Press Release From MOCA - April 17, 2026
The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) has arrested and charged two more suspects in connection with its ongoing investigation into a $80 million phishing scam at the National Commercial Bank (NCB).
Twenty-six-year-old Shanielle Smith and 24-year-old Brandon Billings of Nannyville, Kingston and Twickenham Park, St Catherine, respectively, were arrested at their homes on Wednesday April 15 following an early morning operation conducted by MOCA agents and officers from the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) St Catherine South and St Andrew Central divisions.
The two are suspected of being part of an organized criminal syndicate that stole over $80 million from NCB customers between April 2022 and December 2023, using a sophisticated phishing and smishing cyber scam.
According to Major Basil Jarrett, Director of Communications at MOCA, law enforcement teams from MOCA and the JCF conducted simultaneous operations at the two addresses this morning, to execute search and arrest warrants. Both suspects were held and a number of evidentiary items seized. Smith and Billings were taken to MOCA headquarters where they were both charged with Receiving Stolen Property and Engaging in a Transaction Involving Criminal Property.
“MOCA is unrelenting in pursuing those responsible for this theft” said Major Jarrett, adding that “fraud and other cyber-crimes of this nature are high on MOCA’s agenda due to their increasing occurrence in the criminal underworld”. He also thanked MOCA’s JCF partners for their support in this morning’s operations.
Major Jarrett is urging the public to remain vigilant in their online activities and to report any suspicious activities involving financial transactions to the MOCA’s tip line at 888-MOCA-TIP.
Editor's Note
I wonder what came out of MOCA's investigation at the St. Catherine Municipal Council. Can MOCA and/or Mayor Scott update us?
NCB customers, please check your bank accounts.
There are millions of dollars sitting in dormant accounts, which could disappear, and the government captures the rest of what is left. I have been asking for systems to be put in place to reduce the number of dormant accounts, but who cares?
It is interesting to note that there are no TRNs next to the names, and the first names are placed first. The list is sorted by first name. This is strange.
Click here to see if any of your relatives, dead or alive, have funds at the bank classified as dormant. You might be shocked to find a relative with a few million dollars in those accounts!
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