A Jamaican woman was sentenced yesterday to three years in prison and ordered to pay restitution to American victims she and others reportedly defrauded through a series of fraudulent debt relief companies.

37-year-old Sereika Savariau, of Montego Bay, St. James, reportedly targeted debt-ridden Americans through fraudulent websites that promised they would receive up to $60,000 in government-funded aid to pay their bills.

More than 50 individuals paid over fraudulent processing fees and disclosed sensitive personal identifying information in hopes of receiving the assistance.

Savariau was indicted by a federal grand jury in December 2021, arrested in Jamaica in July 2023, and extradited to the United States two months later.

She pleaded guilty to the charges against her in April.