Eva Ramon turned herself over to detectives from the Virgin Islands Police Department Economic Crime Unit at the Wilbur H. Francis Command Police Station Monday, reported the V.I. Police Department.
Ramon, age 59, was served an arrest warrant and placed under arrest, without incident. She was charged with financial exploitation of an elderly person or dependent adult, obtaining money by false pretense, and grand larceny, according to the police report.
On February 7, 2023, detectives from the ECU initiated an investigation into Ramon. The investigation revealed that Ramon did knowingly take out a loan in the amount of $275,000 from a local money lender to pay off her mortgage, which was in foreclosure. Since Ramon was named as the complainant’s father’s power of attorney at the time, she manipulated the complainant by convincing and falsely representing that the loan was for the complainant’s father. She then insisted that the complainant make payments on the loan from the father’s account. Ramon also took $18,000 in Banco Popular official checks, a CD in the amount of $12,292.88, and $9,601.32 in cash withdrawals, all belonging to the complainant’s father, stated the report.
Ramon fraudulently obtained the money for her own personal gain, causing the complainant’s elderly father a total loss of $122,292.88, of which she intended to deprive him, the report said.
Ramon was processed and booked. Bail was set at $20,000. Ramon was allowed to post 10 percent of the bail and was released pending her advice of rights hearing.
