Kadeem S. Maynard, the son of former BVI Ports Authority Managing Director Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard, was sentenced in a Miami court to 57 months in jail on Monday, November 20, 2023, for his role in a scheme to traffic cocaine from Colombia through the [British] Virgin Islands to the US mainland. Photo: Team of Reporters
Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard’s, right, sentencing hearing is scheduled for January 18, 2024, ten days after Mr Andrew A. Fahie’s, left, trial is set to begin. Photo: VINO/Facebook/File
MIAMI, Florida, USA- Kadeem S. Maynard, the son of former BVI Ports Authority Managing Director Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard, was sentenced in a Miami court to 57 months in jail on Monday, November 20, 2023, for his role in a scheme to traffic cocaine from Colombia through the [British] Virgin Islands to the US mainland.
Maynard, 32, had pleaded guilty under a plea deal reached in June, alongside his mother, to conspiracy to import a controlled substance. The proffer agreements for the Maynards indicated that they, alongside former VI Premier Andrew A. Fahie, conspired with a confidential source of the Drug Enforcement Administration to smuggle thousands of kilograms of cocaine through Tortola waters.
He will be deported from the United States upon completing his sentence.
Sentence to be followed by 5 years of supervised release
According to a paperless “minute entry” on the court docket Monday evening, Maynard’s 57-month prison term will be followed by five years of supervised release. He also must pay a special assessment of $100 and comply with all special conditions in the pre-sentence investigation report, the details of which remain under seal.
Judge Kathleen Williams said a written judgment in the criminal case would be forthcoming.
Maynard was arrested in April 2022, along with his mother and Mr Fahie, following a months-long sting operation by agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration.
The trio was accused of plotting with a confidential source they believed was a member of the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel to use their government connections to provide safe passage through Tortola for tens of thousands of kilograms of cocaine to the US, for which they would receive millions of dollars in laundered funds, according to court documents.
Meanwhile, Pickering-Maynard’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for January 18, 2024, ten days after Mr Fahie’s trial is set to begin.
Mr Fahie, despite the guilty pleas of his co-accused, has consistently maintained his innocence on all charges.
