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$178k cash forfeited to Crown; SVG mason sentenced to 9.5 months @ HMP
The cash that was found concealed inside a toolbox was forfeited to the Crown at the Magistrate’s Court, which was presided over by Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards.
The Virgin Gorda resident entered a guilty plea to the charge of Proceeds of Criminal Conduct at an earlier court appearance, which went in his favour at sentencing.
This is because his sentence was reduced from 19 months to 9.5 months because of his early guilty plea, and also, he was on remand at Her Majesty’s Prison since his first appearance on December 7 2020.
Allegations
As per the court documents, on December 4, 2020, just before 8:00 am, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force executed a search warrant on the defendant’s residence, where he was met at the front of his home working on a wooden toolbox.
During the execution of the warrant, the toolbox was searched, and upon removing the tools, the officers observed that the toolbox had a secret compartment to the bottom. In the presence of the defendant, the secret compartment was removed, revealing three plastic bags containing large quantities of cash.
The cash was $178,440 in denominations of $5’s, $10s, $20s, $50s and $100 bills.
When he was cautioned, he allegedly replied: “Officer, I don’t know whatever you see there; it is what it is.”
He was later taken to the Virgin Gorda Police Station, where financial investigators questioned him on who the money belonged to, to which he took ownership.
He also participated in a cautioned interview, and when questioned, he allegedly said: “I am not going to answer that.”
Jack was then charged with Proceeds of Criminal Conduct.
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22 Responses to “$178k cash forfeited to Crown; SVG mason sentenced to 9.5 months @ HMP”
thank you mr jack for the contribution and stimulating the economy
there goes your retirement fund!!!!!!
Your spending is for your personal pleasure while still taking wanting and demanding. The pittance the people of the VI contribute in taxes isn't sustainable. This is an area that needs big change.
1) why was it necessary to execute a search warrant on a random, unemployed mason?
2) why search a tool box of all things
3) the way crimes are solved (or lack thereof) I’m suspicious that the cops would take all the tools out of the box and “discover” a hidden compartment
Either he told someone that he had the money in there or he and others put the money in there... either way he was ratted out. So how we spending this stimulus???
Father God bless them countries with oil.gold, copper,silver, rain,rivers, fertile soil. Everything needed to live comfortable . Yet they are rolling stones,dissatisfied,covetous, and larcenous.
Bvi was doled out dry weather,thats it. But BVI feeding clothing and housing them all here and abroad with little or no thanks. We good people and Blessed with humane DNA..we not in their jails,and clogging up their courts andspilling their bloods on their soil. Not now and neither in the past.
Same planet. Different species.