TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, CMC – The former managing director of the BVI Ports Authority, Oleanvine Pickering Maynard, had her sentencing date pushed back by several weeks after repeated delays to the start of the drug and money laundering trial for former premier Andrew Fahie.
The trial for the former premier is scheduled to begin on January 22, pending the outcome of several motions filed by the prosecution and defense.
Maynard heads the prosecution’s list of witnesses and will now be sentenced on February 22 instead of January 18.
Fahie, 53, is charged with one count of conspiracy to import a controlled substance, conspiracy to engage in money laundering, and attempted money laundering in addition to interstate and foreign travel in aid of racketeering.
Fahie was nabbed in Miami after he allegedly conspired with Maynard and her son, Kadeem Maynard, and agreed to allow large amounts of cocaine to pass through BVI’s ports as part of a multi-million dollar deal he is alleged to have made with an informant of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), who was posing as a drug trafficker at the time.
Maynard admitted in a plea agreement that she introduced the DEA informant to Fahie, and together, they used their authority to facilitate the secret cocaine-smuggling plan.
She is expected to offer critical testimony against Fahie after accepting the plea agreement, which gives her a chance at a reduced sentence for her role in the scheme that shook the territory in 2022.
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