Mark NeJame in the News
2002 News
Man Released on $10 Million Bond
A Palestinian-American businessman charged with money laundering and violating
immigration laws was released from a federal jail Friday on $10 million
bond.
www.nejamelaw.com/mark-nejame-in-the-news/Maali-case-release.htm
Need for Current Property Appraisal Delays Tourist Shop Owner's
Release
The release from jail of a Palestinian-American businessman was delayed
Thursday while his family obtained a current appraisal of the property that
will be used to secure his $10 million bond.
www.nejamelaw.com/mark-nejame-in-the-news/Maali-release-delayed.htm
I-Drive Giant Faces Hearing Today on Bail
Jesse Maali won't sleep at home tonight unless he proves there's nothing
illegal about $10 million raised to bail him out of the Seminole County
Jail.
www.nejamelaw.com/mark-nejame-in-the-news/I-DriveGiantBailHearing.htm
$10 Million Bond Set for Orlando Businessman Accused of Terrorist
Ties
A Palestinian-American millionaire businessman was ordered released from
jail Tuesday on a $10 million bond after a federal magistrate dismissed FBI
concerns that he had terrorist ties.
www.nejamelaw.com/mark-nejame-in-the-news/Maali-case-bond-set.htm
U.S. Seeks to Keep Fla. Man in Jail
A successful Palestinian-American businessman who owns T-shirt stores,
gift shops and restaurants in Orlando has been jailed on charges of hiring
illegal aliens, and federal prosecutors say he should be kept behind bars
because he has provided money to terrorist groups.
www.nejamelaw.com/mark-nejame-in-the-news/Maali-case-US-seeks-keep-jail.htm
Defense Denies Orlando Businessman Linked to Terrorist Groups
Federal authorities on Monday tried to link terrorist groups to a businessman
dubbed by an FBI agent as ``the boss'' of Orlando's tourist district, but
his defense attorney disputed any ties to illegal activities.
www.nejamelaw.com/mark-nejame-in-the-news/Maali-case-terrorist-links-denied.htm
I-Drive magnate in court today; defense attorneys said prosecutors
must offer evidence to keep Jesee Maali in Jail
Federal prosecutors must do more than drop hints about ties to Middle
Eastern violence if they are to convince a judge today that a wealthy
Arab-American businessman arrested in Orlando last week should be kept
in jail without
bond.
www.nejamelaw.com/mark-nejame-in-the-news/Maali-case-prosecutors-must-offer-evidence.htm
Prosecutor: Tourist Shop Owner Has Ties to Groups that 'Advocate
Violence'
A federal prosecutor accused the owner of a chain of gift shops in
Orlando's tourist district with having ties to groups that "advocate
violence" but the man's attorney called the allegations "a bunch
of garbage" and said his client never directly supported terrorist organizations.
www.nejamelaw.com/mark-nejame-in-the-news/Maali-case-tied-violent-groups.htm
Man Enters Plea in Killing of Wife
The fate of an elderly Deltona man who said he killed his ailing wife in
an act of mercy now rests in the hands of a judge. Leo Visco pleaded guilty
Thursday to manslaughter for the shooting death of his 74-year-old wife,
Eva.
www.nejamelaw.com/mark-nejame-in-the-news/Viso-case-plea.htm
Reaction to Sep11 Blamed For Increase in Hate Crimes
Hate crimes motivated by religion and national origin almost doubled
last year in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, according to an attorney
general's report released Friday.
www.nejamelaw.com/mark-nejame-in-the-news/hatecrimes.htm
The Day the Music Died
Jim Faherty has a lot to do -- maybe too much for a promoter without a club,
an entrepreneur without a business, an artist without a medium.
www.nejamelaw.com/mark-nejame-in-the-news/Faherty-case.htm
Stories About Drugs, Hit Men Spice up Court Hearing
Tales of Caribbean hit men, drug dealing in Heathrow and family betrayal
turned a bail hearing into a five-hour marathon as the U.S. Attorney's Office
opened its books against a suspect in an unsolved double killing.
www.nejamelaw.com/mark-nejame-in-the-news/Drug-Stories.htm
Faherty Admits he Did It
For months he claimed he was only an innocent victim, just doing a favor
for an old family friend by cashing in a fraudulently obtained $1-million
McDonald's game piece. But on Jan. 17 Jim Faherty, a former owner of the
downtown music club Sapphire (since renamed The Social by new management),
pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud in federal court in Jacksonville.
www.nejamelaw.com/mark-nejame-in-the-news/mail-fraud-case.htm
Charities Accused of Aiding Terror Collected $1.9 Million
Muslim charities accused of helping finance international terrorism received
at least $1.9 million -- and probably much more -- in the past five years
from Florida donors, records show.
www.nejamelaw.com/mark-nejame-in-the-news/Charities-accused-terrorist-links.htm
