By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A WOMAN was ordered to spend three years in prison yesterday after she failed to repay almost $30,000 in a vehicle import scam in 2020.
Felicia Wilmott, 33, appeared before Magistrate Raquel Whyms after she was arrested on a warrant for outstanding payments on charges of fraud by false pretences and three counts of stealing by reason of service.
Between July 1, 2019 and February 3, 2020, Wilmott was accused of defrauding $29,494 from Mark Farrington, Vonette Saunders, Savannah Laroda, Deangela Johnson and Johnny Farisen. In these four separate incidents, she was accused of fraudulently claiming to be able to buy and import vehicles from the US and Japan. However, she is accused of not providing the cars after receiving payment.
Magistrate Derence A Rolle Davis found the accused guilty of the charges and ordered her to repay the complainants.
After failing over two years to make payments and evading police until recently, Wilmott was sentenced to three years at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services.
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