🚨 US trio sentenced to 18 months for credit card fraud

Three American men, Dave Obaseki, Michael Capers, and Sean Luke, have each been sentenced to 18 months in jail for using stolen credit card details to fraudulently purchase 73 items in Grand Cayman. The men, aged 32 and 33, were arrested on March 19 after making suspected fraudulent credit card purchases totalling over CI$50,000 in value. They were later charged with three counts each of obtaining property by deception. 🚔

Following their arrest, the police searched the premises where the men were staying and seized several items, including expensive jewellery, perfumes, and electronics such as iPads and iPhones. The conviction and sentencing of the men came after a multi-faceted investigation led by the RCIPS Financial Crime Investigation Unit (FCIU), which worked closely with international partners to identify overseas victims whose credit card details were among those stolen. 🕵️‍♂️

“We would like to give a special thank you to everyone who assisted in this investigation, from our international partners to the front-line officers who responded to the initial report, to our colleagues in the Digital Forensics Hub and the Cayman Islands Bureau of Financial Investigations,” said Detective Sergeant Nevron Bradshaw of the FCIU. The affected businesses have either had seized items returned or compensation orders granted, the RCIPS said. Bradshaw also expressed gratitude to the staff of the affected businesses, whose cooperation and provision of essential evidence were crucial to the investigation. 🙏