The lawyer for Guyana-born businessman Ed Ahmad is seeking a deferral of his New York sentencing for mortgage fraud conspiracy to September.
Steven Kartagener in a letter yesterday to New York Judge Dora Irizarry sought the deferral because of the postponement of the sentencing of former New York State Senator John Sampson to July. Ahmad was a key witness in the Sampson trial and is hoping to benefit from a sentence reduction once the extent of his co-operation is made known.
Kartagener had in April sought the deferral of sentencing to June 10 to benefit from
