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JEFFREY PROSSER PAID KEN MAPP $600,000
FOR A CONSULTING JOB THAT HE
NEVER DID ANY WORK FOR.
The Big Question is: What did Mapp promise to do in return?
Here are the documents that prove that Ken Mapp took $600,000 from Jeffrey Prosser. And what was expected
in return? You decide.
Below are the excerpts and links to the documents that show the proof that as Lieutenant Governor overseeing
matters vital to Prosser's companies and bank, Ken Mapp started receiving $25,000 a MONTH - A MONTHI some Virgin Islanders don't earn that in a year, and this man received that every month! And this went on for two
years!!!
Was it for training for a job he never got? For consulting he never did? Or simply to go away and not run
against the man who picked him to be Lieutenant Governor? Or was it for something far, far worse?
TESTIMONY OF KENNETH E. MAPP
Ken Mapp stated under oath in a deposition on February 15, 2001 that he did indeed take payments from
Jeffrey Prosser for "consulting issues:"
Q:
Do you do any work for Jeffrey Prosser or any of his companies?
KM:
I have.
Q:
And what work did you do for them?
KM:
Consulting issues, but it was not a Virgin Islands firm.
Q:
It was the St. Martin Cable TV Company?
KM:
Yes.
Q:
What consulting work did you do for the St. Martin Cable TV Company?
KM:
Consulting issues that they asked me about.
Q:
How much were you paid for those services?
KM:
I'm not going to respond to that.
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TESTIMONY OF BARRY DENHAM
Barry Denham. a former Controller with Innovative's cable operations, stated under oath in a deposition
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Feruary 14. 2002 on what Ken Mapp was paid, how he was paid and what he did for the money:
Q:
During the time that you were there, were you aware of any payments made by ICC or
any of its companies to Kenneth Mapp?
BD:
Yes.
Q:
How much money; what were you seeing going?
BD:
As I recall, I don't remember the exact amount, but it was five figures. Twenty, twentyfive thousand or something a month.
Q:
Do you know the total that was eventually paid to Mr. Mapp?
BD:
I think I was told later that it was a two year thing.
Q:
So he was getting twenty-five thousand dollars a month for two years?
BD:
To my recollection, but I don't know that for sure.
Q:
Did you ever do any research to see who has authorized those payments?
BD:
I did.
Q:
From your review of the records, had Mr. Mapp done any work for the company for
these payments?
BD:
Not that I am aware of but I'm just a little piece of the puzzle
Q:
Well, if he had done any work for St. Martin Cable TV, would you have know that in
your role as controller?
BD:
Yes.
Q:
Did you ever receive any information that Mr. Mapp had done any work for St Martin
Cable TV?
BD:
No, not to my knowledge.
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TESTIMONY OF THOMAS MINNICH
Thomas Minnich, Innovative's former Chief Operating Officer, stated under oath in a deposition on April 15,
2002 that while working directly for Jeffrey Prosser he was aware that $600.000 was paid to Ken Mapp for a
job he was never hired for:
Q:
Sir, did you approve the wire transfer of funds from the St. Martin Cable TV to
Kenneth Mapp?
TM:
There were wire transfers made, yes, there were wire transfers made to - not for
political purposes, my understanding, but for training reasons to Mr. Kenneth Mapp
who we were eventually hoping to hire as an employee.
Q:
Who directed you to approve those wire transfers?
TM:
There was conversations with Mr. Prosser who said that this gentleman might
make a good employee and that we should do some training, provide him with his
training as we did with some other people.
Q:
Was it correct that you approved wire transfers of $25,000 month for two years?
TM:
I believe that was approximately the amount of his training.
Q:
Did you also pay for his tuition?
TM:
I believe that was included in the transfer.
Q:
And is it your testimony that you made this $600,000 worth of payments on the
hope to hire him sometime in the future?
TM:
I don't know the amount, ma'am.
Q:
Well, the approximate $25,000 a month for two years comes to $600,000 sir. That
was supposedly so that maybe sometime in the future you could hire him?
TM: That was my understanding. That's what I wanted to do.
But unfortunately, as I said before, when the time came, you know, we were
reducing costs overall and there was no position.
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Q:
Sir, you would like a Jury to believe that you spent $600,000 training a man
and
then you didn't hire him?
TM:
We didn't hire him, no, that's my understanding.
Q:
Did you ever offer him a job?
TM:
I did not, no.
Q:
Did anyone from the company ever offer him a job?
TM: Not to my knowledge.
Q:
Did you pay for training and that type of wire transfers to people's bank accounts of
any other persons besides Mr. Mapp?
TM: Not to my knowledge.
Q:
Did you pay in the sense of giving monthly payments to nonemployees other than
Mr. Mapp?
TM: Not to my knowledge.
Q:
Okay. Why was Mr. Mapp singled out for that benefit, sir?
TM:
I don't know other than the expression of his talent and ability once trained, he
could bring a lot to the corporation.
Q:
What was the talent and ability, sir?
TM:
I don't know.
0:
But you transferred $25,000 a month to an account of someone who is not an
employee whose background and qualifications you didn't know for a position you
didn't know what it was going to be, is that pretty much your testimony, sir?
Sir, is it your testimony that it would be appropriate for you as COO to approve wire
transfers of $25,000 a month to someone whose qualifications you didn't even
know.
TM:
It was done. I guess that's -- the answer is yes.
Q:
How many conversations did you have with Mr. Prosser about the fact that he
wanted this money transferred to Mr. Mapp?
TM:
I believe only one.
Q:
Did you have any conversations with anyone else.
