A woman accused of stealing more than $26,000 from an elderly victim has been extradited to the Virgin Islands following her arrest earlier this month in Massachusetts, the Virgin Islands Police Department announced.
According to the VIPD Economic Crimes Unit, Andrea Hull-King, 53, allegedly gained online access to her relative’s Banco Popular account after the relative was added as a co-depositor on the complainant’s account. Investigators say Hull-King transferred $26,730 from October 2021 through January 2022 into her own personal account.
An arrest warrant was issued in connection with the case and entered into the National Crime Information Center database. On Aug. 14, Hull-King was taken into custody during a traffic stop in Massachusetts after the warrant surfaced, according to the police report.
She was returned to St. Croix Saturday, when the VIPD Extradition Unit escorted her to Henry E. Rohlsen Airport, where Economic Crimes Unit detectives placed her under arrest. She was charged with obtaining money by false pretenses, grand larceny, aggravated identity theft, financial exploitation of an elderly person or dependent adult, and access to computers for fraudulent purposes, the police report said.
Bail was set at $20,000. Unable to post bond, Hull-King was remanded to the John A. Bell Adult Correctional Facility pending her advice of rights hearing, police said.
