| Charged With Bank
Fraud in SDNY 2 Sawanehs Were
Released Now Have Plea Deal in
Principle
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
March 13– Ali and Mahamadou
Sawaneh were arrested and
arraigned on bank fraud
charged on April 24 before
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrate Judge Gabriel W.
Gorenstein. Inner City Press
was there, thread:
OK - now in SDNY
Magistrates Court for US vs
two defendants with the same
last name, Ali and
Mahamadou. They are
charged with bank fraud, to
multiple financial
institutions, stolen checks.
Judge: Has
each counsel reviewed the
indictment? Yes, yes. Not
guilty, not guilty.
Assistant US
Attorney: We have agreed on a
proposed bail package: $100,00
personal recognizance bond,
can't possess any mail matter
not in their name or those
they reside with
Judge: What do
you mean, "mail matter"?
AUSA:
Including checks. Judge: Tell
me how you want to phrase it.
[AUSA confers with
defense] AUSA: No
identifying information of
others except those they
reside with. Surrender all
travel documents by
Friday
Judge: No
contact with victims or
witnesses in the case.
On March 13 the
US Attorney's Office wrote in
that "the Goverment and
counsel for defendants Ali
Sawaneh and Mahamadou Sawaneh
have reached a resolution in
principle of this case...
anticipated change of plea
hearing."
The case is US v.
Sawaneh, et al., 24-cr-244
(Abrams / Gorenstein)
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