CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man who allegedly devised a scheme to steal more than $100,000 from a former doctor and two others and was originally charged with 85 criminal counts for impersonating prominent officials — can now add one more charge to the tally — witness tampering United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert […]
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Kidnapping Victim Spots Alleged Tormentor While Waiting To Board Flight
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A third person was arrested in connection to a brutal kidnapping on St. Thomas after the victim saw one of the suspects at Cyril E. King Airport, Superior Court documents indicate. The kidnapping was discovered Monday after an officer on patrol stopped to investigate a disturbance on Skyline Drive, and found a […]
St. Thomas Couple Used 2 St. Croix ‘Hitmen’ To Torture Kidnapping Victim For Hours
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A second person has been charged in the brutal kidnapping and hours-long torture of St. Thomas man on Monday, authorities said. Louvina Pringle is accused with Troy Harrigan of presiding over the merciless kidnapping and torture of an unnamed St. Thomas man, Superior Court documents indicate. Harrigan, 51, of Estate Tutu, was […]
Dominican Caught On Surveillance Video In Contant Bar Shooting Incident Pleads Guilty
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Charlie Manuel Castillo Borg, 26, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, pled guilty in U.S. District Court on Thursday to being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert said. Castillo Borg faces a maximum of 10 years in prison. According to court documents, on December 22, […]
U.S. Attorney Warns of Phone Scammers Preying Upon the Elderly
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced that The Office of Justice Programs’ Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) has received multiple reports that individuals claiming to represent the Department of Justice are contacting members of the public as part of an imposter scam. She […]
Senator Anne Golden Gets 2 Years In Prison For Stealing $300,000 In Taxpayer Money
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — U.S. District Court Judge Robert Molloy sentenced former Virgin Islands Casino Control Commission Chairwoman Violet Anne Golden to two years in prison on Thursday for her role in stealing nearly $300,000 for luxury trips and extravagant shopping sprees — all paid for with taxpayer funds. The 24-month sentence includes time served, and […]
St. Thomas Man Calling From Jail Posing As Federal Judges And The Attorney General Gets $100,000
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man calling from jail successfully impersonated federal judges, the Virgin Islands Attorney General and claimed to be the son of a lieutenant governor — all in order to con victims out of at least $100,000. Yamini Potter, 34, has been charged with eighty counts of wire fraud, two counts […]
2 Young St. Thomas Men Face Federal Carjacking Charges For Stealing Car From 2 Women At Havensight Mall
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two St. Thomas men face federal charges after they were arrested last month for allegedly carjacking two women at gunpoint in Havensight, authorities said. Jahvid Alexander, 20, of Charlotte Amalie and Jestus Francis, 18, of Charlotte Amalie were arrested on June 23 and charged with numerous local crimes in the Superior Court of […]
Puerto Rico Man Who Paid Out $1.2 Million In Kickbacks Gets 8 Months, Home Prison
CHRISTIANSTED — Reinaldo Cruz Taura, president of Puerto Rico-based RCT Mechanical Engineering, was sentenced to eight months in prison and two years of home confinement for providing kickbacks in connection with federal government subcontracts to perform work on the federal building and courthouse in St. Croix and on U.S. Coast Guard facilities in Puerto Rico. […]
FBI Expects A Rise In Cryptocurrency Scams Due To The COVID-19 Pandemic
WASHINGTON — Fraudsters are leveraging increased fear and uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic to steal your money and launder it through the complex cryptocurrency ecosystem. People of all ages, including the elderly, are being victimized by criminals through cryptocurrency-related fraud schemes. Developments in cryptocurrency technology and an increasing number of businesses accepting it as payment […]