Trini family appeals 418 year prison sentence in NY

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USA – Members of the Trinidad-born Ramsundar family living in New York, who were found guilty and sentenced three years ago for conning Caribbean immigrants of more than $1.8 million, have appealed the sentences. A couple and their daughter, originally from Trinidad, have appealed the sentence handed down by a US court that jailed them for a total of 418 years for conning 19 Caribbean immigrants out of more than $1.8 million. In a sentence handed down by a court in Queens, New York, Shane Ramsundar, 52, wife Gomatee, 48, and daughter Shantal, 23, were described by the judge as “the most despicable gang of criminals to ever sit in front of me.”…[+]