BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday February 12, 2016 – Three British nationals, including a teenager, are among four people charged in connection with a credit card scam that saw them getting BDS$75,000 (US$37,500) in items from luxury stores across Barbados earlier this month.
The British men, 33-year-old Michael Akinwale Akingbade, 30-year-old Joseph Adedapo King, and Mukhtar Mohamed Muctar Abbasheikh, 19, were arrested and charged along with a 30-year-old Barbadian woman, Melissa Latoya Cumberbatch, following a police probe.
In their investigations, lawmen discovered that the four allegedly obtained jewellery, perfume and electronic equipment from luxury stores, sometime after arriving on the island between February 3 and 4.
They are individually and jointly facing a total of 26 counts of criminal deception and three counts of attempted criminal deception.
Mukhtar Abbaskeikh is also facing a cannabis possession charge.
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