A St. Thomas woman is facing grand larceny charges, according to the V.I. Police Department.
Semone Rey, 30, was arrested on Monday and charged with three counts of drawing and delivering worthless checks, access to a fraudulent computer, and grand larceny, the VIPD reported.
An investigation was initiated on Feb. 4 that revealed Rey deposited three fraudulent checks between Dec. 2 and Dec. 30, 2021, from her fraudulent Chase account into her Banco Popular account at the Red Hook branch online, according to the police. After making the deposits, Rey withdrew the funds during the clearing process, defrauding the bank of $19,150.37, police said.
Bail was set at $55,000. Rey was unable to post bail and was remanded to the Bureau of Corrections pending her advice of rights hearing.
