Trini in Trouble

[Wayne]

http://www.antiguaobserver.com/?p=69477 Read this STRANGE STORY.

[Wayne]

http://www.antiguaobserver.com/?p=69477

Allyuh ah wonder if dis wud make Trini papers?.............Dey shud have dis law in Trinidad and Tobago.......den man "might" stop raping woman.

[snowbird]

That is the most bizarre thing I have ever heard.....and that woman spent 7 months in jail and lost everything.... because of that.... lunatic?

[Wayne]

de lunatic watching too much CSI on tv...............

[letric]

de lunatic watching too much CSI on tv...............

Definitely ...

[snowbird]

I am not so much concerned about the 'lunatic' as I about the .....system that actually 'investigated' these claims.... and had her thrown in jail.

[Sly1]

Well here is another to put us on the map!

http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/frida...gets-418-years


Trini family on ‘scam’ charges gets 418 years

Published:
Friday, January 13, 2012


NEW YORK—A Queens judge sentenced three members of a Richmond Hill family to serve a combined 418 years in jail for a brazen immigration and real-estate scam. The couple and their daughter, all originally from Trinidad and Tobago and dubbed “The Ramsundar Gang” by Queens Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Holder, were found guilty of defrauding 19 families of US$1.8 million over six years. Holder said his harsh sentences were nothing compared to the street justice the Ramsundar family would have faced back in their native T&T. He said: “You and I know that if you did this fraud and paraded and strutted it in your own country, you would have probably been hacked to death,” Holder told the family, which immigrated from T&T in the ’90s.

Shane Ramsundar, 53, wife, Gomatee, 47, and daughter, Shantel, 24, were found guilty of grand larceny, money laundering, criminal impersonation and other charges during a three-month trial. Holder had no sympathy for any of them. The tough judge even had one of their victims, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, stand up in court so Shane could see him. Holder said the family’s crimes nearly killed that victim, who lost so much money he couldn’t afford medication. “Now it’s your turn to hear your return on your investment for these crimes,” said Holder, before sentencing the ringleader dad to 781/2 years to 235 years in prison and fining him US$1.8 million. Wife Gomatee was sentenced to 51 to 153 years in prison and fined US$221,090, while daughter, Shantel, was sentenced to ten to 30 years and fined US$182,180. The courtroom was packed with victims and even jurors wanting to hear Holder scold the trio for swindling neighbours out of their life-savings to fuel their lavish lifestyle.

Dad Shane pretended to be an FBI agent and swindled 12 victims out of US$300,000, promising to get them removed from a terrorist watchlist and a deportation list, while also scoring them green cards. The Ramsundars also claimed their ties to “Feds” allowed them to buy cut-rate properties seized in Florida and Queens from tax evaders and drug dealers. The couple then convinced victims to give them money, promising to obtain mortgages for them.

[snowbird]

Syl 1 .... as 'wotless' as the scam that this family pulled may have sounded to the judge.... I don't think it is unique.

Immigrants (legal or illegal) have been scammed for years by people passing themselves off as ..... 'Immigration Lawyers'.... or 'Professionals' in a position of authority who are able to 'grease the wheels' to get you your papers.... or acquire property for you.

These sleeze bags pray on people who are especially vulnerable...those who are ignorant of the 'system' ...and who come to new country or community... with the same mind-set they had back home......"If I have a contact to help me...I can get what I want".

As they say....there is one born every day.... hope the judicial system catches more of these 'parasites'.

[Sly1]

snowbird: They prey on people. Well looks like they getting their just rewards.