EZjet boss faces 20 years if convicted over US$20M fraud

Sonny Ramdeo

EZjet boss Sonny Ramdeo was on Wednesday arrested in Brooklyn, New York on a charge of embezzlement from his former employer.

The Florida newspaper Sun Sentinel yesterday reported federal prosecutors as saying that Ramdeo faces charges of embezzling US$20 million ($4B) from his former employer in a payroll tax fraud scheme. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation in a statement on Wednesday said that he was formally indicted on December 6, 2012 and made his first appearance in a New York court on Wednesday.

While Ramdeo was arrested in New York he will likely face trial in Florida, according to Annette Castillo, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the