Charlemagnes Face New Indictments in $4.4 Million VIHFA Fraud Case

A new indictment, filed on Tuesday, brought Davidson and Sasha Charlemagne to court on Friday to be arraigned on fresh charges connected to their alleged involvement in a scheme to defraud Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority of over $4.4 million. The Charlemagnes were arrested in June, along with former VIHFA COO Darin Richardson, over a VIHFA contract for storage and management of wood that was shipped to the territory to be used for the reconstruction of commercial and residential buildings following Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017. Davidson Charlemagne, it is alleged, prepared a bid that contained vastly inflated estimates for labor costs. That bid was ultimately allegedly improperly awarded by Mr. Richardson, who is accused of lying to the Housing and Urban Development Office of the  Inspector General about his role in the procurement process. Prosecutors have added charges of making false claims to the existing allegations against the Charlemagnes, who are also accused o...