Marcia Griffiths Recovering $5 Million As Scammer Agrees To Repay Funds

The male implicated of defrauding seasoned reggae artist Marcia Griffiths countless dollars in a supposed land deal has actually pleaded guilty to 2 counts of acquiring cash by incorrect pretense and has actually consented to pay back the vocalist her cash.

The male, Ray Morgan, is a founded guilty felon. On Wednesday (Oct 5.), he used to pay restitution to the victim when he appeared prior to Senior Parish Judge Lori-Anne Cole Montaque at the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court.

He was represented by lawyer Orville Morgan who stated that his customer will begin paying through the court starting next Thursday.

Morgan was arrested and charged with defrauding Marcia Griffiths of $4.8 million in June 2021. According to reports, he had actually formerly invested 12 years in prison on 4 counts of scams and had actually simply come out of prison when he represented to Griffiths that he might assist her acquire a home in Jamaica.

The vocalist was linked to Morgan by another celebration after revealing the desire that she wished to develop a museum that shared her tradition with the world as one of the veterans of Reggae music and a leader in the category.

According to her grievance, Morgan proffered that he had abroad partners who might provide her US$500,000 to buy the home and fund the expenses of the building. In return, the profession scammer declared that the vocalist needed to pay him US$30,000 for charges and J$250,000 for stamp task which she later on wire-transferred from her account to his.

Morgan then vanished, leaving the vocalist hanging. In the meantime, Morgan’s application for bail was rejected by the court, and he was remanded to jail till his sentencing hearing.

At a previous court hearing, an antecedent report was asked for by the judge, which might no doubt weigh on his sentencing.