| Wolf of
Airbnb Pled
Guilty now
Gets 51 Months
After Declines
to Speak at
Sentencing
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 22 – The self proclaimed
Wolf of Airbnb Konrad Bicher
pled guilty on June 26, to a
deal of 46 to 57 months and
nearly $2 million in both
forfeiture and restitution.
The change of plea was
before
U.S. District
Court for the
Southern
District of
New York
Magistrate
Judge Sarah L.
Cave.
On
January 18,
2024, the US
Attorney's
Office wrote
in and asked
for a sentence
of 51 months.
On July
22, Inner City
Press was
in the
courtroom, thread:
Defense:
This story
took on a life
of its own.
Some landlords
were
complicit-
Judge:
How is that
mitigating?
Defense:
The landlords
did not have
clean hands
Bicher
declines to
speak.
Judge:
You bragged to
the press
about your
exploits. My
fear is that
there is no
real remorse
here. I
sentence you
to 51 months
More
including on Wolf-proffered
diaper
give-away on X
for Subscriber
here
and Substack here
The
case is US v.
Bicher,
22-cr-589
(Schofield)
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