A Jamaican man said to be a major player in an international credit card racket, pleaded guilty on Monday when he appeared before the Corporate Area Criminal Court.

Twenty-nine-year-old Roshan Shaw is to be sentenced on Tuesday, on six counts of money laundering and conspiracy to defraud.

Mr. Shaw, who has been in and out of prison over the past couple of years on credit card racket and cyber crimes charges, was arrested earlier this month during a major investigation launched by the US Department of Homeland Security and the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID).

US Homeland Security personnel, who flew into the island on May 2, assisted the local police to execute a warrant and conduct a search of Mr. Shaw’s Green Acres residence in Spanish Town, St. Catherine.

The cops seized from him a fraudulent credit card issued by Chase Bank of America.

The investigators reported that since November last year, Mr. Shaw used the fraudulent US credit card to purchase items over the internet, valued at US$21,855 from the US company, Florida Builders Appliance.

Items seized at his house include a sub-zero refrigerator valued at US$9,540; a Viking Professional six burner stove valued at US$9,500; one Bosch dishwasher, and a Whirlpool washer and dryer.

The cops say the items were shipped to Jamaica by the Florida-based company to Mr. Shaw.