A resident from St. James parish in Jamaica has received a sentence of 54 months in federal prison following his conviction for breaching wire fraud and money laundering laws, as announced today by United States Attorney Troy Rivetti.
United States District Judge Robert J. Colville pronounced the sentence on 29-year-old Tajay Singh, who hails from Montego Bay.
Court information revealed that between January 2021 and October 2023, Singh was involved in a conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering, targeting elderly victims through a lottery scam. The conspiracy involved calling elderly individuals to inform them they had won a lottery, but they needed to pay taxes and fees to claim their prize. The victims, after following the payment instructions, never received the promised prize money. The conspirators executed and concealed their operation by utilizing a web of co-conspirators and victims, setting up bank accounts in the victims’ names, processing wire transfers, making purchases of physical items, and withdrawing cash from ATMs in Jamaica.
Assistant United States Attorney Kelly M. Locher represented the government in this case.
United States Attorney Rivetti praised the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, and the United States Postal Inspection Service for their roles in the investigation that led to the successful prosecution of Singh.
NEXT: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reported that 34-year-old Roshard Andrew Carty was sentenced on Thursday by the U.S. District Court in Tacoma for committing wire fraud. From 2020 to 2024, he impersonated an employee of Publisher’s Clearinghouse, persuading a 73-year-old woman that she had won $22 million along with a car. He misled her into believing that she needed to pay “taxes and fees” to access her winnings and cautioned her not to disclose the information to anyone, claiming that the FBI was monitoring her calls.
The woman was compelled to send money via FedEx to couriers around the country, ultimately taking out a loan against her home and selling it to meet the fictitious expenses. Carty was apprehended in Jamaica in August 2025 and was extradited to the U.S. to answer the charges.