| Timy Hakim
Free On Wire Fraud Charge After Kenya Coke
Moved Trial Now to Plead Oct 24
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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Exclusive, Oct 18 –
In the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York on September 9, 2021 a
detention hearing was held by
Magistrate Judge Steward D.
Aaron on Kimy Hakim, who was
arrested on August 6 in
Georgia and then spend a month
being transported to SDNY.
But there's more.
It emerged during the
detention - or, as it
happened, bail -- hearing that
Hakim was previously arrested
in Kenya. Inner City Press,
the only media in the SDNY Mag
Court, dug it up: "NAIROBI,
October 13, 2008 – An American
man was on Monday afternoon
charged before a Kibera Court
with trafficking cocaine worth
about Sh8 million. Timy
Hakim who was arrested on
Sunday at Jomo Kenyatta
International Airport as he
was boarding a plane heading
for Italy appeared before
Kibera Chief Magistrate,
Maureen Odera and denied
trafficking in 1.9 kilograms
of cocaine. His lawyer
Cliff Ombetta applied for
bail, but the prosecution
objected claiming Mr Hakim
might abscond."
In fact, it
seems he did. Mr. Hakim,
described as of Lebanese
descent and having grown up in
Senegal, is listed as having
businesses in Benin
and well as South
Africa - and with
getting a COVID Paycheck
Protection Program loan of
over $20,000, here.
That's not the charge, though.
The
Assistant US Attorney,
mentioning not PPP but wire
fraud and money laundering,
urged the detention of Timy
Hakim.
But Hakim's
Federal Defender Ian Marcus
Amelkin said he makes music
videos for "African artists"
and could live with his
parents in Dearborn, Michigan.
Jump
cut to May 13, 2022 when the
September 19 trial date
slipped, on the request of the
Federal Defender(s) citing
another trial before Judge
Alkin K. Hellerstein. Judge
Liman asked why this one was,
in essence, taking a back seat
to the other, which apparently
involved a misdemeanor offer
and a rejected non prosecution
agreement.Ultimately, a fixed
and final date was agreed to:
December 5.
On October 18,
this: "NOTICE OF HEARING as to
Timy Hakim. A Change of Plea
Hearing is scheduled for
October 24, 2022 at 2:00 PM in
Courtroom 15C, 500 Pearl
Street, New York, NY 10007
before Judge Lewis J. Liman."
On
April 8, 2022
Judge Lewis J.
Liman approved
Hakim being
released from
condition to
attend a concern
in Madison
Square Garden on
April 28 with
his client,
Nigerian musican
Damini Ogulu
a/k/a Burna Boy.
Burna made murky
appearance at
the UN with
Deputy S-G Amina
J. Mohammed (who
backdated CITES
certificates to
send endangered
rosewood to
China - but now
has immunity).
We'll have more
on this.
Previously
in the nearly empty
Magistrates court Hakim had a
sort of mohawk dyed yellow,
and got a new blue Covid mask.
As of November
2019 in South Africa, this:
"Dear Timy Hakim, You walked
out without paying your bill
and refused to leave at check
out time. You inconvenienced
one of our arrival guests by
leaving your room 3 hours
late. Your childish and
hysterical display at our
reception desk was recorded
and we reported you to the
police for theft and damage to
our room. You are not welcome
back in this establishment nor
are your dubious friends who
have also been recorded."
Judge Aaron
returned from a session with
Pre Trial Services and said he
would release Rivera on a
$200,000 Personal Recognisance
Bond, to be secured by
$100,000 in cash or real
estate - which he clarified
could be the parents' home "if
there is enough equity in it."
Back on
October 12 he had not been
released, pending full
"perfection" of the bond - the
posting of the lien. His
Federal Defender asked
Magistrate Judge Netburn for
release, stating "over the
weekend, conditions at the MDC
deteriorated significantly.
Due to electrical work,
inmates were left with no
water, spotty electricity, no
hot food and a lack of
adequate staff at the
facility."
On October 13,
Judge Sarah Netburn granted
the request, and money to
travel: "TRANSPORTATION ORDER
as to Timy Hakim: it is hereby
ORDERED that the United States
Marshals Service furnish Timy
Hakim with funds to cover the
cost of travel between New
York, New York and Dearborn
Heights, Michigan following
the satisfaction of his bail
conditions, to travel on
Wednesday, October 13, 2021 no
earlier than at 12:30pm; and
it is hereby further ORDERED
that the aforesaid expenses
shall be paid by the United
States Marshals Service. SO
ORDERED. (Signed by Magistrate
Judge Sarah Netburn on
10/13/2021)." See also, the
strange case of US
v. Johnson / John Doe, here.
On October
19 the US Attorney's Office
asked now assigned Judge Lewis
J. Liman to sign an order
removing the requirement of
confession of judgment, which
they say is strongly
disfavored in Michigan, for
the subject premises, 26360
Timber Trail, Dearborn, MI
48127.
We aim to have more on this.
A hearing
was set, and here's what
happened: "Government to have
the Responsiveness Review of
devices completed and produced
by March 4, 2022. Defendant's
pretrial motions due
5/13/2022. Government's
response due 5/27/2022.
Defendant's reply due
6/3/2022. Motion Hearing (and
oral argument if necessary)
set for June 9, 2022 at 2:00PM
in Courtroom 15C before Judge
Lewis J. Liman. Jury Trial set
for September 19, 2022 at 9:30
AM before Judge Lewis J.
Liman. The Court, with consent
of all parties, excludes time
from January 20, 2022 until
September 19, 2022 pursuant to
the Speedy Trial Act, 18
U.S.C. 3161(h)(7)(A)."
This case is US
v. Hakim, 21-cr-259 (Liman).
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