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Colombians plead guilty to using fraudulent credit cards

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TWO COLOMBIANS HAVE been remanded to prison after pleading guilty to a number of fraud-related offences.

They are 27-year-old Jorge Luis Cruz Rodriguez and 23-year-old Valentina Cardona Lopez.

Rodriguez was charged with three counts of criminal deception while Lopez faces one count.

The two arrived in Barbados on October 12 and purchased a number of items using fraudulent credit cards on October 17 and 18.

They were subsequently arrested and charged for the offences.

They appeared before Chief Magistrate Christopher Birch in the District ‘C’ Magistrates’ Court today and were remanded to prison until November 7 when they will return for sentencing. (PR/NB)

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