| Of
Quartet
Charged with
Bank Fraud in
NY and
Louisiana Vigo
Pled Gets 3
Months at Home
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 2– Ronnie Sullivan and
three others were charged with
bank fraud, including using
information from a teller to
empty other people's
accounts.
On August
1, 2023, Sullivan appeared in
detention before U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge P.
Kevin Castel. Inner City Press
was there, the only media in
the courtroom.
While
Sullivan was not the only
defendant in the jury box with
US Marshals, his female
co-defendant was at defense
table, out on bond.
She did not
stand up, her lawyer said,
because she had had a
stroke. Discovery
was described and a next
conference was set for October
11, 2023.
Jump cut to
February 5, 2024, when
co-defendant Rafael Rodriguez
was in SDNY Magistrates Court
to plead guilty. Inner City
Press was there, the only
media in the SDNY Mag Court.
Rodriguez said that in NY and
Louisiana he entered a
conspiracy to commit bank
fraud. A sentencing control
date of May 6 was set. At
least two other co-defendants
have plead guilty.
On April 26, the
US Attorney's Office wrote in
asking for an 84 month
sentence for Sullivan on May
2.
On May 2,
Sullivan got 60 months, with
credit for time served from
December 20, 2022.
On April 30,
counsel to co-defendant Bertha
Vigo wrote in asking for no
prison time when she is
sentenced on May 22, citing
loss of memory among other
things.
On May 22, she
did not get jail time - but
did get three months home home
detention to start two years
supervised release, and pay
back the $1500.
The case
is US v. Sullivan, et al.,
22-cr-625 (Castel)
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