Kamara gets four months for credit card fraud
BVI News Staff - Monday, February 27th, 2012 at 12:09 PM
Mohamed Kamara, the man implicated in a credit card fraud matter, was sentenced today, February 27 to four months in prison for attaining services by deception and was ordered by Magistrate Tamia Richards to pay the monies lost by Nanny Cay Resort forthwith or spend an additional four months in prison.
Kamara, a national of Sierra Leone and a resident of Trinidad and Tobago, was arrested and charged last year October for obtaining services by deception and possession or use of proceeds of criminal conduct.
On February 22, he apologised to the court and promised to never “do it again” after his matter was changed to a summary offense and the Crown offered no evidence on the charge of possession or use of proceeds of criminal conduct.
Principal Crown Counsel Tiffany Scatliffe, in presenting the facts to the court, said on October 20 a report was made to police by the hospitality manager of Nanny Cay resort that Kamara had checked in and paid for a room and other services with someone else credit card.
Officers from the Financial Investigating Unit are said to have gone to Nanny Cay and talked with the manager who said that someone called and identified themselves as Steven Johnson, saying he wished to pay for a room for his friend Mohammed Kamara to stay at Nanny Cay for one week.
The court heard that Nanny Cay emailed Johnson and sent him an authorization form which was signed giving Nanny Cay permission to take $1,064.17 from his card. Upon investigations the officers of the RVIPF attained a telephone number for Johnson in the United States and called him. According to Scatliffe, Johnson was not even aware of where the BVI was or the Nanny Cay Resort, neither did he know a Mohammed Kamara.
Following the phone call the officers returned to Nanny Cay and went to Kamara’s room where they were invited in by the defendant who told them that the room was paid for by his cousin in Africa. Kamara also invited officers to search his room telling them that he had nothing to hide.
It was stated that there was a computer on the bed in plain view and on it officers found the resort authorization form in the name of Johnson. The computer also had details about Steven Johnson, such as his social security number, his billing information and home and business address, along with other personal details. Kamara was cautioned and arrested on suspicion of credit card fraud to which he told the officers: “Officer I do not have a clue of what you are talking about.”
He was interviewed at the Road Town Police Station, and during the interview, he told officers that his cousin in Africa, who owed him a big favour, sent him on the trip. During the interview, Kamara’s phone kept ringing constantly and a detective answered it and on the other end there was a man saying: “Whose name you purchase the ticket in? I am at the airport now.”
The person called back and the officer allowed Kamara to speak to the individual and he said: “I am arrested by police. I don’t know what you are talking about and hung up the phone.”
When asked by police who the caller was Kamara identified the individual as Daniel from Trinidad. An inspector did a brief examination of Kamara’s laptop and found names, credit card information, birth dates, and social security information for hundreds of US residents. The computer was sent to the United Kingdom for analysis.
The police also found a text conversation on one of Kamara’s cellphone between the defendant and the Daniel person confirming two first class tickets to Jamaica from Trinidad for the same day.
In his mitigation today, the court was urged to take into consideration that the defendant has been in custody since October and to consider his time spent on remand and the fact that he intends to reimburse Nanny Cay for the $1,064.17 that they had to pay back to Mr. Johnson. It was also noted that Kamara was nabbed on the first day that he checked in.
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I think we need to stop fulling up balsum ghut with expatraites. When they commit a crime send them on the next flight out. They up there eating our tax money and living life good.When them in jail who is benefiting from this? Come on people get them out when they break the laws
it is bad enough when people can ‘think’ that level of crap. It is far worse when the editor fo a paper sees it fit to print it on an Online news site where there is no limit to readership.
People out there must be think some of you are savages still stuck in the stone age. Very sad state of affairs though.
I disappointed in the magistrate.
Frr little cannabis charges you throw the book at ppl, time plus fine. Cannibis is a crime that affects no one.
But fraud, identity theft financial terrorism & they get a slap on the wrist.
