A Villa resident from Antigua and Barbuda has been granted $50,000 bail after being charged in connection with an alleged EC$200,000 fraud scheme.

Alesha Baptiste, 35, faces 22 charges, including attempted larceny, larceny, and money laundering, following accusations that she exploited access to a woman’s account over an 11-month period.

The charges relate to offences reportedly committed between September 2023 and July 2024.

They include attempted larceny of EC$55,548.19, two larceny counts totalling EC$269,005, and 19 counts of money laundering involving EC$218,566.89.

Baptiste was released after posting a $5,000 cash component of her bail when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Dexter Wason.