Police Arrest 20 in Jamaica Lottery Scam Probe
Police in Jamaica have arrested 20 people suspected of involvement in a multimillion-dollar lottery scam.
The arrests are the latest in an ongoing police crackdown against
Jamaican scam artists who target mostly elderly Americans, cheating them
out of their savings by claiming they won an international lottery and
demanding payment to cover taxes.
Police corporal Kevin Watson says the group was arrested in Hanover
parish, a rural region west of the capital of Kingston. He said
authorities seized laptops, documents and one firearm following Friday's
arrests.
The Jamaican and US government set up a task force in 2009 to fight the
lottery racket, believed to generate at least $300 million a year.
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