This sends a terrible message to these dispictable criminals.
She can only give what the law outline. yes it is a serious destructive crime but most likely the penal part of the law needs to be changed.
This man need a long jail time.He was caught that is why he was unable to continue his fraud career. If he does not get a custodial sentence he is likely to continue his wicked ways in another country making a mess of hard working people lives.Send him the right message your honor.
He is not a Trinidadian!! IDIOT!!!! Read The Article Properly…
Sen home dem Trini ppl
pure corrupt pppl – all a dem
Tricky-dadians!
IS TRUEEE THE WHOLE A DEM TRINI WHA ON OUR GOD BLESS TORTOLA RUINING THIS PLACE. I CANT STAND DEM WUTLESS TRINI MAN AND WOMAN. THE WOMA DEM ESPECIALLY CARNIVING. THE MAN DEM THIEFS AND SCAMP. ALLLLL A DEM NEVER MEET A DECENT TRINI ALL MY 38 YEARS!! TOLA AIN FOR DEM. JAIL THAT MAN AND GET THE REST OUT OF TOLA ONE BY ONE!
I thought he is from Sierra Leone
Exactly!!! I bet half of them don’t even know where SIERRA LEONE IS? … so I don’t know how them fools get on Trini people.. I’m a tolian but I rather have these people as friends because…. you know? I’ll keep my composure and not act like an imbecile
Loss him raam, they’re only remorseful when caught
He will do it again and again and again and again. He will just be more careful next time. Give him at least 10 years
These africans smh… they are known fraudsters. some pose as other people on facebook and beg money.
THAT SOB. Let him rot in jail
Send him back where he come from, he and all his people dem. J’can, Trini, Africans, they should not be here once convicted. They hand too nasty. They foot nasty too.
wow! what is this world coming to? What a doc I am so in agreement with your comment.People why cant we live as one and stop hating each other we are one Caribbean.I travel to a lot of other countries and I don’t hear all these crap that I am hearing in my own little Island.
obviously you dont travel much. I have spent time in Trini, Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua, St.kitts and especially in the bigger islands they tease you about coming from small island and your accent. They do discriminate. Its just that we dont know about it much because Tortolians do not travel too much the other islands except going on cruise or one of thier family members from another down island. Thats why you dont know about the discrimination but it exist in a very big way.
You are absolutely wrong and i have travelled all the islands including Guyana… Nationals of Jamaica, Guyana, and Santo Domingo get harsh treatment in other Caribbean islands.
How do the bajans treat the Jamaicans and Guyanese?
How do the people in Dominica treat the Santo’s?
How do the people in SKN treat the Guyanese, Jamaicans and Santo’s?
Etc….
So be careful when you make blanket statements
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some of these comments are so stupid, jus shows that the black man is his own worse enemy
Does FIU and FSC do the same jobs within government?
FIU mean Financial Investigations Unit which is a UNIT within the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force while the FCS is a totally diffrent organisation of Govt.
At the risk of sounding like a stereotype, i must say dem africans i fraid them. i looking for a man but dem dere not on my list, man is man, but i work, lime and socialise with them, and they aint good. when they come to the caribbean all the good cultures go out the door and they going wild.so u can imagine how he maybe wine and dine women on dem credit cards.
Did you go to school? And if you did, did you take English?
IDIOT! I HATE WEHN AU EXPECT PPL TO HAVE PERFECT GRAMMER JUST TO COME ON THIS DUMMY BVI NEWS GROW UP OR JUST READ GET THE MESSAGE OR POST YOUR OWN OPINION!!! GEESHSSHSHSH SICKENEING SET A FOLKS
WELL HE CROSS.
need to see a photo,plz!we all have to keep an eye out 4 these kind off people.
Good for the police! We need to keep these criminals away from our islands!
Up to today, I had to call my Credit card company for charges that I knew nothing about! FRAUD is a sickening crime, esp. to those sick bastards who constantly try to rob people.
