Guyanese woman faces sentencing in US over fraud, identity theft

A Guyanese woman is expected to be jailed and later deported after she pleaded guilty in a US court last Friday to being involved in a scam that targeted Price Chopper supermarkets in the United States.

According to the Saratogian newspaper, Georgette Jackman, 37, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit access device fraud, aggravated identity theft and trafficking in counterfeit access devices.

The report said Jackman admitted that from February, 2012 through January, 2013, she and co-conspirators Jamese Williams and Terry Nicholas