Sonny Ramdeo, owner of the now defunct EZjet airline, is still battling for a reduced sentence for his wire fraud conviction, arguing that there was little or no loss in the case and that a hearing should be held to establish this as fact.
Ramdeo, who was due for a sentencing hearing in a West Palm Beach Division court on Wednesday, may still have a chance as Judge Kenneth A Marra has reserved his ruling on a motion filed by him to have his guilty plea set aside based on the violation of his plea agreement. Alternatively, Ramdeo asked for an order instructing the government to immediately turn over all of the discovery of material information about “actual loss” so that he could litigate the issue as all parties expressly contemplated at the plea hearing.
The judge has also indicated that the next sentencing hearing would be held on a date to be set.
In another motion that was filed hours before the sentencing hearing,