And it's scammers like Thurton that have the government trying to strengthen cybersecurity laws. Today the Minister of Home Affairs said they've received multiple complaints from the business sector, and they're working on stiffer penalties for fraud.
Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs
"Cybersecurity as you know over the last five years to a decade has been on the front burner for our Ministry and across the region. As you know Jamaica was facing an incredible issue with scammers in Jamaica and now we have seen it come to our shores on a much smaller scale but at the same time extremely important so we have been monitoring this along with the Chamber of Commerce, they have brought it to our attention from last year, a number of call centers have raised the issue and so moving forward, it is our intention to meet with them to see what types of legislation we can put in place. In some situation, we are able to charge individuals for the fraud they have committed but moving forward, tightening the legislation around that is extremely important."
