Last October, federal officials raided the West Ocean City homes of Basel and Samir Ramadan for the second time in six years as part of a larger investigation into a vast cigarette smuggling and money-laundering investigation. The raid by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) officials, along with allied local law enforcement partners, was part of Operation Sidestep, a months-long investigation into an untaxed cigarette smuggling, money-laundering and tax evasion scheme carried out by the two local men.
On Aug. 8, both Basel and Samir Ramadan pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the fourth degree, which is classified as felony. Back in court on Monday, Basel Ramadan was sentenced to two to four years in prison as a predicate felon, while Samir Ramadan, also a predicate felon, was sentenced to one-and-a-half to three years in prison. The Ramadan brothers also forfeited $367,088 in illegal proceeds as a condition of their guilty pleas, according to the New York Attorney General’s Office.
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So that’s about 7 months and they will make better contacts in the prison system. Basically 550k investigation for nothing.
Deportation would be nice
A small vacation for the two of them while somebody else keeps the business going for them.
The money they made versus the time they served in prison certainly wont deter anyone from copying them.
What about Asset forfeiture? Take all of their properties in Ocean City away from them, and also strip these criminals of their citizenship! That is how you stop these Muslim Terrorists!
They'll build up a cash surplus at the commissary selling onesies.
Hang these POS.
What about all the insurance fraud crimes here in Salisbury law enforcement?? This sentence is almost as pathetic as their crime partner Simpson got for his involvement in the big drug bust a few years back, 5 years all suspended but 18 months WITH work release. It's time to open the investigation in the insurance fraud at the old eagle market at the overhead bridge
Send them back too........
@7:16 I'm with you on that one!! I'd help in any way possible to see that asshole Jeff Simpson finally get his deserved punishment for ALL the crap he's done around here and not gotten caught
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