Tag: obtaining property by deception
Shutter fitter jailed for five years for fraud on clients
(CNS): Garfield Antonio Robb, who was convicted of nine counts of obtaining property by deception last year, has been jailed for five years after conning clients out of at least $15,400 over a period of almost seven years between 2014 and 2020. Robb was convicted after trial for various scams, including accepting money for jobs […]
Douglas comes clean in latest criminal scam
(CNS): Judith Douglas (58) entered more than 30 guilty pleas in Grand Court Friday after the serial con artist admitted she had scammed almost three dozen people into giving her a deposit or rent advances for an apartment in Diaz Lane in George Town. Douglas took over $30,000 from people who believed they had secured […]
Serial con woman faces list of fraud charges
(CNS): Judith Douglas, who has a history of conning people out of their cash, is facing a new set of charges. The 57-year-old George Town woman, who was recently released from prison, having served a sentence for a massive Caymanian status fraud, is now facing 36 counts of obtaining property by deception in a rental […]
Property manager denies stealing rental cash
(CNS): Fernando Mota Mendes (55) pleaded not guilty to three counts of obtaining property by deception when he appeared in Grand Court Friday. Mendes, who runs a property management and maintenance company, has denied posing as the owner and taking and keeping money from renters of a property in North Side, known as the Pink […]
Cops brushed off screen-fitter scam complaints
(CNS): Garfield Robb, who was allegedly trading illegally as a screen and shutter fitter, is accused of conning at least a dozen clients out of thousands of dollars after failing to do work that he had agreed to do, such as building screened patios and fitting hurricane shutters. According to the crown’s case, Robb, who […]
Condo maintenance manager charged with stealing $35k
(CNS): Fernando Mota Mendes (55) briefly appeared in Grand Court on Friday but did not answer the more than dozen charges against him, including theft and obtaining property by deception. Mendes was bailed to return to court on 19 August, when he is expected to be arraigned on the allegations that he conned clients out […]
Douglas finally admits massive status fraud
(CNS): In an eleventh hour plea, Judith Douglas (55), who was charged with a Caymanian status fraud to the tune of almost $1.9 million, has finally admitted her crime. She was due to face a retrial next Tuesday but pleaded guilty today (Wednesday) to one count of obtaining property by deception. Douglas was convicted of […]
Judge: Judith ‘Judas’ robbed Mr Robb
(CNS): Justice Carlisle Greaves held no punches Wednesday as he handed down the maximum term of ten years to Judith Douglas for her conviction for obtaining property by deception. Douglas was found guilty by a jury on Tuesday of conning Nathaniel Robb, a US citizen, out of almost CI$1.9 million by falsely claiming that she […]
Son jailed for trying to sell father’s property
(CNS): Admiral “Andy” Anderson Jr (50), from George Town, has been jailed for 3½ years for trying to sell his father’s land and property without permission. Anderson was convicted last October of several forgery charges and an attempt to obtain property by deception after he tried to dispose of the family’s assets and pocket the […]
Woman admits stealing $400k from employers
(CNS): Nadia Miranda Powery pleaded guilty Friday to stealing over US$400,000 from her former employer, Cayman Villas, between November 2015 and December 2016, when she worked there as an accountant. Powery was charged with several counts of theft as well as obtaining property by deception and forgery relating to cheques she paid to herself. Despite […]
Paint scammers fined after guilty pleas
(CNS): Patrick Sherdan (21), David Gammell (20) and John Quilligan (22), visitors to Cayman from the UK and Ireland, dodged serious charges this week with the help of a local attorney and have since left the island. The men were accused of conning at least one local store out of cash when they painted the car […]
