| Bronx Man with
Jamaican Passport Pled Guilty to
Sweepstakes Fraud US Gets 18
Months
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Oct 20 – Donald Dillion is
charged with defrauding people
by convincing them they won
sweepstakes, only to charge
them fees and taxes.
While based in
The Bronx, he used a Wyoming
corporation named DD
Metro.
On February 5,
2024 Dillion was presented in
the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Magistrates Court. Inner
City Press was there, the only
media in the SDNY Mag Court.
The AUSA
had agreed that Dillion,
stopped in JFK airport with
his US and Jamaican passports,
could be released on $200,000
unsecured bond, that
day.
On March 6,
Dillion's case was indicted
and assigned to District Judge
John P. Cronan.
On March 11,
Judge Cronon arraigned
Dillion. Inner City Press was
there. Dillion pleaded not
guilty.
On October 22 the
Federal Defenders wrote in
asking for a change of plea
proceeding - to guilty.
It happened on
November 26, with sentencing
set for March 5, 2025.
But on July 25,
the Federal Defenders wrote in
asking to extend the already
extended August 22 sentencing,
to the week of October 6,
saying they are "awaiting a
few final documents that are
relevant to Mr. Dillion's
mitigation arguments and which
are coming from overseas."
On September 25
the Federal Defenders wrote in
asking for a non-incarceratory
sentence, five years probation
with the first six months to
be spend on home confinement.
On October 2, the
US Attorney's Office wrote in
asking for 18 months.
Belatedly
docketed, Dillion was
sentenced to 18 months.
The case is
USA v. Dillion, 1:24-cr-132
(Cronan)
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