Cash jet pilot agrees to forfeit plane, cash and property

Guyanese pilot Khamraj Lall has agreed to forfeit the aircraft on which he was transporting over US$600,000 along with the cash and may spend less than five years in prison, according to the plea agreement he has entered into with the US government.

Yesterday Lall, represented by attorney Rafael F Castro-Lang, appeared before Magistrate Judge Bruce J Mc Giverin and officially changed his not guilty plea to guilty after he was found competent to plead.

According to the plea agreement, released yesterday and seen by this newspaper, Lall pleaded guilty to count one of the indictment