By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell book
SDNY COURTHOUSE, May 8 – Suresh Munshani was on trial for keeping money given to him by his brother Suni Munshani who has pleaded guilty to stealing from his employer, Protegrity USA Inc. Inner City Press covered the case.
On February 13, 2023 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Jed S. Rakoff presided over closing arguments. Inner City Press went and covered it.
The Assistant US Attorney said Sunesh kept easy money for doing no work, that he must have known it was stolen money.
The lead defense counsel, with many notes passed up from the defense table, said the case was only circumstantial.
The rebuttal summation began, with a crowd gathered outside the courtroom for unrelated proceeding.
February 14 saw the legal instructions, and the verdict: "a jury returned a guilty verdict today against SURESH MUNSHANI on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. MUNSHANI is scheduled to be sentenced on May 10, 2023, by U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff, who presided over the one-week trial."
On May 3, the US asked for a sentence of 30 months, less than the guideline of 57 to 71 months, but more than Probation's recommendation of a year and a day.
On May 8, Suresh Munshani replied "there is no universe in which Suresh deserves a prison sentences just 29% short than his older brother... the 'leaders and primary beneficiary' of the conspiracy."
Before the May 10 sentencing, this one from April 7, announced by SDNY on April 10: "SUNI MUNSHANI, the former Chief Executive Officer of a Connecticut-based technology company (the “Victim Company”), was sentenced to 42 months in prison for his participation in a scheme to defraud the Victim Company of millions of dollars."
The case is US v. Munshani, 22-cr-215 (Rakoff)
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