Caribbean National Weekly November 30, 2023

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MILLION DOLLAR FRAUD Jamaican lottery scammers in the US linked to Kingston car dealership

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 30, 2023

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Three Jamaican men who were recently arrested and charged with lottery scamming in the United States were allegedly using funds received from their victims to operate a car dealership in Kingston, Jamaica. This is according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania which announced that Caron Pitter, age 47, Rohan Lyttle, age 49, and Charlene Marshall, age 44, all from Jamaica were found guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering on November 17. In addition to the conspiracy charges against all defendants, Pitter was charged with several counts of mail fraud, and Lyttle was charged with multiple counts of mail fraud, wire fraud, and interstate transportation of goods taken by fraud. A fourth defendant, Rohan Lytle, Jr., age 26, was charged with some of the same offenses, and he remains a fugitive.

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Former Miami Beach commission candidate, her husband arrested on domestic violence charges Dunin Borkowsky, a 64-year-old Miami real estate executive. He was arrested on a domestic violence battery charge stemming from the same incident. According to the incident report, law enforcement officers immediately noticed a “strong odor of alcohol” emanating from Marcella Novela’s breath. In her account of the events, Novela asserted that she was the victim of an attack by her husband within the confines of their home. She claimed that Borkowsky had

A former Miami Beach commission candidate has been arrested and booked into Miami-Dade jail on Wednesday, facing a charge of domestic violence battery, according to official records. Reports are hat on Wednesday, Marcella Novela, 45, was arrested along with her husband, Ricardo

seized her by the throat and forcefully pushed her into a dresser, all following a heated argument. In response to these allegations, Borkowsky informed the police that he had acted because Novela had struck him in the head with a closed fist. The chaotic episode continued as Novela narrated that her husband had subsequently thrown her onto their bed before exiting the residence and venturing onto the pool deck. She also disclosed that she had retaliated by pushing Borkowsky into continues on B2 – Candidate arrested

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