Andrew A. Fahie's Attorney takes on Prosecution in US appeal case!
It was yesterday, June 23, 2026, in a Federal Court in Florida, via paper committal, that the showdown began with Mr Fahie's appeal attorney Benedict P. Keuhne.
In his powerful written appeal, defence lawyer Mr Keuhne said Mr Fahie is entitled to the dismissal of his charges due to egregious government misconduct and false testimony, including the finding by a foreign tribunal that the confidential informant was unreliable.
Informant is not credible - Appeal
In the filed appeal, the former Premier’s attorney noted that the entire prosecution depended on the informant’s actions and recorded statements, and that this error caused substantial prejudice to the defendant. Additionally, the evidence did not prove that the defendant conspired to import a substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, requiring that the drug conspiracy conviction be vacated for insufficient evidence.
Mr Fahie's defence also argued that the jury’s failure to unanimously agree on its verdict requires the Court to declare a mistrial or remand the case with instructions for the District Court to conduct an evidentiary hearing to determine whether the jury’s verdict was unanimous.
Let it stand- Prosecution
However, Federal Prosecution pushed back yesterday in their written submission, saying they recommend no dismissal of charges and that the sentence given remains. They also fought against a retrial, and want no oral arguments to be allowed in the decision-making.
Mr Fahie's team has until July 7, 2026, to respond, but can request an extension, according to the court records.
Mr Fahie was found guilty and sentenced to 11 years in 2024 for conspiring with then Managing Director of the BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA), Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard, and her son, Kadeem S. Maynard, for amounts of cocaine to pass through the VI’s ports as part of a multi-million cocaine deal made with an informant of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), who was posing as a drug trafficker.
History repeats itself?
Many historians, social and political commentators have branded the matter of how they went after Mr Fahie as a witch-hunt to eliminate and punish him for his progressive and outspoken stands against racism and colonialism. That is the same way they eliminated other African leaders like Thomas Sankara, of Burkina Faso, Patrice Lumumba of Congo, Sylvanu Epiphanio Olympio of Togo and Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda, to name a few.
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39 Responses to “Andrew A. Fahie's Attorney takes on Prosecution in US appeal case!”
What about the investigation for the uk crooks no one wants to touch the corrupt governor or uk police
Didn’t they tired to a while back which people fuss bout?
On independence… I’m all for it IF the BVI has contemplated all the scenarios that need to be handled prior to Independence. We have no military, of our own, so who will defend us if the time ever arrived and we needed help? Where will all the $$$ come from to keep the country stable and handle all infrastructure needed ? So, so many more questions. Where did all the $$$ go, after IRMA, that thousands of repeat visitors sent DIRECTLY to the government ?
The case against Fahie was a long process and he was caught, with his hands in the cookie jar. How anyone can defend the evidence presented was false, is beyond my comprehension. As for Independence.. think long and hard. Ask the right questions. Then, if convinced, the BVI will be better for EVERYONE then go for it. Just be careful what you wish for.
I am greedy and believed I was the above law.
The ‘head coach’ isn’t any different from some past and present government officials who are deemed role models but have used their positions to build unexplained wealth. If you think major drug trafficking organizations and government officials never intermingle through bribery and corruption, then you must be living under a rock.
Andrew played himself, that's really what this case comes down to. We don't look at things through a "conspiracy" lens the way the U.S. justice system does, and it is one of the trickiest charges to fight against because it only takes two people being involved in an alleged plan for the feds to build a case.
If he was thinking strategically, he would've told them to bring the money to the BVI and spoil the plot with his own ploy, cause evidence and money go missing from police investigation all the time "allegedly".
Those lawyers are just milking him and wasting time with this appeal. He was too busy trying to prove he had connections and talking about his knowledge of street business or the people involved when he should’ve been asking his boy *** questions to properly handle the situation. The truth is, he wasn't seasoned in the narco world & greed is what got his goose cooked!