Ivia Rivera. By. The Virgin Islands Police Department
ST. CROIX -- A bank employee was arrested on Friday after she was caught using the account of someone she knows, who police say is an elderly woman, to write herself a $4,000 check, V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Toby Derima has announced.
According to Mr. Derima, on Friday at approximately 4:31 p.m., detectives from the Virgin Islands Police Department’s Economic Crimes Unit and officers from the Virgin Islands Crime Initiative Unit arrested 26-year-old Ivia Rivera, and charged her with aggravated identity theft, obtaining money by false pretense, grand larceny, and conspiracy.
Mr. Derima said an investigation revealed that Rivera used a local bank’s database to print a temporary check in the amount of $4,000 under an association’s account, retrieved the victim’s driver’s license and cashed the check without the victim’s knowledge.
Unable to make bail of $50,000, Rivera was remanded to the Golden Grove Detention Center pending her advisement hearing.
