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WAPA Says It's Working With Facebook To Remove Bogus Page Disseminating Wrong Information

The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority is advising the public to disregard all postings appearing on a fake Facebook social page called “USVI Water and Power Authority”. According to WAPA, the bogus page purports to be an official source of information from the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority, and is posting misrepresentations about WAPA. “Persons unknown have created a fake account, and are using WAPA’s logos, branding, and other advertising and promotion signatures to give the appearance of legitimacy. The authority is working with Facebook to have the bogus account removed, and will take all necessary steps to stop the illegal use of its intellectual properties,” said Executive Director Lawrence J. Kupfer. The page in question is satirical in nature, but it has caused confusion because it uses WAPA logos and other branding. A post from the page on Sunday following an island-wide WAPA outage was shared over 550 times. The post reads: "A member of the janitorial crew em...