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WAPA Admits Employee Was Duped By Simplistic Phishing Email Costing It $2.17 Million

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority admitted that one of its employees was fooled by an Internet phishing scheme that cost the quasi-government authority more than…

John McCarthy June 7, 2019

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New York Fugitive Arrested At Cyril E. King Airport on Bank Fraud, Theft Charges

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Carlos Iglesias, alias “Abraham Reyes," 39, was detained today by U.S. Magistrate Ruth Miller, and committed to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending his extradition to…

John McCarthy June 3, 2019

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USAO: St. Croix’s Karime Williams Arrested With Glock Machine Pistol On St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Croix man appeared in federal court in St. Thomas after being arrested with a Glock machine pistol last week, authorities said. Karime Williams, 36, appeared today…

John McCarthy June 3, 2019

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Carnival Cruise Line Wants Dismissal of U.S. Lawsuits Over Cuba Docks

HAVANA — Cruise line Carnival Corporation is asking a U.S. court to dismiss lawsuits that claim the company profited from confiscated Cuban property, the first such cases brought since the Trump…

VI Free Press June 1, 2019

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ATF Asks People On St. Croix If They Know Anyone Who Was Burned In A Fire Recently

CHRISTIANSTED — The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is requesting any information regarding the early morning fire at the Stop & Save Food Market in St.…

John McCarthy May 30, 2019

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Puerto Rico Man Charged With Contract Fraud Related To Courthouse, Coast Guard

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – Reinaldo Cruz Taura, president of Puerto Rico-based RCT Mechanical Engineering, was charged with providing kickbacks for federal government work in St. Croix and Puerto Rico, authorities said.…

John McCarthy May 29, 2019

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Former FEMA Employee Charged with Stealing Government Property

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands said today that Duane Woods, Jr. has been indicted for receiving stolen government property and…

John McCarthy May 24, 2019

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USAO: St. Croix’s Mikhail ‘NastyMik’ Munoz Charged With Being A Cocaine Mule

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Croix man has been charged with trying to export 18 bricks of cocaine weighing about 42 pounds on a commercial airline flight leaving St. Thomas.…

John McCarthy May 22, 2019

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Barber Who Ordered 21 iPhones On Another’s Cell Phone Charged With Importing Stolen Goods

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – The U.S. Attorney's Office in St. Thomas said today that Raphi Joseph has been arrested on a complaint charging him with transportation of stolen goods, U.S. Attorney…

John McCarthy May 22, 2019

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USAO: Three South Americans and One Central American Smuggled 3,384 Pounds Of Cocaine By Sea

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Three South Americans and one Central American were charged with smuggling 3,384 pounds of cocaine into the region, authorities said. Freddy Montano Paz, 29, Calixto Tumbaco, 41,…

John McCarthy May 20, 2019