Fraudulent COVID-19 Test Result Lands Alabama Woman In Virgin Islands Jail

A fraudulent COVID-19 test result has landed an Alabama woman behind bars in the U.S. Virgin Islands Thursday. 

Franketa A. Taylor, 41, was charged with access to a computer for fraudulent purposes, use of false information and filing or recording forged instruments and fraudulent claims upon the government. According to Travel Pulse, unable to make $5,500 bail, Taylor was remanded to the Bureau of Corrections.

Taylor is the seventh person to be arrested for uploading an altered or forged coronavirus test into the territory’s travel portal. The COVID-19 Enforcement Task Force discovered that Taylor submitted an altered negative test result into the USVI Travel.

The portal is meant to screen incoming visitors for the virus before they enter the islands. The portal requires users to acknowledge that they could be prosecuted for submitting false information.