| Fred Asante
Remained Detained in SDNY Amid Talk of
Absconding to Ghana, Gets 108 Months
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 18 – Fred Asante is
detained on wire fraud and
other charges; he filed a
motion for reconsideration of
his detention.
On
October 4 U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of
New York Judge Jed S. Rakoff
held a proceeding. Inner City
Press covered it.
The
Assistant US Attorney
emphasized that Asante had
previously fled to Ghana, and
was arrested with case in his
(luxury) car.
He said the
Asante's wife appeared to be
involved in transactions and,
seemingly, SBA fraud.
The
defense said that Asante's
business of moving frozen food
to Ghana in containers
required him to deal with many
people.
Judge
Rakoff was unconvinced and
ruled that Asante would
continue detained.
On May 18,
2022, on a guideline of 121 to
151 months, Judge Rakoff
sentenced Asante to 108
months. Afterward the
prosecutors said "FRED ASANTE
was sentenced to 108 months
for his role as the top
U.S.-based money launderer for
a criminal enterprise based in
the Republic of Ghana
(“Ghana”) that engaged in
fraud schemes that stole tens
of millions of dollars from
victims across the United
States. These fraud
schemes included business
email compromises, romance
scams targeting elderly
victims, and fraud schemes
related to the COVID-19
pandemic. ASANTE was
arrested on February 17, 2021
in Virginia and pled guilty to
conspiracy to commit money
laundering on February 16,
2022 before District Judge Jed
S. Rakoff, who imposed today’s
sentence."
The over all case
is US v. Appiedu, 21-cr-88
(Rakoff)
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