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Doctor pleads guilty in $600m fraud case

By Livern Barrett/Senior Staff Reporter

An upper St Andrew medical doctor has pleaded guilty to her involvement in an elaborate mortgage loan and real estate scheme used to defraud several Jamaican banks of approximately $600 million, court officials have disclosed. Chloe Douett, 30, who resides in Cherry Gardens, was convicted in the St Catherine Circuit Court on July 24 on an eight-count indictment, which includes seven crimes related to the fraud scheme and one linked to her licensed firearm, the Court Administration Division (C...