| On Eve of
Wire Fraud Trial Raji Misses SDNY Subway
Stop Twice, Nixed 51 Month Sentence
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Sept 8 – Mustapha Raji was
indicted for wire fraud in
December 2019 in the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York.
The indictment
stated that Raji "received, and
aided and abetted the receipt
of, approximately $1.7 million
in proceeds of a fraud scheme
via a wire transfer from a bank
in New York to a bank accounts
in Florida controlled by a
co-conspirator."
The
final
pre-trial conference
was set for
September 7 at
11 am. Inner
City Press
went to cover
it. But Raji
was not there,
not at 11:10
nor 11:20.
Judge Jesse M. Furman
asked why; Schneider
said Raji had
taken the N
train but
missed the
Canal Street
station and
rode into
Brooklyn.
Then he
turned
around and
missed Canal
again, riding
up to 34th
Street. Judge
Furman
suggested that
a taxi or Uber
might be
better.
When Raji
arrived on the
11th floor of
40 Foley
Square at
11:45 am,
Inner City
Press was
waiting out by
the elevators.
Raji, in a
pink shirt and
glasses,
asked, "Where
is courtroom
1105?" Inner
City Press showed
up, and
followed him
in.
Judge
Furman
told him that
he was close
be being
remanded, and
that it
would happen
if he is late
during the
trial starting
Monday.
Prior act
evidence will
be coming in;
Raji, it
emerged,
turned down an offer
of a plea to a
single
conspiracy
count with a
guideline
sentence of
51-63 months. He
is
rolling the
dice. Watch
this site.
The case is US
v. Raji,
19-cr-870
(Furman).
***
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