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The pre-trial detention of suspect M.J.C. was suspended on November 28th, 2018, however with conditions.

November 29, 2018

The pre-trial detention of suspect M.J.C. was suspended on November 28th, 2018, however with conditions.
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PHILIPSBURG:--- M.C.J. must be available and accessible to authorities, the suspect is prohibited from the use of alcohol and drugs and prohibited from gambling or any location where gambling is taken place.

Furthermore, the accused may not contact employees of the Court of First Instance or the Constitutional Court about the case. The accused may not leave the country without permission from the Public Prosecutor’s Office. The passport of the accused must be handed over to authorities.

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A Criminal Financial Investigation was started by the Public Prosecutor’s Office in the TRIGGGERFISH investigation. In the interest of this investigation, a car and two premises of the suspect were seized, depriving the suspect of illegally obtained benefits. “After all, crime should not pay,” stressed the Public Prosecutor.

M.C.J. is charged of embezzling $1.148.160.00 in the period January 1, 2002, to December 31, 2017, from the bank accounts of the Sint Maarten branch of the Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. M.C.J. is also charged with having embezzled NAf. 50.000 from the bank accounts of the Constitutional Court.

The investigation is in full swing. The TRIGGERFISH investigation is expected to proceed in court at the start of 2019.

De voorlopige hechtenis van verdachte M.C.J. is op 28 november 2018 door de Rechter-Commissaris onder strenge voorwaarden geschorst.

M.C.J. moet zich bereikbaar en beschikbaar houden voor de Landsrecherche en het Openbaar Ministerie, ze mag geen alcohol en drugs gebruiken en ze mag niet deelnemen aan kansspelen of zich in lokaliteiten bevinden waar kansspelen worden aangeboden.

Verder zal de verdachte zich onthouden van elk contact over de inhoud van de zaak, middellijk of onmiddellijk, met medewerkers van het Gerecht in Eerst Aanleg of het Constitutioneel Hof, en bovendien zal verdachte niet zonder toestemming van het Openbaar Ministerie het land verlaten. Verdachte moet haar paspoort inleveren bij de autoriteiten.

In het onderzoek TRIGGERFISH is op vordering van het Openbaar Ministerie een Strafrechtelijk Financieel Onderzoek geopend. In het kader van dat onderzoek zijn een auto en twee panden van verdachte in beslag genomen ter ontneming van wederrechtelijk verkregen voordeel. Misdaad mag immers niet lonen.

M.C.J. wordt ten laste gelegd dat zij als ambtenaar van het Gemeenschappelijk Hof van Justitie in de functie van griffier/vestigingsmanager in de periode van 1 januari 2002 tot 31 december 2017 een bedrag van $1.148.160.00 in dienstbetrekking zou hebben verduisterd. Tevens wordt haar ten laste gelegd dat zij als ambtenaar van het Constitutioneel Hof in de functie van griffier in de periode van 1 juni 2013 tot en met 7 september 2018 een bedrag van ongeveer NAf. 50.000 heeft verduisterd.

Het onderzoek is in volle gang. Naar verwachting zal het onderzoek TRIGGERFISH begin 2019 op zitting worden behandeld.

Prosecutor's Office Press Release.

http://www.smn-news.com/st-maarten-st-martin-news/30677-the-pre-trial-detention-of-suspect-m-j-c-was-suspended-on-november-28th-2018-however-with-conditions.html

Source: https://www.sxm-talks.com/st-martin-news-network/the-pre-trial-detention-of-suspect-m-j-c-was-suspended-on-november-28th-2018-however-with-conditions/

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