US Court Rules Former Government Lawyer For BVI Airways Matter To Hand Over All Evidence Relating To The Case

The United States District Court of Columbia has granted the BVI government’s request to obtain all evidence from Lester Hyman when he represented the government in an Attorney/Client capacity from 1987 to July 2017 in the BVI Airways matter.

The government had terminated the services of Hyman and is bringing a civil action suit against him for fraud in equity, breach of fiduciary care and loyalty and negligence.

The US court ruling says that the BVI government investigators suggest that Hyman was a paid director of the failed airline and personally profited an undisclosed $10,000 in director’s fees, $2,500 for each in-person meeting and stock options.

Hyman was also likely paid Director for at least one of the airline’s shareholder companies. Additionally, Hyman apparently received a secret $200,000 finder’s fee from the airline and of its promoters for putting the deal together with the BVI Government.

Hyman did not disclose any of this information to the BVI Government. After the BVI Government terminated Hyman, he attempted to re- characterize his role, that of attorney to that of “honest mediator”, but he later admitted to working on both sides of the transaction.

The US Court document also says that the BVI government cites numerous emails between Hyman and the then-Premier Dr. Orlando Smith which show that he failed to disclose important red flags about the airline investment to his client.