Dancehall artiste Mavado has declared that Jamaica is full of white-collar criminals and accused the Government of a failure to act when fraudulent events occur.

The 42-year-old made this claim in an Instagram post yesterday (January 19) that he attached a lengthy caption to an article that said disbarred attorney Jennifer Messado and her husband were given bail.

Mavado had accused Messado of defrauding him of more than $30 million in a real estate deal in 2018. The trial is ongoing and reports are that the singer is expected to testify in March.

Though he did not specifically address the current fraud scandals and financial institutions including Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL) National Commercial Bank (NCB) and Sagicor, it was clear that the artiste was calling out those in high society who commit fraud.

“Jamaica full of white-collar criminals and the Government is not doing anything about it because the people [who are] taking your money are friends of the bosses who run the country and [those] who make the talks and support white collar crime against the people,” said the artiste in his post.

He continued by stating that “under this government, you will never see the real criminals [go] to jail as long as they come from uptown where everyone goes to the same school and grow up together.”

The worrying trend of fraud in Jamaica appears to be an area of great concern for the Father Gad artiste, who encouraged his followers to pray because fraud is a “serious thing and it’s getting worse”.

Additionally, he called out the Director of Public Prosecutions (DDP), claiming that bail is always awarded when these situations arise. Seemingly puzzled by this reality, he questioned who would save Jamaicans from those who defraud, tagging Prime Minister Andrew Holness.

Since the beginning of the year, two financial institutions have reported fraudulent activity by staff members that saw millions being stolen from customer’s personal accounts.

Most notably is the multi-billion dollar fraud case involving Jamaican sprint legend and world record holder Usain Bolt, who was allegedly defrauded US$12.75 million he had set aside as retirement funds at SSL. An NCB wealth advisor was also accused of defrauding more than US$30,000 in a separate matter.

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