The Transport Authority confirmed that the Old Harbor Police arrested and charged a taxi operator seen in a viral abusing a student over fare.
The Police charged the unnamed man with common assault. They warned him for operating without a badge, failure to wear a uniform, and unlawfully deceiving a passenger about the fare for a journey stipulated by the Transport Authority.
The Transport Authority confirmed that the owner of the taxi has subsequently relieved the driver of his duties.
The Transport Authority reminds operators that children, students (in uniform), physically challenged, and senior citizens pay HALF (1/2) of the approved fare.
It says any deviation will result in prosecution under regulation 129 (d) of the Road Traffic Regulations. The offender may be fined up to $100,000.00 if convicted.
Court ordered woman to refund dad’s investment shares valued $50million
A woman who sold shares she and her father had in a joint investment account and pocketed over $50 million was ordered by the Supreme Court to either return the shares or pay her father for the shares at the maturity rates.
In addition, the Court ordered the defendant, Kristina Graham, to return to her father the interest paid by Jamaica Money Market Brokers Limited (JMMB) on two different sets of shares between August 3, 2022, and September 2023.
The investments at the center of the dispute consist of 199,500 JMMB $US @6 percent preference shares maturing January 7, 2029, and 95 999 JMMB $US @5.75 percent preference shares maturing March 6, 2025.
The claimant, John Graham, had also sued his daughter to recover 219,641 Victoria Mutual Investments Limited shares or cost, which he claimed she sold for $1.1 million and transferred from the JMMB account. However, the Judge deferred judgment on that allegation.
In January 2016, John Graham opened the investment account, which he financed, with his daughter, a 20-year-old university student, as a joint holder.
However, following a family dispute in July 2023, Kristina sold all the shares and withdrew monies totaling US$ 357,302 without her father’s knowledge.
John initially thought they got scammed. But when he learned his daughter took the money, he made several requests via phone calls and emails for her to return the funds. Still, she ignored him.
He subsequently filed a claim to recover his investment.