A Jamaican national has been charged in the Southern District of Florida with participating in an international telemarketing scheme based in Jamaica.
Joseph C. Smith, 28, of Montego Bay, Jamaica was arrested in the Southern District of Florida for his role in a Jamaica based telemarketing fraud scheme.
According to the indictment, beginning in or about June 2010, Smith’s co-conspirators allegedly contacted individual victims in the United States and falsely informed them that they had won a lottery.
These co-conspirators told victims they had to pay between several hundred to several thousand dollars, in order to collect their purported lottery winnings.
The co-conspirators then instructed the victims on how to send this money, and to whom, including directing that the funds be sent to Smith.
Mr. Ferrer commended the investigative efforts of USPIS, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), Miami Field Office, U.S. Marshals Service, Broward County Drug Task Force and the Miami-Dade Police Department Economic Crimes Bureau.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Bertha R. Mitrani.
An indictment is only an accusation and a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Joseph C. Smith faces a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
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Key Facts
- State: Florida
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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