Oleanvine Pickering-Mayard, former director of the British Virgin Islands Port Authority, was sentenced to nine years in prison on Thursday for her participation in a scheme to deliver cocaine through the British Virgin Islands to the U.S.
According to a report from The St. Thomas Source, Pickering-Maynard, 62, agreed to a plea deal and was found guilty on one count of conspiracy to import more than 5 kilograms of cocaine. The report states that money laundering and racketeering charges were dropped after she agreed to testify against her former boss, then BVI-Premier Andrew Fahie.
Pickering-Maynard and her son, Kadeem, pled guilty in May 2023. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams sentenced Pickering-Maynard to nine years and four months in prison plus five years of supervised release, the report states. Kadeem was sentenced to 57 months in prison in November. Fahie was found guilty of cocaine trafficking, money laundering and bribery on Feb. 8, and is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug 5.
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