U.S. Wants Ninety's Money

[Bahamas News]

The indictment against accused drug kingpin Samuel "Ninety" Knowles seeks the forfeiture of $19.5 million, which U.S. authorities say represents money received in exchange for and to facilitate the distribution of drugs.

Link To Original Article (http://www.jonesbahamas.com/?c=45&a=9926)

[Tafadhali]

the lawyers dem do him right in and now he family cant live off the money...I hope the Bahamian govt put they foot down and say no...this money can go to fighting our own social ills in direct relation to the 90 street poison...where the other rest a money...I thought he was worth more than that? and if he talk...they gah let him keep he money like the rest?

[nationbuilder]

...I hope the Bahamian govt put they foot down and say no...
Yup they need to, but I doubt they will. Heck, they caved into pressure and sent the man up before his case was heard..you tink they then gonna turn around and fight to keep his MONEY here?

Boy their impression on the streets over this whole 90 thing will just be grimy then.

[chancellor]

The Bahamamian goverment should have siezed the money in the first place. I dont know why they letting any family of these scum buckets live from it!

[WinterGrace]

Chile, I heard before he left, he put that in his parents' name.
The US don't need that money to put in Uncle Sam's pocket!!!
If anything put it in the Bahamian Treasurer!!!
And if they still having problems then they could slip it in my hands :raw:

[WinterGrace]

I hope they stash that money good, the US don't need no more money :hot:

[Dark-n-Lovely]

The Bahamamian goverment should have siezed the money in the first place. I dont know why they letting any family of these scum buckets live from it!


true

[diarra]

where the other rest a money...I thought he was worth more than that?

U ein lie... I thought he was at least in the hundreds of millions. That one surprise m.

[Tafadhali]

U ein lie... I thought he was at least in the hundreds of millions. That one surprise m.

but if this is all he's worth then it seems like his drug king pin stamp is more hype than anything...seems to me he's just another nigha in jail on trumped up charges...(for lack of better words)...trust me if he's only worth that...he een been doing much dealing...enough to warrant all this spectacle...if all he's worth is $20 mill? that's peanuts in that $400 billion dollar industry... (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/)

whatever the case his Bahamian lawyers did a piss poor job they are a national disgrace just like his arse.

[mediaboss]

but if this is all he's worth then it seems like his drug king pin stamp is more hype than anything...seems to me he's just another nigha in jail on trumped up charges...(for lack of better words)...trust me if he's only worth that...he een been doing much dealing...enough to warrant all this spectacle...if all he's worth is $20 mill? that's peanuts in that $400 billion dollar industry... (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/)
whatever the case his Bahamian lawyers did a piss poor job they are a national disgrace just like his arse.


he may be worth much more in assets. Lots of people are land rich but cash poor. And $20 mill cash aint all that bad. A lot of these drug dealers don't have much money. They do have things that can be converted to money. Then there are the fools who only have expensive cars, which are really worth nothing.

[bahamiangoddess]

THE FREEPORT NEWS
$10m bond for 'Ninety'

By RAYMOND KONGWA, Guardian Senior Reporter

raymond@nasguard.com

Florida magistrate Edwin Torres set Samuel 'Ninety' Knowles' bail at $10 million with a corporate surety, during a preliminary bond hearing yesterday.

But the Southern District judge also enacted a 'Nebbia' provision, which requires that money or property put up as bond for the accused drug kingpin is proven to come from legitimate means. Knowles was not charged as expected yesterday.

Judge Torres had first set bond at $1 million, before an objection by Prosecutor George Karavetsor was upheld.

He contended that the amount was insufficient as Knowles was suspected of drug trafficking operations that have generated "upward of a billion dollars."

The issue of bond will not be determined before Knowles returns to court on September 19.

Shackled at his feet, and handcuffed on his right and left to one of the other nine defendants who appeared in the Miami courtroom, Knowles sat upright in a black chair in the front row of the prisoners' dock and paid close attention to the court's proceedings.

When the judge finally called his case, Knowles, who wore the standard tan shirt and pants of Miami's Federal detainees, and whose signature afro was pulled back in dreadlock-like clumps, sprang to his feet and took three short steps to the side of Stewart Abrams, the Federal public defender assigned to him.

Charges against Knowles were not read, however. Mr Abrams and Mr Karavetsor agreed it had yet to be determined whether he had to answer both sets of charges which the U.S Government sought to bring against him at his initial appearance.

The US Government had originally made separate requests for Knowles' extradition to the United States. One was dismissed and his attorney maintains he was extradited on only one charge.

"The Bahamas Government will have to say whether he was extradited on one or both," Mr Abrams told the Guardian, adding: "We believe he was extradited on one."

He said The Bahamas government would have to determine what charge it sent Mr Knowles to answer when he was surrendered to US officials last Monday. But Mr Abrams insisted the "ultimate decision was up to the judge," despite what the government said. "Mr Knowles has been sitting in a jail in Fox Hill for six years and so we are anxious for the trial to begin," Mr Abrams told the Guardian. "We would like to

get the matter heard as expeditiously as possible."

When Knowles returns to court on September 19, there is a possibility Mr Abrams will not be representing him.

A conflict of interest may exist with Knowles having a Federal public defender because the agency may have also represented one of the witnesses the U.S

Government intends to call in the trial against him. If that is so, the US government will appoint him a private defender.

Meantime, Knowles' family continues to explore the possibility of securing him a private defender.

Mr Abrams insists Knowles has a good a chance of a successful defence, regardles of the person that eventually represents him.

"I have represented some little guys and some big guys," he said. "The charges against him are only a piece of paper."

The fact that Knowles was extradited despite a habeas corpus hearing has sparked a heated legal debate here in The Bahamas.

His attorneys have said they will seek contempt of court proceedings against Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell for endorsing the extradition

[trubahamian]

Chile, I heard before he left, he put that in his parents' name.
The US don't need that money to put in Uncle Sam's pocket!!!
If anything put it in the Bahamian Treasurer!!!
And if they still having problems then they could slip it in my hands :raw:
I half agree wit u......No gubment should get da money! It should be given to some truly good charity to help rebuild the lives 90 destroyed.To give it to any gubment is like flushing it down da toilet of bureaucracy,it will neva reach the ones that deserve it!:angel:

[trubahamian]

but if this is all he's worth then it seems like his drug king pin stamp is more hype than anything...seems to me he's just another nigha in jail on trumped up charges...(for lack of better words)...trust me if he's only worth that...he een been doing much dealing...enough to warrant all this spectacle...if all he's worth is $20 mill? that's peanuts in that $400 billion dollar industry... (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/)
whatever the case his Bahamian lawyers did a piss poor job they are a national disgrace just like his arse.
Sista....wen yinna see a roach it needs to be stepped on,big or small.

[bahamiangoddess]

I would like to know what happens to money and assets seized by the Bahamas Government. I know that at the police impound lot there are lots of vehicles and boats just sitting there rotting. Then again the Government is not serious about the law regarding seized goods. How many drug dealers were convicted, served their time and came out to continue to enjoy the spoils of their ill gotten wealth. I doubt the Bahamas Government will do anything with "90"s assets as the case against him as nothing to do with him breaking Our Laws.