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Loans At Bronx Auto Dealership Eduar Vidal
Found Guilty Now 48 Months
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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Oct 21 –
Eduar Vidal is facing trial on
bank fraud charges, for a
scheme in which the auto
dealership he ran processed
faked auto loans.
On May 27,
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Denise L. Cote held an
in-person final pre-trial
conference. Inner City Press
went and covered
it.
Judge Cote
put on the record that the US
Attorney's Office offered
Vidal a plea deal for 18 to 24
months, which he rejected.
The
Assistant US Attorney took to
the podium, took off his mask
and said if Vidal pleads
guilty before trial without a
deal the guidelines would be
41 to 51 months. If he goes to
trial and is found guilty, the
AUSA said, it would be 51 to
63 months - to some, a form of
penalty.
Judge Cote
turned to motions in limine,
whether statements by those
whose names were on the auto
loan applications will be
admissible as statements of
conspirators.
Vidal sought to
keep them out, as well as his
immigration status and
Dominican citizenship. The
statements are in, but
immigration out.
Jump cut to June
21: Judge Cote summoned the
parties, including the
defendant, to appear at 9 am
with the charging conference.
Then the closing arguments -
Vidal's able lawyer said only
an honest man would have
consulted his lawyer, Nelson
Rosado - and then, at 4 pm,
the verdict.
Inner City Press
was there, as were some 15
other people, seemingly
supporters of the defendant.
The verdict? Count 1: Guilty.
Count 2: guilty. Judge Cote
thanked the jurors for their
service. And it was over, at
least the trial phase.
On October 21,
the judgment was filed: 48
months in prison, with
Pennsylvania recommended:
"FILED JUDGMENT IN A CRIMINAL
CASE as to Eduar Vidal (1),
Count(s) 1, 2 are dismissed on
the motion of the US. Found
guilty to Count(s) 1s, 2s.
Imprisonment for a total term
of 48 Months. Supervised
release for a term of 3 Years.
The court makes the following
recommendations to the Bureau
of Prisons that the defendant
be designated to a facility
close to Pennsylvania. The
defendant shall surrender for
service of sentence at the
institution designated by the
Bureau of Prisons before 2pm
on 12/21/2022."
The case is US v.
Vidal, 21-cr-726 (Cote)
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