ST. CROIX, USVI – On April 12, at around 8:15 p.m., officers of the COVID-19 Enforcement Task Force arrested Shania Shervington, age 35 of Estate Whim. She was charged with Fraudulent Claims Upon the Government, Access to a Computer for Fraudulent Purposes, Use of False Information, and Filing or Recording Forged Instruments.

Shervington was arrested for submitting an altered negative COVID-19 test result to the USVI Travel Portal.

Bail for Shervington was set at $5,500. She was released on her own recognizance, pending her Advice of Rights hearing.

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All individuals listed as arrested or charged with a crime in this press release are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Source: vipd.gov.vi