Crime
RCIPS warns WhatsApp users of take-over scam
(CNS): The police and the Cayman Islands Government Information Security Office are warning WhatsApp users of a scam that enables the perpetrators to take over the victim’s account. The scammer can then send messages to any of their contacts, purporting to be the victim, until the account can be recovered.
Two boys arrested in relation to minister’s crash
(CNS): Two boys have been arrested on suspicion of moving an excavator and placing the arm into the roadway at Anton Bodden Drive, Bodden Town, sometime before Labour Minister Dwayne Seymour collided with the arm 30 minutes past midnight on Thursday, 8 August, while he was driving a government-owned black Chevy Tahoe. The police did […]
Man jailed for 18 months over impulsive robbery
(CNS): Okia Rainel Porter (23) has been sentenced to just 18 months in jail, having pleaded guilty in February to a robbery at a grocery store in West Bay late last year. The Jamaican national, who was unarmed, entered the 4-Way 24-hour convenience store on the evening of 19 November with the assistance of friends, […]
Bogus CAL email is phishing scam
(CNS): Cayman Airways Ltd says the airline has received reports of a phishing email being sent to customers claiming that their “account” has been “temporarily suspended”. CAL stated that this email was not sent by Cayman Airways, and anyone receiving it should not click on any links nor provide any information to the senders.
Suspect arrested for 1997 Brac murder
(CNS): Police say they have arrested a 76-year-old man on suspicion of murder in relation to the death of Eva Glee Ebanks on 16 October 1997 on the south side of Cayman Brac. Ebanks was 35 years old at the time of her death. CNS understands that the suspect is Eddylee Martin, a well-known businessman […]
Man dodges jail over bullets ‘found’ on beach
(CNS): A local man who said he had found a black bag containing 15 rounds of ammunition on Seven Mile Beach, close to the Kimpton Hotel, earlier this year was given a suspended sentence last month after the court decided “custody was avoidable” given all of the circumstances. Corey Alexia Diaz (26), who pleaded guilty […]
Drs Express wins another battle in fight for justice
(CNS): The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has been ordered to hand over documents that supposedly support its decision not to prosecute any of the public officials involved in an unlawful raid at Doctors Express almost five years ago. In a long-running legal battle, the health facility continues to seek justice over the […]
Boys shooting pellet guns at random people in GT
(CNS): The police said that last weekend, they received several reports of a group of between two and ten boys, believed to be between twelve and 15 years old, approaching members of the public and firing shots at them with what appears to be a pellet gun or gel blaster. While no one has been […]
Mother serving ten years over boyfriend’s gun
(CNS): Thalia Ashanti Barnes (25), the mother of a seven-year-old child, was sentenced to ten years in jail last summer for the possession of her boyfriend’s gun. The court found there were no exceptional circumstances relating to her or the crime when she was convicted in December 2022. The details of the case were revealed […]
19 summoned to court in ACC investigation
(CNS): Anti-Corruption Commission investigators have served 19 people with summons to appear in court, either for bribery of a public officer, contrary to section the Anti-Corruption Act, or unlawfully obtaining personal data, contrary to the Data Protection Act, or both. One man has also been summonsed for fraud on the government, contrary to the Anti-Corruption […]
RCIPS warn of scam calls from bogus bank fraud unit
(CNS): RCIPS has received reports that local banking customers have received calls from overseas numbers from individuals claiming to be from their bank’s ’Fraud Unit’. The customer is informed that there are suspicious purchases on their account, and then sent a link to review the purchases. The link, when clicked, gives the caller access to […]
