https://viconsortium.com/vi-crime/virgin-islands-st--thomas-man-arrested-for-using-stolen-credit-card-numbers-to-purchase-boat-engine

Police say Alvin Battiste used stolen card details, fled arrest scene; victims include California and Florida residents

ST. THOMAS — Police arrested a man who they say used what appear to be two stolen credit card numbers to purchase a boat engine. According to court documents, back in August, a man filed a police report with the VIPD's Economic Crimes Unit alleging that a customer fraudulently used credit cards in an attempt to purchase a boat engine. The man, who managed a marine supply store, said that he received a call in early July inquiring about a specific engine, which they had in stock. Two men came to the establishment that day, picked up the engine and loaded it onto a truck that had accompanied them.

One of the men, later identified as Alvin Battiste, first tried to pay by providing the manager with credit card numbers stored on his phone to be processed manually. Those numbers did not work, even after Battiste called the card company and attempted to run the transaction with a smaller amount. Upon walking Battiste and the other man outside to their vehicle, the store manager noticed that the truck had left with the engine. Battiste attempted to call family members to get other card information, and told the store manager that he and his companion had lost their guns, identification and drugs in a jet ski accident.