Indictment — No. 3:25-cr-00002 (Dkt. 1)

Summary

A grand jury indictment in United States v. Calvert White and Benjamin Hendricks, Case No. 3:25-cr-00002-MAK-GAT, in the District Court of the Virgin Islands, filed January 8, 2025 as Document 1. It charges honest services wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 1346, 2 and federal program bribery under 18 U.S.C. §§ 666(a)(1)(B) and 2. The indictment alleges that White, the Virgin Islands Commissioner of Sports, Parks, and Recreation, solicited a $16,000 bribe from a contractor charged elsewhere who had submitted a $2.1 million bid to hang security cameras at SP&R facilities, and disclosed confidential bid information. It alleges that Hendricks, owner of A Clean Environment, helped arrange a $5,000 wire on January 3, 2024, and it quotes recorded conversations. The forfeiture notice seeks $5,000 from White.

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