| Importer of Clothes From
China Bailey Got 6 Months Sentence Now Wants
Passport Back
By Matthew
Russell Lee
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 15 – A business man
accused of defrauding the U.S.
government of over $1 million
in customs fees on children's
clothing from China, Joseph
Bailey, on June 6, 2019 was
brought in shackles into the U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York Magistrates
Court. Inner City Press was
the only media there.
The
government agreed to a $1
million bond; his wife Lisa
and his nearly identical son
Morris, in the gallery, were
given his medicines in a
plastic bag.
After
that, the case was repeatedly
adjourned, with the
adjournment memo-endorseds
being virtual the only
documents in the docket: from
June to September, from
September to October, and and
October to November 13 at 3:30
pm. Inner City Press went to
this long delayed conference
with only one other person in
the gallery, and heard
Bailey's attorney ask for
permission for Bailey to
travel to Florida for
Thanksgiving.
In mid
January Bailey quietly pled
guilty to only one of the
counts initially and more
loudly brought against him.
On December 22,
Bailey was sentenced and he
got six months in prison, with
Otisville recommended, to
start in May. Inner City Press
live tweeted it, here.
It was
pushed back to a heart attack
- we wish Bailey well - and
now, on July 30, two more
months are sought, because BOP
designated Bailey to the
medium security facility in
Butner, North Carolina. He's
seeking to shift it back to
Otisville.
He surrendered to
BOP on October 7. And on
October 15, his lawyer asked
that his passport be returned:
"Mr. Baileys' passport remains
in the custody of Pre-Trial
Services, which has advised
that an order of the Court is
required before it may release
Mr. Bailey's passport.
Otherwise, the passport will
be sent to the U.S. State
Department and Mr. Bailey
would then be required to
re-apply for a new passport
document."
The case is now
US v. Bailey, 19-cr-412
(McMahon).
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