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Bank teller’s alleged fraud accomplice arrested by ECU

FREDERIKSTED– A man accused of aiding a bank teller in the theft of $100,000 from a 90-year-old man has been set free pending a court appearance. Mylon R. Allen, 44,…

John McCarthy June 11, 2025

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Former Oriental bank teller accused of bilking 90-year-old out of $100,000

FREDERIKSTED — A former bank teller, who now works as a clerk at the Frederiksted Post Office, has been accused of orchestrating a sophisticated financial scheme that defrauded a 90-year-old…

John McCarthy June 10, 2025

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Cops probe one-car crash that killed elderly man on St. Croix

CHRISTIANSTED — Police are investigating a one-car crash on Thursday afternoon in Estate Diamond that days later claimed the life of the driver at the St. Croix hospital. A Traffic…

John McCarthy February 25, 2025

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Ranger American armored car division guard accused of stealing $6,910 from bank ATMs

CHRISTIANSTED – A security guard in the armored car division of Ranger American allegedly stole nearly $7,000 in cash from bank ATMs while making his normal rounds with the company.…

John McCarthy April 23, 2024

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Scotiabank Completes Sale Of Its Banking Operations In USVI and Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — Oriental Bank completed the acquisition of the Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands operations of Scotiabank on December 31, 2019. Upon closing, Scotiabank’s Puerto Rico and USVI…

VI Free Press January 2, 2020

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OFG Bancorp To Buy Scotiabank’s Operations in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

TORONTO — The Bank of Nova Scotia is unloading its operations in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico at a loss as the bank continues to shrink its sprawling…

VI Free Press June 26, 2019