{"id":45501,"date":"2016-10-15T09:52:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-15T09:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=45501"},"modified":"2016-10-15T09:52:53","modified_gmt":"2016-10-15T09:52:53","slug":"police-arrest-former-guardian-insurance-employee-embezzlement-forgery-grand-larceny-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=45501","title":{"rendered":"Police Arrest Former Guardian Insurance Employee On Embezzlement, Forgery And Grand Larceny Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. THOMAS &#8212; A former Guardian Insurance employee admitted to police on Thursday that he stole almost $14,000 belonging to the insurance company, and was arrested on embezzlement, forgery and other charges, V.I.P.D. Media Specialist Sakeeda Freeman made known via press release on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ms. Freeman, Ashio Rojas, above, of Anna&#8217;s Retreat was charged with embezzlement, forgery, grand larceny, and obtaining money by false pretense, after admitting to stealing $13,979 that was entrusted to him\u00a0while he was an underwriter at the insurance company&#8217;s Tutu Park Mall location. He also admitted to using the money for personal use.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Rojas, 44, admitted to\u00a0forging the signature on a Ranger American deposit log in an attempt to cover his crime, according to Ms. Freeman.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Rojas was unable to make bail of $35,000, and was remanded to the Bureau of Corrections pending his advise-of-rights hearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. 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