TM:
Not that I recall, other than the, certainly the general manager, chief operating
officer of St. Martin Mobile
Q:
Was this St. Martin Mobile or St. Martin Cable?
A.
It was St. Martin Cable, I believe.
Q:
Do you recall Mr. Barry Denham inquiring of you why these transfers were being
made?
TM: Mr. Barry Denham was I believe chief accountant or COO of the cable company in
St. Croix, and at that time they owned the cable TV in St. Martin and I believe I -he was the one I discussed the transfer with, yes.
Q:
Was there any plans to hire Mr. Mapp at the St. Martin Cable Company?
TM:
No. At the holding company level
Q:
Then why were the payments being made from St. Martin Cable TV?
TM:
I would suggest because that's the decision we'd made to do so. It could have been
made from any of the other companies or corporations.
Q:
What was the basis of that decision?
TM:
I can't really say. I don't -- I think the decision, like any other decisions made then, I
think it was perhaps an issue that it would be best coming from there.
Q:
You never worried that payments made to a company that there was no plans for
him to be hired to, from a St. Martin -- a non U.S. company, wired to the bank
account for someone who was not an employee, who was a politician, could in any
way be improper, is that right?
Q:
Do you remember any conversation with [Barry Denham] to you in which he told
you that he thought the payments to Kenneth Mapp were inappropriate and illegal
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and he wasn't going to be part of them?
TM: No, ma'am.
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TESTIMONY OF ELIZABETH GOGGINS
Elizabeth Goggins, former Innovative Accounting Manager, confirmed the payments under oath in a
deposition on December 29, 2009. It certainly appears that the passage of time since the first round of
depositions has allowed the truth to come to light:
Q:
Were you aware of the payments made to Kenneth Mapp from any of the accounts,
either ICC, or Jeffrey Prosser, or from anywhere?
EG: Yes.
Q:
What were you aware of in that regard?
EG: There were payments made from -- it was ATN back then for a couple of months.
Then it was moved to St. Maarten Cable TV.
Q:
And How much were the payments?
EG: $25,000 a month.
Q:
And where were the payments made to?
EG: They were made to Ken Mapp. He was going to school at the time, and I believe
they were sent to him in Massachusetts.
Q:
Do you know whether or not these payments started while Mr. Mapp was still
Lieutenant Governor?
EG: Yes.
Q:
They did?
EG: Yes.
Q:
An how long was he Lieutenant Governor while he was receiving those payments?
EG:
It started July or August, before the election.
Q:
Were you ever informed of the purpose of those payments?
EG: Yes.
Q:
And what was the purpose of those payments?
EG:
He was being paid not to run for Governor.
Q:
And who informed you of that?
EG:
It was Tom Minnich.
Q:
Tom Minnich?
EG:
It was either Tom or Jeff.
Q:
And Mr. Minnich was the CEO, is that right?
EG: Yes.
Q:
Did you have those conversations with Mr. Prosser, as well?
EG: I don't remember. I remember it was Tom.
Q:
Okay.
EG:
I believe it was Jeff, too, but I couldn't absolutely answer.
Q:
Well, was Tom Minnich allowed to decide to make 25,000-dollar payments to a
politician without Mr. Prosser's approval?
EG:
No.
Q:
Do you know how long these payments went on?
EG:
No, because they were switched to St. Maarten, and I didn't -- I didn't deal with St.
Maarten.
Q:
Were you ever aware of whether or not -- well were you aware that there was a
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problem with the payment of franchise taxes by Innovative?
Were you aware that Innovative owed franchise taxes?
EG: There was a new calculation or something that was done, because I had -- I was
the one who was doing the checks.
Q:
Do you know if those franchise taxes were forgiven?
EG:
No, I don't.
Q:
Did you ever speak to Mr. Mapp about these payments?
EG: Yes.
Q:
And how many times did you speak to him about these payments?
EG:
It was just once, because we paid his rent and his furniture.
Q:
You mean his storage?
EG:
No, the furniture he rented for his apartment up there. So he gave me that bill.
Q:
Did he give it to you personally?
EG:
I remember talking to him about it. Whether or not it was in person, I don't
remember.
Q:
Were you aware of any other payments to politicians?
EG: No.
Q:
How were the payments to Mr. Mapp booked?
EG:
Consulting fees
0:
To your knowledge, did Mr. Mapp provide any consulting?
EG:
I don't.
Q:
You never witnessed any?
EG: No.
Q:
Well, did you ever see any invoices, or were these just $25,000 every month?
EG:
I -- like I said -- I only did it two or three times, so it was -- it became -- I had a
number of payments I made monthly. That was added on to it.
Q:
Besides the rent on his furniture and the $25,000 a month, were any other
payments made, such as his rent on his apartment or travel costs or --
EG: No other payments
Q:
Do you know who else was aware of these payments, besides yourself and Mr.
Prosser and Mr. Minnich?
And who would have been responsible for making the payments once they were
changed to St. Maarten account?
EG: That was -- that was Barry Denham was down there.
Q:
Do you know why they were changed from being made from the Virgin Islands
account to the St. Maarten account?
EG:
So people here wouldn't find out
Q:
Okay. Did you ever observe a relationship between Roy Schneider and Jeffrey
Prosser?
EG: Yes.
Q:
What did you observe in that regard?
EG: They were very friendly.
He would walk into the office frequently. Jeff would talk about him, and talk about,
you know, different things that were going on, etcetera, etcetera.
Q:
Was it Roy Schneider that Mr. Mapp was not supposed to run against.
EG: Yes.
Q:
Do you know whether or not Roy Schneider knew that Mr. Mapp was making these
payments up in order to prevent him from doing it?
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