[MonitorMaid]

Lakhani, now detained, appeared with Moinuddeen Ahmed Hameed, a Malaysian, who was charged with helping to finance the deal. A third man, Yehuda Abraham, 75, was charged separately in the US federal court in New York and taken into custody.

A Hindu, A Muslim, and a Jew? Quite the trio?

[Stoat]

 

Truly amazing for sure. As FReeper G-Bob mentions, however, there definitely seem to be a lot of troubling questions surrounding this case that I hadn't been aware of after looking at the Sun, the Hindustan Times and the Seattle P - I, none of which mentioned these controversies, for some reason.  I had to go back to a two year old article in order to find them.  What happened in the meantime?  The SMH article stated that the maximum sentence that he could get would be 15 years, yet it turns out that he's getting 47 years.  Why is that?

Also, even considering the controversies, the jury was apparently unanimous in their decision.  I am assuming that they were given even more information about the matter than the press would give us. There do seem to be a number of inconsistencies with the whole thing that were not apparent to me at the time of my posting the article. Why did the FBI as well as agencies from several other countries spend years setting up this sting if he was not a terror threat? 

[albee]

"Lakhani, now detained, appeared with Moinuddeen Ahmed Hameed, a Malaysian, who was charged with helping to finance the deal. A third man, Yehuda Abraham, 75, was charged separately in the US federal court in New York and taken into custody. "

This gang that couldn't shoot straight is composed of a bunch of Geriatric Gentlemen!

Let 'em all die in jail as a lesson to others.