US Virgin Islands Politicians and Epstein Money Was trying to find info on recent DOJ indictment for smuggling/prostitution in US Virgin Islands and came across this article. Not saying the recent DOJ arrest is related but VERY interesting that The Virgin Islands Consortium newspaper has both articles...news worth noting. Hard to believe they did not know about his past. Virgin Islands politicians have been either denying that they received funding from accused child molester Jeffery Epstein, or have been confirming donations and vowing to return the money. ALSO RETURNING EPSTEIN MONEY: DONNA FRETT-GREGORY Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett has returned what she received; so too has Senator Alicia Barnes. “I in no way support the conduct of Mr. Epstein and the recent allegations against him. And further, I will not knowingly affiliate with anyone who behaves in such an abhorrent manner.” Mr. Epstein, 66, owns a mansion on an island in the U.S. Virgin Islands that he also owns, called Little Saint James. Charges against the financier also allege that the USVI home was part of Mr. Epstein’s sex trafficking operation. https://viconsortium.com/virgin-islands-2/also-returning-epstein-money-donna-frett-gregory/ WOMAN WHO OPERATED UNDERGROUND NIGHTCLUB IN ST. THOMAS ARRESTED ON PROSTITUTION SCHEME, ALIEN SMUGGLING CHARGES According to court documents unsealed today, between at least December 2018 and August 2019, defendant Gonzalez-McFarlane operated the underground nightclub in St. Thomas. She recruited young foreign women and arranged to have them smuggled into the U.S. Virgin Islands to engage in prostitution while working at the bar. The defendant then housed the women at a residence on St. Thomas and required them to engage in commercial sex at the defendant’s nightclub to repay their smuggling debts. According to court documents, the defendant’s activities came to law enforcement’s attention when one of the women originally from Venezuela secretly reported the conditions of her treatment to her family via text messages and calls. The young woman’s family members in turn contacted the Virgin Islands Police Department. According to court documents, the young woman sent messages indicating that she was forced to engage in prostitution and was in fear of physical danger. https://viconsortium.com/breaking-news/woman-who-operated-underground-nightclub-in-st-thomas-arrested-on-prostitution-scheme-alien-smuggling-charges/ Dominican National Arrested in U.S. Virgin Islands for Crimes Related to Alien Smuggling and Prostitution Scheme Yohanna Gonzalez-McFarlane, 38, of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, was arrested on August 7, and charged in a criminal complaint with one count of alien harboring for financial gain and one count of interstate transportation for prostitution. The arrest was announced by Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/dominican-national-arrested-us-virgin-islands-crimes-related-alien-smuggling-and-prostitution