Iran
Sanctions OFAC Scammer With Skin
Cancer Gets A Year And A Day
From SDNY Judge Sullivan
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Previous Thread
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 18 – John
Luke Shannon
pled guilty to
defrauding a
purchaser of
industrial
tires by
claiming its
money could
not be
returned due
to U.S. Office
of Foreign
Assets Control
sanctions
concerning
Iran.
Shannon agreed
to pay back
$157,420 and
on October 18
he was
sentenced in
the U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
Distict of New
York by
now-Circuit
Judge Richard
J.
Sullivan.
Shannon said
he was ashamed
of what he had
done and that
while "I know
I'll be
forgiven by
the good
Lord," he
would accept
whatever
incarceration
Judge Sullivan
order.
While
his Federal
Defender Clay
Kaminsky cited
medical issues
urged a
non-incarceratory
sentence,
Judge Sullivan
disagreed.
Judge Sullivan
said that harm
of the crime
was not only
the money
stolen but the
besmirchment
of the name of
the United
States and its
enforcement
agencies.
While
crediting
Shannon for
his expressed
remorse, Judge
Sullivan
sentenced him
to a year and
a day in
prison, making
him eligible
for release in
approximately
ten months.
At the
sentencing, in
largely empty
courtroom 23B
of 500 Pearl
Street, there
was detailed
discussion not
only of
Shannon's skin
cancer but of
the
willingness of
the Bureau of
Prisons to
continue
particular
drugs he is
on.
Assistant US
Attorney
Cecilia Vogel
had since her
last filing
including into
the BOP's
formulary and
the
treatment
offerings at
various BOP
facilities.
Now Shannon is
due to report
to the Butner
facility on
January 7,
2020. The case
is US v.
Shannon,
18-cr-0809
(Sullivan).
SW
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