An Acting Court Assistant is among four persons charged by the fraud squad following investigations into alleged corruption at the divorce section of the Supreme Court, since the start of the month.

Charged with obtaining money by means of false pretense is 40-year-old Camille Whyte, Acting Court Assistant of Meadowbrook, Kingston 19.

She was offered bail in the sum of $100,000 with surety and is to appear in the St. Andrew parish court on Thursday, October 26.

According to the police’s communication unit, reports are that Whyte allegedly collected $20,000 in 2015, to file divorce documents and for a divorce absolute to be granted.

However, when the complainant was not furnished with the documents, a refund was requested.

The money was not returned. A report was made to the fraud squad and Whyte arrested and charged.

Meanwhile, the charges of forgery, uttering forged documents and conspiracy to defraud were also proffered against 44-year-old Artnel Sampson, a construction worker of Portsmouth, St. Catherine, 35 -year-old Wayne Annakie a sound engineer of Beachwood Road, Longsville Park in Clarendon and 36-year-old Shervin Levy, a farmer of Saw Mill district, in Christiana, Manchester

Police say Sampson was offered bail in the sum of $100,000 with surety and is to appear in the St. Andrew parish court on Thursday, November 2.

Meanwhile, Annakie and Levy were offered bail in the same amount and are to appear in the St. Andrew parish court on Thursday, October 26.

The police are appealing to persons to use the formal system when attempting to acquire a divorce.

The arrests follow revelation last month by Justice Minister Delroy Chuck that fraudulent divorce papers were coming out of the divorce court.

The minister spoke of the long delays in getting divorces finalised and pointed out that it was the reason for the fraudulent divorce absolutes.

He gave the assurance that efforts were being made to have divorces matters finalized within three to six months after they are filed.