ST. THOMAS, U.S.V.I. – Today, Attorney General for the U.S. Virgin Islands Denise N. George announced a settlement with Jeffrey E. Epstein’s estate, co-defendants Darren K. Indyke and Richard D. Kahn (Co-executors of the estate), and ten Epstein-created entities. The settlement resolves a law enforcement action filed in 2020 under the anti-criminal enterprise, sex trafficking, child exploitation and fraud laws of the Virgin Islands. The settlement only resolves the claims against the Estate and the co-defendants named in the Government’s lawsuit, noted Attorney General George.
(U.S. Virgin Islands)- V.I. Attorney General Denise George has announced that 40-year-old Javier Rodriguez, a registered sex offender, was arrested by V.I. Dept. of Justice (VIDOJ) Special Agents (SID) and the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) on November 17, 2022. Rodriguez was arrested for failure to comply with registration requirements for sex offenders in the Virgin Islands.
(U.S. Virgin Islands)- V.I. Attorney General Denise George has announced that a St. Thomas Superior Court jury found 39-year-old Russell Moolenaar guilty of Murder on September 29, 2022, for the 2019 shooting death of 23-year-old Bariki George. Moolenaar faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole for his crime.
(U.S. Virgin Islands)- V.I. Attorney General Denise George announces that 22-year-old Jumanie Forde was sentenced by the Superior Court for murder in the death of 32-year-old Angel Ayala in 2019.
(U.S. Virgin Islands)- V.I. Attorney General Denise George announces that 52-year-old Lissette Algarin-Felix was advised of her rights and arraigned on September 12 on the formal charges of elder fraud filed by the Attorney General. She was extradited from Florida to face criminal charges by V.I. Dept. of Justice (VI DOJ) agents. She, along with co-defendant, Ricardo Algarin, her brother, are accused of financial fraud and exploitation of an elderly man on St. Croix between 2018 & 2019 based on an investigation by the VI Department of Justice investigators. If convicted, she faces up to fifteen years in prison.