The alleged mastermind behind a fraud ring involving 11 other persons, was ordered to return on November 6 when she appeared in court on Wednesday.

Charged with seven counts of obtaining money by false pretence, seven counts of forgery, seven counts of uttering forged documents and seven counts of conspiracy to defraud is 27-year-old Nordia McKoy. She is also charged along with Richard Griffiths, Damian Campbell, Joan Grant, Lloyd Foster and Tamara Reid who were also present in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court.

It is alleged that between May and June of this year, McKoy, who is employed to an automotive business in the Kingston 5 area, reportedly created several fictitious employment status letters and gave them to 11 persons.

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It is further alleged that she forged the owner's signature and submitted the letters to the other persons purporting that they had worked at the establishment with her. It was reported that this document was submitted along with loan applications to a popular loan agency where loans were approved and disbursed in the sum of $100,000 each, amounting to more than a million dollars.

The persons then encashed the cheques and handed over the money to McKoy who then rewarded them. A collections officer from the loan agency later called to reconcile the accounts. However, it was discovered that none of the persons were employed to the business.

The Fraud Squad was subsequently called in.