Two Virgin Islands Commissioners Convicted in $1.4 Million Bribery and Kickback Scheme
U.S. Newswire, February, 2008
To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: U.S. Department of Justice, 1-202-514-2007, TDD: 1- 202-514-1888
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Feb. 27, 2008, a federal jury in St. Thomas found the former Commissioner of the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) guilty of demanding and accepting bribes and obstructing justice and the former Department of Property and Procurement (DP&P) guilty of demanding and accepting bribes in a $1.4 million bribery and kickback scheme, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Anthony J. Jenkins of the District of the Virgin Islands announced today. Former DPNR Commissioner Dean C. Plaskett, 43, faces a maximum sentence of 50 years in prison, and a...
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