St. Croix Woman Arrested For Allegedly Depositing Fraudulent Business Check Into Her Personal Account

  • Staff Consortium
  • April 29, 2021
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Mugshot of Brittney Nicholas Photo Credit: THE VIRGIN ISLANDS POLICE DEPARTMENT

ST. CROIX  —V.I.P.D. officers with the Economic Crime Unit on Tuesday at approximately 6:21 p.m. executed an arrest warrant on Brittney Nicholas, age 21 of Louis E. Brown Villas and charged her with obtaining money by false pretense, passing forged bills or notes, an grand larceny, police spokesman Toby Derima has announced.

According to the news release, Nicholas is accused of depositing a fraudulent business check for more than $900 into her personal account.

Unable to make bail of $20,000, she was remanded to the Bureau of Corrections pending her advisement hearing.

 

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