WESTERN BUREAU:
Local authorities say they are now cooperating with their international counterparts after a Jamaican policewoman attached to the Zones of Special Operations (ZOSO) was jailed in the United States on accusations of being a major player in a lottery scamming operation. She has been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud by wire and conspiracy to commit fraud by mail.
The 18-year veteran employed to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Shelian Cherine Allen, who resides in Stonebrook Vista, Trelawny, and is stationed in the parish of St James, is accused of running a lottery scamming organisation that is responsible for fleecing US$1.69 million from mainly elderly victims based in the United States.
The cop’s 20-year-old son, who was also under investigation for lottery scamming, was also arrested.
Allen is believed to have earned US$128,000 from scamming between 2019 and 2021, under what law enforcement officers in an affidavit have referred to as the ‘Allen Lottery Scheme Organisation’.
The affidavit was filed against her in the Eastern District Court of Wisconsin in Milwaukee on Wednesday, February 2, after months of investigations and admission of guilt by a number of accomplices based in the US.
At least one of the 17 vulnerable or elderly victims identified lost her house, plus US$150,000 in the scam, said the report.
Allen was detained when she tried to enter Fort Lauderdale in the United States in September 2021. Border control…
