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Hurricane Sandy Fraud Former NYPD Melnick
Gets 3 Years Probation, Eyes Florida
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 17 –
Back on September 20, 2022
Federal prosecutors in
Manhattan announced that
Walter Melnick,
"a retired
Inspector of the New York City
Police Department and a
disaster relief consultant,
pled guilty to conspiring to
commit federal program fraud
in connection with his work
for an Illinois-based
consulting firm that provided
Hurricane Sandy-related
recovery services to the City
of New York. MELNICK
surrendered today and pled
guilty before U.S. Magistrate
Judge Valerie Figueredo in
federal court in Manhattan.
The case has been assigned to
U.S. District Judge Victor
Marrero."
On March
17, 2023 U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of
New York Judge Marrero held
Melnick's sentencing. Inner
City Press went and covered
it.
The
sentencing guideline was 24 to
30 months. Melnick's lawyer
submitted quotes and letters
of support, and there were
supporters in the courtroom.
Judge
Marrero while calling the
crime serious and long-term
sentencing Melnick to three
years' probation, the first of
which is to be home
incarceration.
Defense
counsel asked for permission
to travel to Melnick's home in
Florida. Judge Marrero said to
ask Probation.
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