Andrew Fahie Co-Defendant Kadeem Maynard Set To Plead Guilty To Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

In a surprise move, Former British Virgin Islands Premier Andrew Fahie’s co-defendant Kadeem Maynard in the Drug Enforce Administration (DEA) drug trafficking, money laundering and racketeering case is set to plead guilty in a Federal Court in the United States

Reports are that the son of former Ports Authority Director Oleanvine Maynard, who is also a co-defendant in the DEA case, change of plea hearing is set for June 12.

The motion was filed in a Miami Federal Court on May 22, and prosecutors have until June 10 to submit their sentencing recommendations.

Kadeem Maynard, also known as Blacka, had originally pleaded not guilty during his first court appearance in 2022. He has been in custody for just over a year.

Fahie, and the two Maynards are charged with conspiring to import more than five kilos of cocaine into the United States and conspiring to launder $700,000.

The female Maynard and Fahie were arrested at the Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport in Florida on April 28, 2022.

Thirty-two-year-old Kadeem was detained in St Thomas, United States Virgin Islands and later deported to the United States mainland.

While the former First Electoral District Representative and chairman of the Virgin Islands Party, was granted one million dollars bail – $500,000 cash and $500,00 surety –  and lives in his daughters’ two-bedroom apartment in Florida with an ankle monitor, the Maynards have remained in police custody since their arrest which made global headlines.

The trio had planned to use the territory as a transit point for trafficking drugs and potentially guns to the United States mainland.

They were arrested in April last year after undercover agents gathered months of evidence, including recordings.

Reports are that Kadeem Maynard change of plea is part of a deal struck with federal prosecutors.