Mavado: ‘Jamaica Is Full Of White Collar Criminals’

Dancehall star Mavado ignited a firestorm of debate this morning when he posted an old article dated September 15, which announced that disbarred attorney-at-law Jennifer Messado had her bail extended. 

“Jamaica full of white collar criminal and the government is not doing anything about it because the people who’s taking your money are friends of the bosses who runs the country and who makes the talk and support white collar crime against the people..who came from nothing to something 🤔under this government you will never see the real criminals goes to jail as long as they come from up town where everyone goes to the same school and grow up together lol,” the Gully Gad wrote on Instagram.

“All I can say Jamaica get f—k and we have to pray because it’s a serious thing and it’s getting worse because now dem getting very dry eye with it so who’s going to save us,” Mavado continued.

The deejay’s comments come in the wake of news that sprint great Usain Bolt was one of more than 30 investors whose funds are said to have been stolen at the Stocks and Securities Ltd (SSL) investment firm.

Attorneys representing the Olympian and sprint world record holder, in a letter dated January 16, 2023, have demanded that the investment firm return US$12.7 million to his account within ten days or face civil and criminal action.

The matter is being investigated by Fraud Squad and Financial Investigations Division (FID).

Meanwhile, attorney-at-law Jennifer Messado will stand trial on March 1 on allegations that she defrauded Mavado of more than $30 million in a real estate deal in 2018.

However, attorney-at-law Christopher Townsend, who represents the embattled Messado, believes that Mavado ought to be focused on pursuing redress through the civil courts instead of the criminal courts.

“Mrs Messado has filed for bankruptcy, and it is the trustee-in-bankruptcy who will distribute assets for which he, Mavado, is making a claim. However, Mavado has not made a civil claim, instead he has been focusing on the criminal courts when he should really be focusing on the civil courts. Between 80 to 90 per cent of the cases filed against Messado already have been settled through the civil courts,” Townsend told Jamaica Observer last year. 

“Winning the case next year doesn’t mean that Mavado will be getting back any money, but Mavado has been focused on this particular course of action instead of pursuing her in civil courts.”