Defence wants one-month delay in Ed Ahmad case

Ed Ahmad

The lawyer for Guyanese businessman Ed Ahmad, who has been indicted in New York over a US$50M mortgage fraud, is looking to stall the May 21 commencement of his trial in order to address a “complicated, recently emergent issue.”

Steven R. Kartagener in a letter to Judge Dora Irizarry requested that the court conference scheduled for May 21 be adjourned for about a month for him to “address a complicated, recently emergent issue, and perhaps file a motion with respect to that issue.”

“The concomitant press of other matters makes it impossible for me to