ST. CROIX — A 29-year-old USPS clerk and former bank teller, Jahmaira Farrell, has been arrested and charged in a $100,000 fraud scheme targeting a 90-year-old man, according to the Virgin Islands Police Department’s Economic Crimes Unit.
The investigation began on January 29, 2025, after the elderly victim reported unauthorized withdrawals from his account at Oriental Bank. Authorities allege that Farrell, while employed as a teller, accessed the victim’s account and created fake documents to facilitate the fraudulent withdrawal of $100,000.
The funds were reportedly issued in the form of a manager’s check, made payable to an accomplice. That accomplice is accused of depositing the funds into a Banco Popular account and wiring over $60,000 to a Florida-based dealership to purchase a 2022 blue Acura MDX, which is now registered under Farrell’s name. An additional $30,000 check was given directly to Farrell and deposited into her Bank of St. Croix account. The remaining funds, approximately $9,600, were spent by the accomplice.
Though additional suspicious transactions were discovered, they could not be prosecuted due to the statute of limitations.
Farrell was arrested on June 9 at her workplace at the Mars Hill Post Office in Frederiksted. She was taken into custody without incident and booked at the Wilbur H. Francis Command Police Operation building.
She faces multiple charges, including:
Obtaining Money by False Pretense
Forgery
Uttering Forged Documents
Grand Larceny
Aggravated Identity Theft
Financial Exploitation of an Elderly or Dependent Adult
Embezzlement by Fiduciary
Conspiracy
…and more.
Bail was set at $35,000, which Farrell was unable to post. She was remanded to the John A. Bell Adult Correctional Facility and is scheduled for an Advice of Rights Hearing on June 10 at the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands.
