Businessman Ed Ahmad who is facing sentencing in New York on April 25 for mortgage fraud conspiracy is seeking a further delay to June so he can benefit from reports on his cooperation with the US government in the conviction of former state senator, John Sampson.
Ahmad’s lawyer, Steven Kartagener yesterday wrote to Judge Dora Irizarry requesting a sentencing date after Sampson’s. In his letter seen by Stabroek News, Kartagener said that Ahmad was a “critical cooperator” in the Sampson case where sentencing is set for May 18, 2016.
“By granting this adjournment, the Court would be permitting (Ahmad) to get the benefit (of) his literally hundreds of
