by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, April 12 – The US Attorney's Office announced on April that it had charged Pat Lau and others "in connection with a massive scheme to defraud Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc., a leading cargo airline, of tens of millions of dollars in revenue and the honest services of its employees."
On April 12, 2023, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave held a presentment of and bail hearing on Lau. Inner City Press went and covered it.
The Assistant US Attorney announced they had agreed to release Lau on $250,000 unsecured bond, with travel including Connecticut, where Lau owns a business.
He will have to turn in his Hong Kong ID card on April 13. The next date is May 4 before the assigned District Judge Jesse M. Furman.
From the announcement: "the unsealing of a four-count Indictment charging LARS WINKELBAUER, ABILASH KURIEN, CARLTON LLEWELLYN, ROBERT SCHIRMER, SKYE XU, BENJAMIN WEI, a/k/a/ “Ben Wei,” ALVARO LOPEZ, FABIOLA CINO, ORLANDO WONG, and PATRICK LAU, a/k/a “Pat Lau,” in connection with a massive scheme to defraud Polar. Nine defendants were arrested today. KURIEN, LLEWELLYN, SCHIRMER, and LAU will be presented in federal court in Manhattan this afternoon. WEI and WONG will be presented later today in federal court in the Central District of California. LOPEZ and CINO will be presented later today in federal court in the Southern District of Florida. WINKELBAUER was arrested today in Thailand and is pending extradition to the United States. SKYE XU remains at large."
The overall case is US v. Winkelbauer, et al., 23-cr-133 (Furman)
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