Former BVI Ports Director to plead guilty in cocaine conspiracy

Former British Virgin Islands Port Authority Director Oleanvine Maynard will plead guilty to her role in a cocaine trafficking case that has also ensnared her son, Kadeem Maynard, and former BVI Premier Andrew Fahie.

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents said they recorded the trio discussing plans to help foreign cocaine traffickers move through BVI ports to the United States undetected by law enforcement, and Oleanvine Maynard described Fahie as “a little crook,” according to the initial charging documents filed in April 2022.

After more than a year in jail, 61-year-old Maynard told the court she intends to plead guilty, and the U.S. District Court of Southern Florida filed a notice Tuesday that she will appear for a change-of-plea hearing at 11 a.m. on June 12.

Her son, Kadeem Maynard, 32, who recently notified the court he intends to plead guilty, is scheduled to appear for his change-of-plea hearing at 2 p.m. the same day.

That leaves Fahie, 52, the only one of the three co-defendants who has maintained his not-guilty plea and still awaiting trial. Fahie is also the only one who was able to post bond and was released from jail after the trio were arrested in April 2022.