📧 Communication

This newspaper article from The Virgin Islands Daily News, dated November 9, 2012, reports on the arrest of Senator Alvin Williams Jr. on federal charges of bribery, mail fraud, and wire fraud. The indictment alleges Williams engaged in multiple criminal schemes totaling $1.1 million, including taking bribes from developers, soliciting kickbacks from his staff, and using public funds and staff labor to fraudulently obtain an online degree. His chief of staff, Kim Blackett, and an unnamed third person were also charged.