EZjet boss to know fate by Wednesday

Dec 07, 2014 News

It seems as if disgraced EZjet boss Sonny Ramdeo will have to get used to spending many Christmases in a jail cell. His

EZ jet boss Sonny Ramdeo

days as a free man are likely to end this week.
Following numerous attempts to have his sentence for embezzlement and money laundering in the US overturned, Ramdeo is now set for sentencing on Wednesday by Judge Kenneth Maria in a West Palm Beach Division Court.
Last year October, Ramdeo pleaded guilty to wire fraud.
However, he subsequently recanted his plea on the ground that he was poorly represented. That led to him filing several motions to have his guilty plea overturned.
Judge Maria had accepted his appeal and appointed a public defender to represent the accused.
Ramdeo is alleged to have embezzled several million US dollars from a hospital chain with which he worked. The US Department of Transportation suspended the airline services in October 2012.
Ramdeo, in one petition to the Court, filed a motion seeking to have the court grant a 20-day extension to his sentencing.
According to Ramdeo, he has been representing himself for some time now, is without the adequate resources to properly file a reply, and further, is being held in oppressive incarceration at the Palm County Jail.
He signaled his intention also to file a response to the government but lamented that he is still awaiting access to the legal research from his country jail library.
Ramdeo contended that none of the attorneys that had represented him sought any independent discovery nor did they compel the government to provide all materials available and based on recent filings with the court.
According to Ramdeo, he has been incarcerated for over two years and has no access to resources to get information needed to refute the government’s case.
Ramdeo has over the course of his incarceration, fired a number of defence attorneys as well as changed his plea on several occasions.
He has already been found guilty of obstruction of justice when on a previous occasion he attempted to change his plea.