Owner of the now defunct EZjet airline Sonny Ramdeo, who is facing up to 20 years in prison for wire fraud, will be sentenced in November, according to court documents in a Florida Court.
In October of last year, Ramdeo had pleaded guilty to wire fraud and he was scheduled to be sentenced in January of this year but two months later he recanted the plea on the grounds that he was not properly represented by counsel. Judge Kenneth A. Marra had then accepted the change and appointed a public defender to represent Ramdeo.
However, Ramdeo later fired the public defender and is representing himself and while there is no
public notification that he had once again changed his mind about his guilt the public record shows that he is now slated to be sentenced on November 14 before Judge Marra in West Palm Beach Division.
Ramdeo is now in the process of securing all documents from his former lawyers in order to properly represent himself at his sentencing.
EZjet went bankrupt amid the legal troubles caused for him when he was sued by his former employers in Florida courts.
The airline’s service was suspended by the US Department of Transportation in November, 2012. The indictment against Ramdeo alleges that he wired money into his accounts that was to have been used to cover payroll taxes for Promise Healthcare and 11 of its hospitals, for which he was payroll manager. He allegedly formed two companies, PayServ Tax and EZjet GT, to receive the money, prosecutors say. Ramdeo faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of US$250,000 or greater on each conviction.
