In
SDNY Bottle Recycling Scam
Curcio Hearing For Nasim
Rakhamimov Whose Cousin Eldar
Blamed Pepsi
By Matthew
Russell Lee
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 2 –
When Eldar Rakhamimov
appeared for sentencing back
on April 2 for inflating the
number of Pepsi and Canada Dry
bottles
returned through his business in the
U.S. District
Court for the
Southern District of
New York
courtroom of
Judge
Ronnie Abrams,
he had many of
his
employees and
family members
with him.
His lawyer
Tony Mirvis
pointed them
out, arguing
that if not
sentenced to
jail he could
pay
back the
$700,000 restitution
faster. Judge
Abrams went
below the 37
to 46 month guideline
sentence, to
15 months with
two
years of
supervised
released - the
books of his
recycling company
will be open -
and a
$15,000 fine.
On May 2, Eldar's
cousin Nasim Rakhamimov
appeared
before Judge
Abrams to change his
lawyer to... Tony
Mirvis. Since
this could be
a conflict
of interest a
so-called
Curcio hearing
was held. Mirvis
had written
to Abrams
about
scheduling,
saying he
would be out
of the
country. But
on May 2 after
a bit of
Q&A, a Mr.
Ruma was
relieved and
handed over
the files.
This bottling
case
continues.
On
May 1 a man
who drove a
truck for the
scam for a
total of nine
days,
making $1,350
dollars, came
for sentencing
by Judge Abrams.
Defendant
Kadirov also had
supporters in
the courtroom;
his defense
lawyer cited
his wife and
his work in
construction
and that he is
a green card
holder. Judge
Abrams added
from the PSR
that he is the
sole source of
support for
his parents
back in
Uzbekistan.
She sentenced
him to time
served and
unlike the
recent
sentencing of
a church goer
for defrauding
Columbia
University's
Teachers College, there
was on audible
response. It's an Uzbek
thing. Judge
Abrams says,
as she always
does, that the
defendant need
not be defined
by his worst
decision.
Here's hoping.
***
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