MIAMI, United States (CMC) — Former premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI), Andrew Alturo Fahie has been sentenced to greater than 11 years in jail after he was convicted of cocaine trafficking and cash laundering.
Fahie was sentenced to 135 months (11 years and two months) in Federal jail by US District Decide Kathleen M Williams, after having been convicted at trial of cocaine trafficking and cash laundering conspiracies for agreeing to facilitate the protected passage of tons of Colombian cocaine via BVI ports headed to Miami.
The court docket was informed that in alternate for his help Fahie would make hundreds of thousands, which might be funneled via completely different companies or smuggled again to the BVI, to cover the cash’s supply.
Over the weekend Fahie’s lawyer, Richard Della Fera, submitted a group of letters, together with heartfelt testimonials from Fahie’s spouse and daughters, portraying Fahie as a extremely revered man in his group.
Fahie’s spouse described him as a “devoted, loving husband and father” whose life’s objective was “to complement the lives of these he served”. His daughters echoed this portrayal, illustrating his twin function as a nurturing household man and a benevolent group chief who “uplifted these round him with unwavering integrity and kindness”.
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Decide Rosalind Toulson mentioned Fahie’s vital contribution to younger athletes within the BVI, serving to them navigate the complexities of US faculty admissions. She praised his “unwavering integrity, deep compassion, and tireless advocacy for instructional alternatives”.
Based on proof launched on the trial, throughout March and April 2022 Fahie, 53, who served as premier from 2019 to 2022 in addition to managing director of BVI Ports Authority; Oleanvine Pickering Maynard and her son, Kadeem Stephan Maynard, participated in a sequence of conferences with the purported Sinaloa Cartel drug trafficker to dealer the association.
Fahie and the BVI port govt agreed to safe licenses, protect the cocaine-filled boats whereas in BVI’s ports, and grease the palms of BVI authorities officers and workers. They mentioned bringing 3,000 kilograms of cocaine via a BVI port as a check run, adopted by 3,000 kilograms a few times a month for 4 months. Fahie and Maynard would get a share of the hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in cocaine gross sales.
In April 2022 Fahie and Maynard have been arrested in Miami as they ready to choose up a US$700,000 money advance on their deal, whereas the opposite Maynard was arrested in St Thomas.
The mother and son previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import cocaine and have been sentenced by Decide Williams to 9 years and 4.5 years in jail, respectively.
