The Fraud Squad is now probing a multimillion-dollar credit-card racket at the Customs Department, THE STAR has learnt.

One high-ranking adminis-trator at the department, confirmed to THE STAR yester-day that the police were indeed investigating cases where persons were allegedly using fraudulent cards to pay for goods.

"There is an investigation into a case involving officers who are employed to the wharves ... I cannot give the full details, but investigations are ongoing," the administrator said.

Fraud Squad investigators are alleging that over an unspecified period, false credit cards and false identification cards have been used to pay for containers of goods shipped to the wharves.

The probe into the case has also uncovered that the fake cards are forged in the names of persons and business entities which are known to import large shipments of goods into the country.

It is also further alleged that employees within the depart-ment are involved in the scam.

THE STAR learnt that the Customs Department was made aware of the scam by associated financial institutions, after which the police were alerted.

Earlier this month, a customs broker was charged in con-nection with the racket.

34-year-old Kirk Wilson who is attached to one of the brokerage firms on the Kingston Wharves appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court, facing several counts of fraud.

He is accused of using a fake credit card to pay for goods valued at millions of dollars.