A St. Croix man is facing multiple felony charges after police say he cashed fraudulent checks totaling more than $4,000 using another person’s bank account.
According to a police report issued by the V.I. Police Department, detectives from the Economic Crimes Unit began investigating Thomas S. Schoenbohm on July 3, 2024. The investigation revealed that Schoenbohm willfully created or presented three fraudulent checks totaling $4,370 and personally cashed them at Food Town Supermarket on multiple occasions.
On Tuesday at approximately 11:06 a.m., detectives Melissa Rogers and her partner traveled to #74 Union & Mount Washington to execute an arrest warrant. Schoenbohm was located at the residence, served the warrant, and was taken into custody without incident, the police report stated.
He was transported to the Wilbur H. Francis Command Police Operations Building at #45 Mars Hill, where he was advised of his rights, booked, and charged with obtaining money by false pretense, grand larceny, and access to computer for fraudulent purposes, the report stated.
Bail was set at $20,000. Schoenbohm was transported to the John A. Bell Correctional Facility, pending his Advice of Rights hearing scheduled for Wednesday at 9 a.m. in V.I. Superior Court, it said.
