WHY IS THIS CONVICTED PONZI SCHEMER, TWO YEARS AWAY FROM RELEASE, AT A HALFWAY HOUSE FAR FROM HOME ?

 

 

 

FRANCISCO ILLARRAMENDI, a former Venezuelan hedge fund manager/convicted Ponzi schemer from Connecticut, is currently residing in a Baltimore halfway house, according to Bureau of Prisons records, as you can see above, but he is at least two years from release, and he was a problem defendant and inmate from the start. What's wrong with this picture ?

illarramendi's pretrial release was cancelled, due to financial misconduct while out on bond; he went through lawyers like water, causing extensive delays, and he has the gall to demand release after his conviction . How can this a defendant who repeatedly tried to game the system, be given such favorable treatment ?  There must be something more to the story.

Our best educated guess is that he is somehow being used in an important DC District Court money laundering case, involving Venezuelan nationals. He may even be part of the Nicolas Maduro case. Tha's probably why he is being kept close to, but not in, Washington. He will be a trial witness against some major target. That's why such a problem child is receiving such good treatment.