Tag: RCIPS Financial Crimes Unit
Cops issue more warnings over latest email scams
(CNS): The RCIPS Financial Crimes Unit has issued another public warning regarding the emergence of more phishing scam emails that appear to be circulating among local email accounts. While most internet users are now very familiar with how to detect what is a real email and what isn’t, there are still many people who are […]
Forged $50 and $100 bills recovered by police
(CNS): The RCIPS Financial Crimes Unit (FCU) has received a number of counterfeit KYD notes, which were collected last month. The $50 and $100 bills are all from the “D” series and the $50 banknotes all bear the same serial number. The police are currently investigating the incidents of passing counterfeit currency and they are […]
Latest credit card cloners own up to crime
(CNS): Two visiting foreign nationals who were rounded up by police earlier this year have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the local banking system with cloned credit cards. Adam Makdad (21) and Hakim Benomara (25), who appeared in court Friday, have been remanded in custody and are due to be sentenced on 9 June.
Cops nab credit-card thief at local restaurant
(CNS): Staff at a local restaurant helped police round up a credit card thief this week after he used a gift-card to pay for his meal bought with an unauthorised payment on another person’s card. Officers from the RCIPS Financial Crimes Unit received a complaint from a resident about the unauthorised use of his local […]
Police civilian staff arrested for theft
(CNS): Two civilian employees of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service have been arrested on suspicion of theft. The staff members, who are understood to work in the Financial Administration Unit handling accounts receivable/payable, are both women, aged 37 and 41. They were arrested on 31 March and 1 April but the police had not volunteered […]
Police investigating allegations of theft from fund
(CNS): Officers from the RCIPS Financial Crimes Unit are investigating allegations of theft from a fund at a local investment firm. Police have confirmed that a complaint was made on 8 April from the local office of an investment firm regarding the theft of an undisclosed amount of money by one of its employees from […]
Police warn holiday shoppers to stay vigilant
(CNS): The RCIPS Financial Crimes Unit is warning holiday shoppers to be careful of card skimming and internet scams, especially when purchasing goods online. With an increase in wire transfers resulting from scams, police are urging people to be distrust banking instructions received over email purporting to be from genuine banks, treat any communications carefully and call the bank to […]
Banking scam emails on the rise
(CNS): The police are once again warning people to be careful about emails that refer to banking activity after more victims fell for online scams. The RCIPS Financial Crimes Unit (FCU) said the public should be suspicious of any instructions received by email purporting to be from banking institutions or individuals known to them talking about personal or business banking issues.
