ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — A St Catherine nurse was arrested and charged with forgery and uttering forged documents on Wednesday.
She has been identified as 35-year-old Joan Christian.
According to the police on Friday, August 23, Christian allegedly submitted a visa application to the German Embassy in Kingston, along with an employment letter and a bank statement from a financial institution, stating she had close to J$1 million in her personal account.
During routine checks by officials at the embassy, the information submitted by Christian was found to be false. The Fraud Squad was contacted and a subsequent investigation launched.
She is to appear in the Half Way Tree Resident Magistrate’s Court on Friday, August 30.