Embezzling notary sent to jail
WILLEMSTAD — Eighteen months of imprisonment and a 5-year ban on functioning as a public notary. That is the punishment the Court in First Instance handed down on Friday to Johnny Kleinmoedig for stealing More...
Court orders Schotte to repay Curacao
WILLEMSTAD – Former Prime Minister Gerrit Schotte has to pay 1,844,190 guilders ($1,030,274) to the government of Curacao, the Common Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday. The ruling confirms a decision by the Court More...
Court verdict reveals how Frans Richardson is guilty of accepting bribes, money laundering and tax fraud
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance sentenced former Member of Parliament and leader of the United St. Maarten party (USp) Frans Richardson on January 29 to 3 years of imprisonment. The court also took away More...
3-year sentence for former Curaçao refinery manager
PHILIPSBURG — A former general manager of Curaçao’s Isla refinery asked 5 million dollars in bribes from a Dutch company that wanted to become the new operator of the state-owned plant. The money was never More...
Schotte loses appeal and is no longer MP
WILLEMSTAD – Former Prime Minister Gerrit Schotte is no longer a member of the parliament in Curacao and the parliament was within its rights when it stopped paying his salary. Schotte, who is currently serving More...
Higher punishment for attempt to rob Prime Distributors
PHILIPSBURG – Two men who aborted an attempt to rob Prime Distributors in Cole Bay on December 8, 2016, received heavier prison sentences in the Court in First Instance on Wednesday than the public prosecutor More...
Armed robbers to jail for a long time
PHILIPSBURG – The court in first Instance sentenced two armed robbers to respectively 7 and 8 years of imprisonment on Wednesday. The men had robed several supermarkets in March of this year, capturing altogether More...
Mega-looter caught after reporting friend’s murder
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance sentenced Mandiso Gerardes Marcel Illis yesterday to a 9-month prison sentence for massively looting CostULess, Carrefour and Divico after Hurricane Irma. Of the sentence, More...
Young burglars found guilty
GREAT BAY – The Court in First Instance sentenced Garfield Junior Barnes on Wednesday to 99 days of imprisonment, with 90 days suspended and 3 years of probation for a burglary he committed in a house on the Valley More...
