Alabama woman arrested in Virgin Islands for providing false COVID-19 test – AL.com

Franketa A. Taylor, of Birmingham, was arrested in the U.S. Virgin Islands after authorities say she submitted an altered negative COVID-19 test to the U.S.V.I., online travel portal,according to a Virgin Islands Daily News report Friday.

The report states Taylor is facing charges including: fraudulent claims upon the government, access to a computer for fraudulent purposes, use of false information, and filing or recording forged instruments.

The U.S. Virgin Islands territory currently requires visitors to provide a negative COVID-19 test within five days of arrival, according to cbs42.com.

V.I. Daily News says Taylor is the seventh person thus far to be charged with entering an altered or forged COVID-19 test in the portal, which screens incoming travelers to prevent the spread of the virus.

According to Virgin Island Daily News, Taylor was unable to post her $5,500 bail and was turned over to the V.I. Bureau of Corrections pending an advice-of-rights hearing.

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