Guyana-born US businessman Edul Ahmad who pleaded guilty in 2012 to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud is now scheduled to be sentenced on March 4, 2016 in a New York court.
He was originally due to be sentenced on January 15, 2016 but this was later deferred to February 12 because of the need for more time for the pre-sentencing report (PSR). Sentencing has now been pushed back to March 4th to facilitate a request from his lawyer.
According to court documents seen by Stabroek News, Ahmad’s lawyer Steven Kartagener wrote to the