Detectives from the Fraud Squad and Financial Crime Investigation Division(FSFCID) have charged attorney at law Debby-Ann Samuels with Fraudulent Conversion. This followed a multi-million dollar property fraud investigation.

Reports are that Samuels was representing a client for a real estate transaction in St. Ann. The sale was completed in 2024, and the proceeds, over JM$8 million, were paid into Samuel’s account.

The police were contacted when Samuels failed to disburse the funds to her client, and an investigation was subsequently launched. All efforts to contact with Samuels were unsuccessful.

She was named a Person of Interest on Wednesday, April 22. Samuels was later apprehended on Monday, April 27, in St. James by members of the Specialised Operations Branch after a brief standoff with the police.

On Wednesday, April 29, Samuels was interviewed in the presence of her attorney and was later charged.

She is scheduled to appear in the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Court on Friday, May 1.