Former MoneyGram Agent Who Admitted To Embezzling $1.4 Million Arrested

ST. THOMAS — A former MoneyGram agent who was entangled in a embezzlement and forgery scandal was arrested and charged with multiple criminal counts, and jailed after failing to make bail, VIPD Public Information Officer Kevin Jackson announced this afternoon.

According Mr. Jackson, at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, officers with the Economic Crime Unit executed an arrest warrant on Alvery Smith, 50, of Contact Towers.

Smith, a former agent of MoneyGram, was charged with embezzlement by fiduciaries, embezzlement by clerks, agents, employees, grand larceny and forgery after admitting that he failed to deposit 1.4 million dollars to Money Gram’s deposit account after using the funds for his personal use.

Smith was arrested at Mail Plus, located in the Tutu Park Mall without incident and transported to the Richard Callwood Command where he was processed and remanded to the Bureau of Corrections pending his advise-of rights-hearing, after failing to make bail of $95,000.00.

Feature Image: Mugshot of Alvery Smith, provided by the VIPD.

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