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Multi Defendant Skimmer Case Tattoo Artist
From Italy Gets 28 Months Then Deportation
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
BBC
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UK - Honduras
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 24 – A dozen men in
shackles charged with ATM
skimming came into the
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
courtroom of Judge Laura
Taylor Swain on January 9,
2020. They had interpreters in
French and Romanian, and now a
coordinating discovery
attorney, Emma G. Greenwood.
But on
Monday, March 16, amid the
Coronavirus crisis when two
more defendant in the case
extradited from Romania on
Friday were presented before
SDNY Magistrate Judge Stewart
D. Aaron, their lawyers were
not physically present. They
appeared by telephone. One
asked that his business card
be given to his client. For
the other, the defendant asked
who he was.
Both
asked that their appointments
be back dated to March 9. It
was granted, and the
defendants were detained on
consent.
Now on May
24, 2021, one of the
co-defendants Raul Ionut
Vidrasan was up for
sentencing. His lawyer said he
has grown up in Italy, as a
Romanian, facing
discrimination.
Now SDNY Chief
Judge Swain acknowledged his
hardships, but noted that he
has scouted and installed
skimming equipment on ATM
machines in Massachusetts and
Florida.
On a
guideline of 41 to 51 months,
Judge Swain sentenced him to
28 months, from which time in
Italy in prison (but not that
under home confinement there
awaiting extradition) will be
subtracted. The remaining
time, before removal, will be
served in Fort Dix, it seems.
Judge Swain wished him well.
Inner City
Press will continue to cover
this. The case is US
v.
Constantinescu,
et al.,
19-cr-651
(Swain).
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