By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
BBC - Guardian UK - Honduras - ESPN
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Sept 20 – Syed Ali Raza, who immigrated to the US from Pakistan, was convicted of wire fraud in 2019. Then he fled to Canada, and had his appeal dismissed.
On September 20 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Lewis A. Kaplan held his sentencing for Failure to Appear. Inner City Press covered it.
Raza said he fled because he felt his life was in danger.
The basis was not explained in the proceeding, and his sentencing memo was not in the docket. After some discussion of whether he should or would be credited for his time in jail in Canada.
Judge Kaplan sentenced Raza to time served and one year of supervised release.
Both sides said he will be deported. But to where?
The case is US v. Raza, 20-cr-207 (Kaplan)
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