Ed Ahmad trial set for May, no plea deal as yet

Ed Ahmad

With no plea deal as yet, the trial of Guyanese businessman Ed Ahmad who has been indicted in New York over a US$50M mortgage fraud is set to get rolling with jury selection on May 21, 2012.

Ahmad who came to notice in the US media after it was disclosed that he  once gave New York Congress-man Gregory Meeks US$40,000 had been negotiating a plea deal with federal