On 8/25/2016 our company received a FRAUDULENT MT 103 Swift from account holder "Willis Stylish". After allowing several days to pass for the Swift to clear, we contacted both Mr Stylish, an attorney in the US Virgin Islands and Banco Popular
We learned soon that the MT 103 was fraudulent and the Bank Officer listed, Reneice Abraham, had left Banco Popular back in April.
Our company then contacted Mr John Diak who oversaw the transaction and Mr Willis Stylish himself. Mr Diak did not understand why the Swift was bad, however, Mr Stylish indicated that he "knew nothing about it" and he didn't even have the amount listed on the Banco Popular document to cover the Swift MT 103.
When we contacted Banco Popular in St Thomas, all they would tell us was that Ms Abraham had been gone from the bank for nearly five months. We also contacted the Banco Popular home office in San Juan, PR, but all they would do is verify the account holder and then referred us back to St Thomas, USVI. As is customary with other banks, Banco Popular could not help us validate the Swift or give us any additional information.
AGAIN, THIS IS A FRAUD ALERT -- BE AWARE THAT THERE ARE FAKE BANCO POPULAR SWIFT DOCUMENTS BEING CIRCULATED UNDER ACCOUNT HOLDER "WILLIS STYLISH ESCROW ACCOUNT"