St Ann businessman, Cool Oasis employee charged for fleecing company of millions

ST ANN, Jamaica — A St Ann business man and a female employee of the Cool Oasis petrol company are facing multiple charges in a $100-million fuel racket in St Ann.

The two were charged by the Major Organised Crime and Anti-corruption Agency (MOCA) on Friday and will be taken before the court next Tuesday, November 11.

Thirty-nine-year-old Hansley Berry the operator of a service station in Moneague, St Ann has been charged with 29 counts of receiving stolen property and conspiracy; while 26-year-old D’Andra Gibbs of Tower Isle, St Mary has been charged with 29 counts of falsification of accounts, and 29 counts of conversion and conspiracy.

Allegations are that Berry who operates the service station was being supplied, over a one-year-period, with petrol from Cool Oasis with the aid of Gibbs, a senior employee at the company

The racket has reportedly cost Cool Oasis approximately $100 million.

The two accused are being represented by attorney-at-law Oswest Senior-Smith.

Renae Dixon