{"id":229262,"date":"2025-03-14T13:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T17:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=229262"},"modified":"2025-03-14T16:42:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T20:42:12","slug":"melly-mel-being-questioned-by-us-authorities-over-alleged-guyana-government-complaint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/melly-mel-being-questioned-by-us-authorities-over-alleged-guyana-government-complaint\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMelly Mel\u201d being questioned by US Authorities over alleged Guyana Government complaint"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-2226253585\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SOURCE: NEWS SOURCE-<\/strong>Popular Guyanese activist, Melissa Atwell aka \u201cMelly Mel\u201d was taken into custody and questioned by US Homeland Security agents this morning and is said to be cooperating fully with the agents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>News Source understands that the agents accompanied Atwell from her home to one of their New York offices where, according to sources, she has been questioned about her online activism, complaints against her by the Government of Guyana and other related issues.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2936755487\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img 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\/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There are reports that her New York based Attorneys are aware of the questioning and have been offering their legal advice, as she is also being supported by a number of other officials in the New York area.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1988397101\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:450\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:675\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:842\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources close to Atwell told News Source this morning that \u201cshe will be just fine\u201d, and that she has been cooperating with the US authorities and providing them with information about her social media activism and her statements that might have irked the Guyana Government, triggering the alleged complaint against her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Government of Guyana has accused Atwell of a number of CyberCrimes related to her publishing of alleged acts of corruption involving several Guyanese Government officials.<\/p><div id=\"antig-444100918\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500 (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 300w, 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She recently filed a Police complaint in New York against social media commentator and Guyana Government contractor, Mikhail \u201cGuyanese Critic\u201d Rodrigues, accusing him of harassment after he allegedly published her home address across his social media platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In November 2024, Guyana\u2019s Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, filed a $100 Million lawsuit against Atwell in the local Courts over a series of posts that she allegedly made against him, which he said were \u201cpatently fabricated, concocted and malicious\u201d.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2316759741\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chtamarketplace.com\/\" aria-label=\"Social FaceBook Cover Desk_Mobile\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:711\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Social-FaceBook-Cover-Desk_Mobile-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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