VI OIG: Former Executive Director of the VI Legislature Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 14, 2015 15-612 Criminal Division Public Corruption Updated May 14, 2015 Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs Former Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Legislature Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Bribery and Extortion The former Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Legislature was sentenced to five years in prison today, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe of the District of the Virgin Islands. Louis “Lolo” Willis, 57, a resident of St. Thomas, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez of the District of the Virgin Islands. On Nov. 19, 2014, a jury in the Virgin Islands convicted Willis of four counts of federal programs bribery and extortion under color of official right. According to evidence presented at trial, Willis was the executive director of the Legislature between 2009 and 2012. …
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