St. Croix Man Arrested By Economic Crimes Unit After Trying To Kite $2,000 Check At Bank

CHRISTIANSTED — A man who tried to cash a forged check worth at least $2,000 at a St. Croix bank was arrested on Monday, authorities said.

Andrew Thomas, 23 of Carib Villas, was arrested at 1:42 p.m. Monday and charged with grand larceny, identity theft and passing forged bills or notes, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

“Thomas allegedly passed a counterfeit check in the amount of $2,321.27 at Bank of St. Croix using the account information from a business, in which he was not employed,” VIPD spokesman Toby Derima said.

CROIX, USVI – VIPD Economic Crimes Unit arrested Andrew Thomas and charged him with Grand Larceny, Identity Theft, and Passing Forged Bills or Notes. He allegedly passed a counterfeit check for over $2,000 at Bank of St. Croix using the account information from another business. pic.twitter.com/XBxHOUe5IG

— United States Virgin Islands Police Department (@VirginIslandsPD) November 10, 2020

Bail for Thomas was set at $20,000. He posted 10 percent of bail and was released pending an advice-of-rights hearing.

Thomas was arrested by detectives from the VIPD’s Economic Crimes Unit.

News of Thomas’ arrested was posted in a tweet to Twitter at 4:04 a.m. today.