https://www.finance.gov.tt Government of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago Tue, 26 Apr 2022 15:37:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://www.finance.gov.tt/2021/09/20/financial-intelligence-unit-of-trinidad-and-tobago-fiutt-advisory-on-overpayment-scam-fraud-alert/ Mon, 20 Sep 2021 20:42:24 +0000 https://www.finance.gov.tt/?p=39469 Read More+

]]> The FIUTT has noticed cases whereby a fraudulent cheque, in particular a mailed-in cashier’s cheque, is credited to a
hotel’s bank account for alleged bookings and subsequently the “issuer” of the cheque would contact the payee/hotel
requesting a partial or full refund of the cheque amount. The request for a partial or full refund is usually made before the clearing period for the cheque is completed. This appears to be an emerging trend within the tourism sector.

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]]> The Financial Intelligence Unit of Trinidad and Tobago (“the FIUTT”) has noted from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase in Romance Scams/Fraud. The FIUTT has recorded Suspicious Transaction/Activity Report submissions with approximately 100 suspected Romance Scam/Fraud victims.  These  Suspicious Transaction/Activity Reports represent a loss of over TTD 2.3 million to vulnerable citizens in 18 months.

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