| Money Laundering Convict Get
48 Months Back Dated To Arrest in Panama,
Diabetes Treatment
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Aug 15 –
Benzion Zirkind was arrested
and released on money
laundering charges on July 21
in the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York. He put up a $100,000
bond secured by a property at
1349 President Street in
Brooklyn owned by a friend of
the family.
SDNY
Magistrate Judge Barbara Moses
held a proceeding and Inner
City Press covered it.
Benzion
Zirkind unlike most defendants
in the SDNY at that time had
retained counsel, who
announced that he had "four
questions."
Judge Moses joked that those
should be for the youngest
child.
One of the
questions was how the
defendant should avoid
speaking with co-defendants,
if some of them are sealed.
More, apparently, will be
family members.
The
President Street property is
valued at over $2 million.
The next court
date was before District Judge
Denise L. Cote. She
ordered, "ORDER as to Benzion
Zirkind: ORDERED that a
conference is scheduled for
Friday, August 14, 2020 at
10:00 am. in which Mr. Tamir,
Mr. Myers, the defendant, and
counsel for the Government all
must participate. IT IS
FURTHER ORDERED that the
Government shall provide Mr.
Tamir with a copy of this
Order. (Pretrial Conference
set for 8/14/2020 at 10:00 AM
before Judge Denise L. Cote)."
Jump cut to
September 28, 2022, when Judge
Cote sentenced a co-defendant:
"JUDGMENT In A Criminal Case
(S4 19-Cr-463-08). Date of
Imposition of Judgment:
9/28/2022. Defendant Liliana
Hoyos Pelaez (8) pleaded
guilty to Count(s) 1.
IMPRISONMENT: 48 months. - The
court makes the following
recommendations to the Bureau
of Prisons: that the
defendant's sentence run from
December 20, 2021, the date of
her arrest in Panama; and that
the defendant be treated for
diabetes. - The defendant is
remanded to the custody of the
United States Marshal.
SUPERVISED RELEASE: None.
Special Conditions of
Supervision: The defendant
shall submit to deportation
and not unlawfully reenter the
Country. ASSESSMENT: $100.00,
due immediately. - The
defendant shall forfeit the
defendant's interest in the
following property to the
United States: Pursuant to the
Consent Preliminary Order of
Forfeiture/Money Judgment
entered on 9/28/2022, the
defendant shall forfeit
$78,590 in United States
currency. (Signed by Judge
Denise L. Cote on 9/28/2022)."
The case is US v.
Bomba, 19-cr-463 (Cote /
Moses)
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