Malik Morton, a 26-year-old resident of Lorraine Village on St. Croix, turned himself in to police at 3:44 p.m. Monday, the V.I. Police Department reported.
Morton is one of five suspects the department’s Economic Crimes Unit announced Sunday it was seeking on a variety of charges.
Morton was arrested and charged with obtaining money by false pretenses, forgery, uttering or passing forged or counterfeited matters, possession of forged bills or notes, grand larceny, and identity theft.
According to the police report, on April 5, 2018, detectives from the Economic Crimes Unit initiated an investigation that revealed that Morton and three others used their true identities to cash a total of eight counterfeit checks using information from an account of a non-profit organization. Signatures were also forged on the counterfeited checks.
Bail for Morton was set at $50,000. Unable to post bail, he was remanded to the Bureau of
Corrections pending an Advice of Rights hearing.
