Jamaican nationwide Alando “Tight Pants” Gentles was extradited to the US final Thursday to face prison prices linked to a lethal lottery rip-off.
Gentles was handed over to authorities in South Carolina, the place he will probably be prosecuted for mail fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy, a senior American official confirmed.
In response to Eric Shen, Inspector in control of the Felony Investigation Group on the US Postal Inspection Service, Gentles is the fifth Jamaican extradited to the US this 12 months for lottery scamming offenses. “We’ve another pending this 12 months,” Shen revealed throughout an interview with The Gleaner at the US Embassy in St. Andrew.
Shen famous the rise in Jamaican scammers leveraging know-how to broaden their attain to extra American victims. “Social media provides them extra attain, and you might be seeing extra cryptocurrency getting used to maneuver the funds,” he defined.
This newest extradition highlights the continuing efforts to crack down on lottery scams, which have focused quite a few People and led to devastating monetary and private losses.
