By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Aug 11 – Yoga To The People founder Gregory Gumucio was indicted for tax fraud this month.
On August 31 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, on duty this week, 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.
Checking in on June 30, 2023, ten months into the case, and there have been ten requests for a continuance in the interest of justice, and still no indictment. What gives?
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." Watch this site.
The case is now USA v. Gumucio, et al., 1:23-cr-595 (Cronan)
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