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USVI In Corruption Crisis; AG Walker Says, Many More Arrests To Come

ST. CROIX -- The arrests of four men -- Paul Sabers and Ed McKenzie, two businessmen, former Chief Enforcement Office for the Tax Assessor, Calford O. “Cappy” Charleswell, and Sylvester Warner of the Waste Management Authority -- that the Department of Justice accused of creating a fraudulent scheme to obtain prized property through a government-sanctioned auction, was only the beginning of a crackdown that Acting Attorney General Claude Walker has called a "corruption crisis" in the Virgin Islands. That's what Mr. Walker said during a press conference held at the Department of Justice building in Castle Coakley on Friday afternoon, adding that while he understands that residents may be wearing of knowing that rampant corruption exists in a U.S. jurisdiction this small, they should not lose hope, as DOJ, along with the Office of the Inspector General, intend to go after  perpetrators and bring them to justice -- a move Mr. Walker hopes will dissuade others with mal intent from att...