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U.S. Virgin Islands – V.I. Attorney General Denise George announced today that the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in the cross appeals by the Government of the Virgin Islands and the Government Employees Retirement System regarding the amount of missing employer contribution, including interest and penalties, due to GERS, and whether the 1984 Consent Judgment obligates the Government to pay the Actuarially Determined Employer Contribution (“ADEC”) as the GERS claimed. The Third Circuit affirmed in part and vacated in part the February 2, 2020 and April 3, 2020 Judgment of the District Court and remanded the case for further proceedings.

U.S. Virgin Islands – V.I. Attorney General Denise George announces the decision of the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Reefco Services Inc. v. Government of the Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue, in which the GVI appealed the decision of the District Court of the Virgin Islands that enjoined the GVI from collecting excise taxes, thereby costing the GVI millions of dollars in revenues.

St. Croix, V.I. – Atty General Denise George today announced the filing of formal criminal charges against 55-year-old Avery Monsanto in the Superior Court of the V.I. Monsanto of Harbor View Housing Community is a registered sex offender and was arrested and charged with failure to register as a sex offender. His Advice of Rights hearing was held on March 13, 2020, at the Superior Court of the V.I. Magistrate Judge Ernest Morris, Jr. implemented pretrial release conditions with the following conditions: an unsecured bond of $25,000; report to probation office on a weekly basis, require written permission to leave the territory, remain employed, no direct contact with any witness or victim in his case, surrender his passport and not violate any laws of the Virgin Islands.