Maynards received excess funds under COVID Grant programme
The recently released House of Assembly (HOA) COVID-19 Assistance Grants Audit Report shows that incarcerated mother-son duo, Oleanvine and Kadeem Maynard, were among those who received excess funds under the COVID-19 Assistance Grants Programme some three years ago.
Oleanvine, who is the former Managing Director of the BVI Ports Authority and her son Kadeem have been jailed in the US for more than a year on cocaine-related charges which former Premier Andrew Fahie is also facing.
The new report released by Auditor General Sonia Webster shows that although the COVID-19 personal grants had a $5,000 threshold, Oleanvine was one of 17 persons who received more than that amount.
She received $8,000 for home repairs.
The report also shows that her grant was approved by her friend and former Premier Andrew Fahie, even though the guidelines stipulated that excess funds should be approved by the financial secretary.
“The applications and related documents did not bear any form of approval from the Financial Secretary. The Clerk advised she could not recall forwarding the information to the Financial Secretary for approval,” the report said about grants approved by former Premier Fahie.
As for Kadeem, the report shows that he received a total of $17,726 under two separate COVID stimulus programmes.
He received $5,000 under the House of Assembly grants programme and $12,726 under the Small Business Grants programme.
It is still not clear whether Maynard operated a business in the BVI before he was incarcerated. The funds he received under two separate programmes were also given in contravention of the guidelines that were supposed to govern the stimulus packages.
But the Auditor General found that elected leaders didn’t take the relevant steps to prevent duplication of requests. Since the release of the report, many residents have been commenting that they knew the COVID stimulus funds were mismanaged. Many have been stating that much of the allocated funds did not go to those most in need.
The Auditor General has recommended that going forward, “the management of all assistance grants should remain within the remit of the Social Development Department”.
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I am fairly confident that Kedrem ran an import export business in the BVI.
Whoever or is it whomever..Whatever
…authorized and facilitated this listings,I thank you!.
Next to the AG Ms Webster,you are now my most favourite of BVI GOV employees.
Sending prayers for your sacred protection and Blessings.
AND THE CORRUPTION SAGA CONTINUES
This is insane! I hope you two greedy self centred pigs rot in prison along with your co-conspirators. There were persons who really needed those funds hsving lost their livelihoods. As for headcoach I pray he never sees the light of day again.
you have to pay your henchmen, its just business
Compliments of we the taxpayers..
Use the moneys for your bondage and your American
attorneys. You will remain broke for a long long time.
HANDS N GLOVES…WOW!
There must be others who are complicit?
I didn’t get a dime SS reply in a letter I didn’t contribute 3months
So what about what I’ve been paying previously
I should have got something in that crisis
Andrew Papa God don’t like ugly
Cross reference persons who received grants with prominent positions in government. It will reveal a lot of crooks and the reasons it have a lot of problems in government.
Bvi and US should collaborate make Ms. Maynard reveal all the corruption that occurs in the government system along with other co-conspirators within the organization.
This is the brand of p**s stupid people does be voting for. And just imagine fools does come on radio and social media to show support for these crooks. One popular radio host is now talking dotishness about he having a dream that Andrew Fahie is free. You stay high and Keep dreaming…
Just wow, heads need to roll. Anyone complicite in this needs charging
Is anybody asking the question:
Can the government recoup the squandered funds like those listed above?
I do not see an issue here as this is grasping at straws. One thing has nothing to do with the next. They are tax payers and had legitimate needs. The former Premier did nothing wrong here.
And when it comes to corruption , these are the minor league players.
Millions for barges?
Money missing from import duties?
Yet, Natalio still thinks nothing is wrong.
NATALIO, YOU ARE THE WRONG PERSON AT THE WRONG POSITION.
Him not fighting corruption means he is the problem.
Charge them now and try all of them when they get out of prison.
All the people who receive funds over 5000 should be investigated.
From the grant receivers? No, probably not.
From the offices and individuals that gave the grants? It could be possible and any proper government that believes in accountability would work to do so.
Where do we sign up if we were unfairly denied any money under the small business grants? A local business of over 30 years in good standing meeting all criteria. Denied! Where do we re-apply?
Wellll sah big drug kingpin getting grant.
What do you mean it’s not clear Kadeem operated a business? Was he not on record when he said he had been involved in trafficking for 20 years?
It is clear. The British had this report and information for a long time, but held on to it until after the election. It is time that we join the US so that we can prosecute these matters in a timely manner.
And expat had to still find money to pay rent and all other bills during the lockdown
Going after the American dream but only getting caught up, stop the greed.
Not Maynard and her son alone.They are so many others and I can’t believe that this Governor who is responsible for law, order and good governance allow all these to slide and no one held accountable.
I was afraid to apply for stimulus package even though I was not working because I fear being fallen victim to any backlash which I thought they were going to use against expat who get laid off
Getting drug money but still need the govt nipple to fix their house. It’s like no matter what, they have to have their lips near to the nipple. Big, fat leech.
This in just. God must bring them down. How can one person get so much money and other people didn’t receive a dime.
AFTER TAKEN 3 BIG ONES DOWN , YOU STILL SAY ( WEAK ) WE KNOW THEY ARE MORE TO BE TAKEN DOWN ,WHO ARE IN THE WOODWORKS ,BUT THEY ARE GIVEN ENOUGH ROPE TO HANG THEMSELVES ( THE DOMINO EFFECT IS IN MOTION , SOME PEOPLE ARE ALREADY STARTING TO WOBBLE ( ME PATHNER Mr FRIG IS TEACHING MOONWALKING CLASSES IN HIS PRIVATE GYM / BUT YOU HAVE TO APPLY IN PERSON AND BE BAPTIZED BY HIM FIRST , FOR A SMALL FEE OF COURSE
Who u had want to pay your rent the government? For God and heaven sake she the hell up
Between the politicians and the people who received these funds? They need to bring back the people’s money!
Poor fahie, he wasn’t in all these money concoction alone, he and his deputy allegedly spend long hours hatching the money scheme in person and phone conversation. Is it ever going to change now natalio is premier? He had Fahieism inculcated in him as a new entrant to politics, still outburst about colonialism when his complicity in wrong doing is brought to the public. Or his gangsters prime ministers from the independent territory who are dictator and thieves that is cursing for him to remain and hide the public register of their I’ll gotten riches shouting from the colonialism choir. Is this the leadership lorna smith See’s for the BVI people? Lorna smith has punish the BVI people by foisting more of natalio and fahie ideological scheme on the people, but to natalio, self agrandize ent and nar***sism does not touch your conscience? What’s your axiology? Just wealth? And not realizing that after 400 years of slavery what’s learn? As how white people plunder the wealth from these countries, our leaders now assimilate the white colonialist and plunder the treasury, creating a class of bourgeois who don’t own any industries but politcal industry of winning political office to gain wealth by thievery. And the monies stolen are banked in other countries creating low interest loan for the same colonizers, Lorna should step away and remove this burden from generations unborn shoulder who will be tax for the short fall to provide service and infrastructure.he slowande and fahie are the main senior executive of the party that formulate these master plans to loot the monies the people work hard and pay tax for.
I work hard for what I want!! Look at way they at today and why. Famous Family To Rundown People. Power of Greed Mission.
They could have used that money to feed all the kids in BVI. During the lockdown a family of 4 received the same amount of groceries as a single person. And yes they could have assisted with the rent for a month or two to persons who have school age kids. Instead of giving it away to people who are already wealthy.