2016年至2019年,前牙买加教育部长Ruel Reid和另外四人面临2 500万美元的假工作和假合同欺诈案审判。 Former Jamaican education minister Ruel Reid and four others face a $25 million fraud trial over fake jobs and sham contracts from 2016 to 2019.

前牙买加教育部长Ruel Reid和其他四人,包括他的妻子、女儿、前CMU主席Fritz Pinnock及议员Kim Brown Lawrence, 在2016年至2019年期间面临2 500万美元的欺诈案, Former Jamaican Education Minister Ruel Reid and four others, including his wife, daughter, former CMU president Fritz Pinnock, and councillor Kim Brown Lawrence, face a $25 million fraud case involving fake jobs, bogus invoices, and sham contracts from 2016 to 2019. 检察官指控,他们通过受控账户抽取公共资金,包括一个与一名不知在工资单上的家政工人有关的账户。 Prosecutors allege they siphoned public funds through controlled accounts, including one linked to a domestic worker unaware she was on the payroll. 在一名法官驳回辩方对证据和披露的质疑后,审判恢复,王室准备传唤数十名证人。 The trial resumed after a judge rejected defense challenges over evidence and disclosure, with the Crown set to call dozens of witnesses. 从10月13日起,金斯敦东部警察分局实行48小时宵禁。 A 48-hour curfew is in effect in Kingston’s Eastern Police division starting October 13.