Four passengers were arrested at the end of a four-day cruise from Miami after attempting to use fraudulent credit cards at the ship’s casino.
Four suspects were passengers on the MSC Magnifica, as per the arrest reports. The cruise ship departed from Miami on August 19th and had scheduled stops in the Bahamas.
According to reports, MSC security stated that the suspects were trying to cash large amounts of money on board during the trip. They allegedly used fraudulent credit cards in the ship’s casino to pay for slot machines and other casino games.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection was alerted by security regarding the suspects’ booking of the cruise and their financial transactions on the ship, which were found to be fraudulent.
Contact was made with Bahamian Customs and Border Protection, instructing them to prevent the suspects from disembarking the ship and entering the Bahamas.
Upon its arrival at PortMiami on Friday, the ship apprehended the four suspects, who were subsequently taken into custody and booked into jail in Miami-Dade.
According to the reports, the investigators discovered that the suspects had attempted to register three different credit cards during the cruise. However, these cards were declined as they were found to be fraudulent.
According to the reports, the suspects’ phones were searched by U.S. Customs, revealing a significant amount of personal identifiable information.
Four individuals have been identified as the suspects in the case. Michael F. Emmanuel, aged 35, and Tyrisha Delgado, aged 38, both hail from the Boston area. The other two suspects, Devin Jones, aged 28, and Quentin Marcellus Tuck, aged 32, are from the Beaumont, Texas area.
Emmanuel, Delgado, Jones, and Smith face charges of organized scheme to defraud, grand theft, and fraudulent use of a credit card. Additionally, Emmanuel, Delgado, and Jones are accused of fraudulent use of identification.