Claudio Precup, the Romanian who was charged in connection with the ATM scam in Jamaica, has been freed.
Government prosecutors withdrew the case against him on Thursday, in the Home Circuit Court, due to insufficient evidence.
Mr. Precup was charged in March during a crack down by C-TOC into a scam in which members of a Romanian network rigged ATMs and stole money from the accounts of debit cardholders.
More than $60 million has been stolen since January.
Investigators held Mr. Precup after more than two hundred blank ATM cards were found at an apartment he rented in Liguanea, St. Andrew.
Mr. Precup denied knowledge of the cards.
At the trial, which started on Monday, prosecutors conceded that they could not prove possession as Mr. Precup had relocated from the premises.
The Romanian is facing deportation after local investigators reported to the court that there are no records of him entering Jamaica.
They believe he entered the island under a different name.
Hope dem deport his ass asap
Mi tell u…only in Jamaica. All you need is money and a good lawyer and u beat any case.
Why u think nuff a d rich man dem love Jamaica suh? Very corrupted.
Good riddance.
I am sure they will find evidence against anyone who stole sum ackee(SMH)..Jamaica is joke.
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THIS IS UPSETTING TO ME! How can they just let him go like that? How many lives did he ruin? I hate this place with the fire of a thousand suns more time.
Those mfs are thieves. They act charming so u can like them then they try to convince u of doing wrong things. They are thieves!!!