I am certain that those credit cards belong to some of our politicians who paid him for his “high science” work which he was imported to do.
He should be locked up. Them West Africans are known criminals.
The African them spreading in Tortola like fire
africans, esp those nigerians, are stereotyped like muslims and jamaicans. cannot be trusted.
Shame on you. All those young people charged in bank fraud and stealing bank money in trtola for the last three years where are they from? not nigeria mor jamaica not anywhere else but born here, so whatch what you saying
It clearly says he is from Sierra Leone – go and look at an atlas and you will see there are 5 countries between SL and Nigeria.
yuh muma!!!
wow…africans knowned for fraud, jamaicans for murder, trinis for kidnappy, bajans for homosexuality, tolans for ‘born here’, dominicans for obean, spanish dominicans for sex trade, guyanese for rum and curry, and the list goes on
talking piss
Shame on you. All those young people charged in bank fraud and stealing bank money in trtola for the last three years where are they from? not nigeria mor jamaica not anywhere else but born here, so whatch what you saying.
You need to go around the round about in Road Town and Purcell and now Beef Island the the tambrine tree by Botanic station and whell back here.
What was used in the Tourist Board fraud, Credit Card. Was it a Nigerian, or Jaimacan, or Bajan, Or Dominican or St. Luican or Tortolain?
Well inc ase you did not know or like an ostrictch burying your head in the sand, let me tell you or remind you that it was Tortola, 100% born here. So stop that bull crap about who from where and doing what, it happening right here too. How many young men at Ballo for robery and fraud and them from righ here. So stop throwing stones when all your house full of glass. You hear?
Jah bless you,most people saying rubbish about africans? i asked you black man where your origin from? Kamara might be your brother from another country,Big up Black people,stop the trash about one another,lets make the world a better place for all.
let us tolans alone do wrong in our country!! au come looking better life concentrate on getting it so you can leave!! i dnt like no expats all my ppl and friends born here. they give no trouble only expats bringin ya’ll traditions to us. Tortola is a christian community with a good belief strong ties in money and good living. with all these expats my family and i our shares getting cut short. ya’ll need to go home now we done build up enuff no need for expats!! blunt as a knife!
Tolans- born here- jamaicans- murderer and bleaching- trinis- thiefing and kidnapping- dominicans high obeah spanish- whoring- guyanese smelling weird of rum and curry dnt forget bad breath- africans- fraud
You made me laugh!
Book him, Dano!
kamara appears to be a professional if that’s his only job
Lollll
good job police.
for once
Idiot! He thought the police would change their minds when he said they can search. That psychological trick does not work on cops…
I wonder whats his mission in tortola? Maybe here is a hub for credit cards. Why don’t he go Jamaica. The Jamaicans wouldn’t even hand him over to the police but to their personal butcher. Lol
TIME ALONE TIME WILL TELL YOU THINK YOU LIVE IN HEAVEN BUT YOU LIVING IN HELL , JAMAICA IS THE ONLY PLACE THEY COMMIT MURDERS I WONDER WE BACK BROAD.
Dont you think, in this life we are, there is more to life than what meets the eye. As GOD has given humanity that second chance to live, why cant we just share that among ourselves? Maybe we should stop being selfish. And consider with one another. Who among us knows how hard the fella’s past was?
Dont you think, in this life we are, there is more to life than what meets the eye. As GOD has given humanity that second chance to live, why cant we just share that among ourselves? Maybe we should stop being selfish. And consider with one another. Who among us knows how hard the fella’s past was? That guy didnt kill anyone.
You are funny. I can imagine you laughing at your comment and I couldn’t help but burst a laugh too.. their personal butcher.. you really good mehson.
These Africans are renowned for this s—SMH
its in their genes, they cant help it
recently I’ve had to go through so much stress to use my credit card abroad; how come it was so easy for him? Doesn’t the card holder’s financial institution put a watch on his card?
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