A St. Croix man has been extradited to the Virgin Islands and charged after police say he fraudulently obtained more than $400,000 from the government, the Virgin Islands Police Department reported.
According to a Virgin Islands Police Department police report, Kadrion Lomack was returned to the territory on March 23 and arrested at the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport following an investigation by the Economic Crimes Unit.
Police said the case began on March 25, 2025, when the Virgin Islands Department of Health filed a complaint of obtaining money by false pretense. Investigators determined that Lomack allegedly impersonated an employee of Germfree, a company contracted by the department for laboratory and cleanroom services.
Authorities said Lomack contacted the department by email and requested that payments owed to Germfree be redirected to a Citi Bank account under his control. As a result, $412,190 was transferred to that account, according to the report.
An arrest warrant was issued and entered into the National Crime Information Center database. Lomack was taken into custody on March 6 in Illinois after experiencing vehicle trouble on a highway, police said.
He was escorted back to the territory by the VIPD Extradition Unit and later processed at the Wilbur H. Francis Police Operation Building. Police said Lomack was advised of his rights and declined to make a statement, the report stated.
Lomack was charged with obtaining money by false pretense, grand larceny, participating in fraud on creditors, fraudulent claims upon the government, and access to computer for fraudulent purposes, the report stated.
Bail was set at $20,000. Unable to post bail, Lomack was remanded to the John A. Bell Adult Correctional Facility pending his advice of rights hearing, police said.
