Hansen pleads not guilty to added counts of perjury

There is a story today in the VI Daily News about the bogus sewer system in St. Croix. I was living on St. Thomas when this happened. It is good to see these people held accountable:

"Cases of defendants charged with crimes connected to their involvement with Global Resources Management - a start-up company that obtained a $3.6 million no-bid contract to repair St. Croix's failing sewer system, a company later revealed to be a sham upon taxpayers - have been winding through the District Court this week.

Global Resources executives took advantage of well-placed government contacts to receive the contract for the sewer work, mandated by a long-standing federal consent decree. They then misrepresented personal and company finances to qualify for the project.

Andrews, the Global Resources' founder and president, and Malone, its accountant, were convicted in their September retrial on St. Thomas of attempting to defraud the V.I. government through the short-lived company. In that trial, the jury deadlocked on a conflict of interest charge against Hansen, who stood trial for the first time as a co-defendant.

Hansen was charged with awarding Global Resources a $25,000 legislative consulting contract while her husband, Esdel Hansen, was a company employee. Days after the Senate paid Global Resources at Hansen's request - despite no tangible work done to fulfill the contract - Andrews sent the senator a $1,000 contribution for her gubernatorial campaign, prosecutors argued at trial."

The whole thing is here.