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Originally Posted by Barbara1955
Ken they were Not stealing from other customers...
DNSB Plea bargains don't mean a thing until they are a done deal as in agreed restitution & Time served is finished. I don't believe that this is the Same People. Cause these folks are also going to be charged with FEDERAL Offence
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What I was looking at was the delay between the trial and guilty pleas under the plea bargain and the date on which the sentencing was done. As for being the same people, all the stories I saw seemed to agree on the names of the couple and the name of their fence.
Looking at a story from Oct. 1, 2017 (Douglas Walker, The Star Press):
MUNCIE, Ind. – A Muncie couple have formally admitted to stealing more than $1.2 million in merchandise from online retail giant Amazon.
Erin Joseph Finan, 38, and Leah Jeanette Finan, 37, in recent weeks pleaded guilty to mail fraud and money laundering in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis.
Judge Tanya Walton Pratt set sentencing hearings for Nov. 9.
Both charges carry maximum 20-year prison terms and $500,000 fines
and the story from June 4, 2018 (Abrar Al-Heeti, CNET News):
The US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Indiana said Monday that Erin and Leah Finan, both 38, who had previously pleaded guilty to charges of federal mail fraud and money laundering, were sentenced to 71 months and 68 months in jail, respectively. A third perpetrator, Danijel Glumac, 29, who had pleaded guilty to money laundering and to buying and selling the Finans' stolen property across state lines, was sentenced to 24 months in prison.
The original sentencing date was given as November 9, 2017.
Again my question was why the over 8 month delay between the trial and the sentencing? Nothing to do with how long the sentences are, just why did it take that long between the end of the trial and the sentencing hearing.
As for "are also going to be charged with FEDERAL Offence", I would suspect that since they pled guilty in a federal court to charges that included federal mail fraud and money laundering (see Money Laundering Control Act of 1986), they were already charged with federal offences. About being sentenced to spent their time in federal prison, I don't know how that works in the USA. Around here, sentences up to 2 years less a day land in provincial prisons while 2 years and up land in federal prisons.
Hopefully, my quotes are short enough to constitute fair use.
