VI OIG: Former Virgin Islands Senator Charged With Wire Fraud and Embezzlement
______________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CRM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 (202) 514-2007 WWW.JUSTICE.GOV TTY (866) 544-5309 FORMER VIRGIN ISLANDS SENATOR CHARGED WITH WIRE FRAUD AND EMBEZZLEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE FUNDS WASHINGTON –A former Virgin Islands senator was arrested on June 29, 2016, in Modena, Italy, and extradited today for allegedly defrauding the government of the Virgin Islands of tens of thousands of dollars while he served as a senator in the territorial legislature. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe of the District of the Virgin Islands, Special Agent in Charge Douglas A. Leff of the FBI’s San Juan Division and Virgin Islands Inspector General Steven Van Beverhoudt made the announcement. Wayne Anthony Gunnar James, 55, of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, was indicted on Oct. 1, 2015, with two counts of wire fraud and one count of federal program embezzlement. …
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