WILLEMSTAD:--- Prosecutor's office is obliged to pay a Curacaolean man who purchased a yacht in an auction for about $160.000 for damages plus the amount paid for the yacht.
It pertains to the yacht that was confiscated by orders of the TBO team from O'Neal Arrindell in Sint Maarten.
The yacht was brought to Curacao by orders of Prosecutor Gert Rip.
The yacht was kept safely at a marina in Parera, who also was in charge of its maintenance.
The public Prosecutor's office confiscated the yacht without having the proper documentation while the company that is the rightful owner of the yacht put a lien on it as the company tirelessly insisted that the yacht was leased to Arrindell, but the Public Prosecutor Office continued with the auction nevertheless.
A Curacaolean man residing in Holland purchased the yacht for an undisclosed sum of money but had to relinquish the yacht to its rightful owner.
Consequently, the Public Prosecutor Office now has to repay the sale price plus $160.000 additional for damages. In the meantime, the yacht left Curacao to Santo Domingo to continue to the USA to its original owners.
