| Yoga to the People Soliman
Got Time Served Then Anderson Got 2 Years Now
Asks Florida
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 7 – Yoga To The People
founder Gregory Gumucio was
indicted for tax fraud.
The prosecutors
sought to impose a $1,000,000
bond and home incarceration.
Instead they got a $250,000
bond and GPS - and Gumicio got
a free (or tax payer funded)
lawyer.
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrate Judge Jennifer E.
Willis held the bond hearing.
Inner City Press was in the
Magistrates Court, as usual,
and live tweeted it here
The other
co-defendant is Michael
Anderson.
On January 3,
2024, six month later, the US
Attorney's Office wrote in of
Gregory Gumucio that "the
parties have reached an
agreement in principle and the
defense is currently reviewing
a written plea offer," status
by January 17.
On October 4,
Inner City Press attended
Gumucio's guilty plea. Thread
On October 23,
co-defendant Michael Anderson
followed suit and pled. His
defense lawyer said he
disagreed as to Gumucio but
that his client had done what
he allocuted to.
On June 16, 2025
Gumucio's Federal Defender
wrote in asking for a sentence
of five years probation, no
prison.
On June 23 the US
Attorney's Office asked for 57
months.
Gumucio was
sentenced to 48 months - four
years.
On August 11 in a
heavily redacted submission
Haven Soliman asked for time
served on August 25. Inner
City Press emailed an
application to unseal, noting
that the Second Circuit ruled
on July 28, 2025 in Lee
v. Greenwood,
23-7432 (Ramos), sealing must
be justified by “specific,
on-the-record findings that
sealing is necessary to
preserve higher values."
On the morning of
the sentencing on August 25,
Judge Cronon docketed an order
citing Lee v. Greenwood (as
United States v. Greenwood,
--- F.4th ----, No.
23-7432-cr, 2025 WL 2101302)
and saying that unredactions
would be docketed.
Just before
sentencing, they were - and
now unredacted were, for
example, some of the reasons
urged on Judge Cronan for time
served, including "she had no
intend, not knowledge." What
was the basis of redacting
this?
Inner City Press went
to the sentencing. The AUSA
was asked if he would not
modify his redactions. No, was
the answer. Judge Cronan said
that restitution is not enough
in tax cases, there must be
repercussions. He sentenced
Soliman to time served, one
year supervised release, first
six months home detention (out
for work, worship, health,
legal etc). What are the
repercussions of
over-redacting basic
information?
On September 25
the US Attorney's Office wrote
in asking for less than the 46
to 57 month guideline on
Anderson.
Inner City Press
attended on October 2.
Anderson said he was sorry.
Judge Cronan took a break then
returned and sentenced him to
two years. He requested the
Sheridan camp in Oregon,
starting on January 20, 2026.
On October 7
Anderson's lawyer wrote in
asking to change the
recommendation to FCI
Pensacola, to better allow his
children to visit - and to
delay surrender to February
15, to accommodate his wife's
travel schedule. The AUSA "has
no objection to Mr. Anderson's
proposed requests."
More on X for
Subscribers here
and Substack here
The case is now
USA v. Gumucio, et al.,
1:23-cr-595 (Cronan)
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