Former BVI premier more likely to face trial alone

Former British Virgin Islands (BVI) premier, Andrew Fahie, is more likely to face trial on medication and cash laundering-related fees alone after Oleanvine Maynard, the previous managing director of the BVI Ports Authority joined her son, Kadeem, in signaling their intention to plead responsible.

Fahie and Maynard have been arrested in Miami in April 2022 following a sting operation led by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), whereas her son, accused of arranging conferences between the pair and a US informant, was arrested in the US Virgin Islands (USVI).

The trio have been scheduled to go on trial on July 17, however the Maynards, in line with a latest Miami District Courtroom submitting, will seem in court docket on June 12 to vary their plea of not responsible.

They’re accused of conspiring to smuggle cocaine into the US by the waters of the Virgin Islands. In addition they face fees of conspiracy to import a managed substance, conspiracy to interact in cash laundering, and tried cash laundering.

Fahie and Maynard additionally pleaded not responsible to at least one rely every of “interstate and overseas journey in help of racketeering” — a cost that was not introduced towards Kadeem Maynard.

The latest court docket filings didn’t state to which of the fees the Maynards plan to plead responsible, however a take care of prosecutors might embody the situation that they cooperate within the case towards Fahie.

Since their arrests, Fahie has been out on US$1 million bail, wears an ankle monitor and is below home arrest at an condo in Florida, whereas the Maynards stay in custody.

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