The St. Elizabeth police says three individuals were yesterday sentenced in the St. Elizabeth Circuit Court for breaches of the lottery scam law.
19-year-old Tafarie Haddad and 36-year-old Denise Sutherland, both of Santa Cruz in St. Elizabeth, both pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the commission of an offence, contrary to Section 12 of the lottery scam law.
More in this report from Cecil Thoms.
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Haddad was sentenced to two years in prison at hard labour, while Sutherland was put away for three years, also at hard labour.
A minor was also sentenced to three years probation for the offence of knowingly possessing identity information.
The police have however declined to release his name.
The three were arrested on November 29 last year, during an operation at a premises in Santa Cruz.
The police told the court that during a search of the premises, they found a book containing the names, addresses, phone numbers and social security numbers of persons living in the United States.
Receipts from Western Union and MoneyGram were also found.
The conviction of the three brings to 11 the number of persons from St. Elizabeth who’ve been convicted for breaches of the lottery scam Act, since June this year.
