The Virgin Islands Police Department detectives apprehended a St. Croix man on Wednesday for illicitly charging over $23,000 on a credit card without the cardholder’s permission, the V.I. Police Department reported.
On Feb. 28, detectives from the Economic Crimes Unit initiated an investigation into Elvis M. Villar Jr. The Investigation revealed that he knowingly used a victim’s Citibank credit cards on multiple occasions at multiple businesses. Villar Jr. made numerous unauthorized purchases at different businesses without the victim’s permission, causing the victim and/or the financial institutions a loss of $23,321.00, the police report stated.
On Wednesday at approximately 3:36 p.m., while Villar Jr. was attempting to leave the island of St. Croix, he was apprehended by Customs and Border Patrol Agents at the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport. Villar Jr. was detained and turned over to detectives of the Virgin Islands Police Department Economic Crimes Unit, the report stated.
Subsequently, Villar Jr., 26, was served with an arrest warrant and placed under arrest at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport without incident. Villar Jr. was charged with fraudulent use of a credit card, obtaining money by false pretense and grand larceny. He was transported to the Wilbur H. Francis Police Operation Building, where he was processed and booked. Bail was set at $20,000.00, it said.
Unable to post bail, Villar, Jr. was transported to John A. Bell Correctional Facility pending his advice of rights hearing, police said.
