Former British Virgin Islands Premier Andrew Alturo Fahie has been handed a 135-month prison sentence for his role in a conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States and launder money. The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams following Fahie’s conviction on all seven counts in February.
Fahie’s troubles began in April 2022, when he was arrested by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Miami on charges related to money laundering and conspiracy to import cocaine. According to the DEA, Fahie had been involved in a scheme to assist a Colombian cartel in smuggling cocaine into the United States through ports in the British Virgin Islands.
As part of the alleged scheme, Fahie would have received millions of dollars in exchange for his assistance in facilitating the movement of cocaine through the British Virgin Islands. Evidence presented at trial revealed that Fahie had participated in a series of meetings with a purported Sinaloa cartel drug trafficker, along with Oleanvine Pickering Maynard, the managing director of the BVI Ports Authority, and her son Kadeem Stephan Maynard.
Maynard and her son had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy and were sentenced to 112 months and 57 months in prison, respectively. Fahie’s sentence of more than 11 years in prison reflects the severity of his involvement in the scheme.
