New York Judge Dora Irizarry yesterday granted a request by counsel for Guyana-born businessman Ed Ahmad for a deferral until June 10, 2016 for sentencing for mortgage fraud conspiracy.
The delay to June has been sought so Ahmad can benefit from reports on his cooperation with the US government in the conviction of former state senator, John Sampson.
In his letter to the judge, Ahmad’s counsel Steven Kartagener said that Ahmad was a “critical cooperator” in the Sampson case where sentencing is set for May 18, 2016.
“By granting this adjournment, the Court would be permitting (Ahmad) to get the benefit (of) his literally hundreds of hours served as a cooperator, which will undoubtedly be chronicled at length in the government’s anticipated 5K1 letter…”
The 5 K1 letter is usually filed by the US Government when a defendant provides substantial assistance in the solving of other cases and the Government then seeks a reduction in the sentence.
