PHILIPSBURG–The pre-trial detention of suspect M.J.-C. was suspended on Wednesday with several conditions, according to the Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday. M.J.-C. must be available and accessible to authorities, is prohibited from the use of alcohol and drugs, and prohibited from gambling or any location where gambling is taking place.
“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 Prosecutor’s Office. The passport of the accused must be handed over to authorities,” stated the Prosecutor’s Office public relations officer.
A criminal financial investigation was started by the Prosecutor’s Office in the “Triggerfish” 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 Prosecutor.
M.J.-C. is suspected of embezzling US $1,148,160 from the bank accounts of the St. Maarten branch of the Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curaçao, St. Maarten and of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba in the period January 1, 2002, to December 31, 2017. M.J.-C. is also charged with having embezzled NAf. 50,000 from the bank accounts of the Constitutional Court.
The investigation is in full swing and the case is expected to proceed in court at the start of 2019.
Source: The Daily Herald https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/83164-former-head-of-courthouse-administration-released
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