Former BVI Premier Andrew Fahie Requests Another Delay in Sentencing

MIAMI, FL – Former Premier of the British Virgin Islands,  Andrew Fahie, has once again requested a delay in his sentencing, currently scheduled for June 25.

Earlier this week, his attorney, Theresa Van Vliet, filed a motion citing a scheduling conflict as the reason for the postponement, proposing a new date of August 5.

Fahie was arrested in April 2022 and found guilty in February 2024 on multiple charges, including conspiracy to import cocaine and money laundering.

“The undersigned counsel has developed a personal conflict that cannot be rescheduled for June 25, 2024,” said Van Vliet.

In her statement to the court, Van Vliet emphasised that Fahie had been advised of the request and concurred.

She added that both the prosecution and Fahie’s co-counsel are available for the proposed new sentencing date in August.

This is not the first time Fahie’s sentencing has been deferred. Originally set for April 2024, the date was pushed to June, and now potentially further into the summer, drawing even more public and media scrutiny.

In 2022, Fahie was held with Oleanvine Maynard, the former Managing Director of the BVI Ports Authority, in Miami after the two conspired with Maynard’s son Kadeem Stephan Maynard.

The trio agreed to allow large amounts of cocaine to pass through the BVI’s ports as part of a multi-million dollar deal the trio made with an informant of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), who was posing as a drug trafficker at the time.

Maynard admitted guilt over her role in the plot and agreed to testify against Fahie in exchange for a lighter punishment.

Maynard’s son Kadeem was sentenced on November 20, 2023, to serve 57 months in prison after he pleaded guilty last year to a single count of conspiracy to import cocaine.