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VIPD Arrests Christiansted Man on Economic Charges

Detectives from the V.I. Police Department arrested 47-year-old Tracy Phillip Willie Aug. 15 and charged him with a series of economic crimes, the V.I. Police Department reported.

The arrest took place after about five months of investigation by detectives the Economic Crimes Unit initiated, who began investigating Willie on March 19.

Police said the investigation revealed that Willie knowingly and without consent committed the crimes of identity theft, grand larceny, petit larceny, obtaining money by false pretense, and passing forged bills or notes by cashing unauthorized checks.

Bail was set at $10,000 dollars.

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