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Authorities say the action forms part of an investigation into alleged fraudulent activity linked to SSL, which first came public in January 2023.
December 27, 2025

Security forces raid locations linked to former SSL officials

Members of the security forces are conducting search-and-seizure operations at the homes of senior figures linked to the collapsed investment firm Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL). Police are…
Hugh Croskery, founder of collapsed investment firm SSL, is seen behind a pickup truck being searched by police at a St Andrew residence on Wickham Avenue during a coordinated law-enforcement operation on December 27, 2025.
December 27, 2025

Update | SSL founder Hugh Croskery seen leaving St Andrew premises with police

Hugh Croskery, founder and former principal of collapsed investment firm Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL), was seen leaving a St Andrew residence with the police following an operation on Saturday.…
The FID has previously disclosed that over 200 client accounts at SSL were impacted by alleged fraud and irregularities amounting to over US$30 million.
December 27, 2025

Former SSL executive expected to report to the police, says investigator

A former executive at Stocks & Securities Limited (SSL), the investment firm that collapsed amid an alleged multibillion-dollar fraud, has indicated that he will turn himself in to the…
Arsenal's Viktor Gyoekeres and Arsenal's Declan Rice celebrate after Brighton's Georginio Rutter scored an own goal during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Brighton and Hove Albion in London on December 27, 2025.
December 27, 2025

Arsenal stay on top as Man City apply pressure; Liverpool's resurgence continues

(AP) — Arsenal resisted a late fightback from Brighton on Saturday to keep hold of first place in the English Premier League football competition and stay ahead of Manchester City. City briefly held…
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December 27, 2025

Iran’s president says his country is in a 'full-scale' war with the West

(AP) — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday his country is in a full-scale war with the United States, Israel and Europe ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s meeting…
The Nissan Tiida involved in a crash that left the driver, Christopher Clarke, dead after the vehicle crashed into a wall and overturned in the Rose Mount community of Montego Bay, St. James on December 27, 2025.
December 27, 2025

Man dies after car overturns in Montego Bay

A 46-year-old man from Green Pond in Montego Bay, St James has died following a motor vehicle crash in the Rose Mount community in the parish on Saturday morning. Reports are that the driver,…
Former SSL director Hugh Croskery (left) and ex-CEO Zachary Harding are being questioned by law enforcement authorities in connection with the ongoing investigation into alleged fraud at the collapsed Stocks and Securities Limited investment firm.
December 27, 2025

Update |Hugh Croskery, daughter Sarah Meany, and Zachary Harding being questioned in SSL probe

Former Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL) director Hugh Croskery, his daughter Sarah Meany, and ex-CEO Zachary Harding are being questioned by authorities on "reasonable suspicion" of…
December 27, 2025

Man killed in St Elizabeth traffic crash

A man said to be of unsound mind was killed in a traffic crash after he reportedly walked into the path of a vehicle in St Elizabeth on Friday night. He has been identified as Phillip Walters,…
Moreover, Jamaica has in three years halved a murder rate that previously hovered at 50 per 100,000, and its edging to the regional average of 15/100,000.
December 27, 2025

Decomposing body of farmer found in St Ann

The St Ann police have launched an investigation into the death of a 56-year-old farmer whose decomposing body was discovered in the parish on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Steadman…