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ONealS Dispossession Verdict Is Largely Confirmed On Appeal

 PHILIPSBURG--The Joint Court of Justice has mostly confirmed the lower courts criminal dispossession verdict against businessman ONeal Arrindell, who is currently serving a 40-month sentence at the Point Blanche prison.Arrindell has been irrevocably convicted in the so-called Emerald investigation, where he was found guilty of defrauding St. Maarten Harbour Group of Companies between July 2012 and June 2014.The fraud involved forged documents pertaining to mobilisation cost and general conditions charged to the port for dredging work done by contractor Devcon TCI Ltd.Arrindell received roughly US $2.7 million in consultancy fees through this arrangement, and later used a sum of $370,000 to bribe then-Member of Parliament (MP) and Emerald co-defendant Frans Richardson.In January 2023, the Court of First Instance ordered Arrindell to repay $2.33 million to the St Read more

Advocate General Advises Supreme Court To Uphold Conviction Of Frans Richardson

THE HAGUE--The conviction of former member of Parliament of St. Maarten for United St. Maarten Party (USP) Frans Richardson for bribery and abuse of position can be upheld. This is the advice of the Dutch Advocate-General to the Supreme Court (Hoge Raad) as published on Tuesday.

In January 2024, the Joint Court of Justice had increased the prison sentence and election ban of Richardson in the so-called Aquamarine II case Read more