant to pay over the $2.6 million.
The property was eventually put up for sale.
The complainant went to the fraud squad and reported Mr. Miller.
<span style="font-weight: bold">The elderly attorney was nabbed on November 9 on his return to Jamaica from the United States.</span>
He was taken into custody and charged.
The Fraud Squad is probing other complaints against him