Supporters and opponents of Eddy Alexandre react outside after the sentencing hearing held at the Daniel P. Moynihan U.S. Courthouse in Manhattan on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Photo by Gabrielle Pascal / The Haitian Times
This reporting is sponsored by a grant from The McGraw Center for Business Journalism at the Craig Newmark School of Journalism at the City University of New York.
NEW YORK — As they have done since EminiFX CEO Eddy Alexandre was first arrested in May 2022, scores of investors, members of the public and media attend the courthouse hearings in the ongoing $250 million Ponzi saga. Supporters of the company and its leader, the majority of them Haitian, arrive from states near and far, often wearing the same t-shirt proclaiming their allegiance.
Tuesday’s hearing for Alexandre’s sentencing was at the Daniel T. Moynihan Courthouse, home of the U.S. Southern District of New York legal proceedings at 500 Pearl Street in Manhattan. Here’s a view of the scenes outside the courthouse before and after the hearing.
A view of lower Manhattan from the Daniel P. Moynihan United States Courthouse. Photo by Gabrielle Pascal/The Haitian TimesA view of the main entrance of the Daniel P. Moynihan U.S. Courthouse at 500 Pearl Street on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Photo by Gabrielle Pascal / The Haitian Times Members of the Haitian community who attended the sentencing hearing for Eddy Alexandre leave the Daniel P. Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Photo by Gabrielle Pascal for The Haitian Times A group of Haitians gather outside the Daniel P. Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan ahead of the sentencing hearing for EminiFX CEO Eddy Alexandre in the commodities fraud case on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Gabrielle Pascal / The Haitian TimesAn entrance of the Daniel P. Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan. Gabrielle Pascal / The Haitian TimesEminiFX members react to the sentence given to the company’s CEO Eddy Alexandre while outside the Daniel P. Moynihan U.S. Courthouse on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Photo by Gabrielle Pascal / The Haitian Times Binson Guillame, a Long Island truck driver, outside the federal courthouse in Manhattan on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Guillaume is among a few EminiFX investors who spoke in open court during the sentencing hearing for Eddy Alexandre. Photo by Gabrielle Pascal for The Haitian TimesSupporters and opponents of Eddy Alexandre react outside after the sentencing hearing held at the Daniel P. Moynihan U.S. Courthouse in Manhattan on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Photo by Gabrielle Pascal / The Haitian TimesHaitian media outside the Daniel P. Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan. Gabrielle Pascal / The Haitian TimesEminiFX members share reactions to the sentence given to the company’s CEO Eddy Alexandre while outside the Daniel P. Moynihan U.S. Courthouse on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Photo by Gabrielle Pascal / The Haitian Times Hearing attendees react to the sentence given to the company’s CEO Eddy Alexandre while outside the Daniel P. Moynihan U.S. Courthouse on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Photo by Gabrielle Pascal / The Haitian Times
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If Edy Alexandre is really guilty of the acts which he had been accused, he should have been sentenced to at least 20 years behind bars, and to pay back with penalities, the amount which he had stolen. The justice sytem should teach an example to future thieves, so to prevent them from doing the same.
The article could have been more informative, giving more details about the procedure that led to this conviction and the fallout. The photos could certainly have been supportive, but not a substitute.
Only 9 years? I am so very disappointed. They need to make an example out of him. More fraudsters are going to be crawling out of the woodwork if that’s all he got.
This is the Haitian investment is not fraud I asked the judge please to release are money please
Most haitians are thieves, they are not trustworthy.
What’s next since he got sentenced to 9 yrs? Do we as investors get our $ back
If Edy Alexandre is really guilty of the acts which he had been accused, he should have been sentenced to at least 20 years behind bars, and to pay back with penalities, the amount which he had stolen. The justice sytem should teach an example to future thieves, so to prevent them from doing the same.
I guess NovatechFX should be next online too. The stake is high.
The article could have been more informative, giving more details about the procedure that led to this conviction and the fallout. The photos could certainly have been supportive, but not a substitute.
Only 9 years? I am so very disappointed. They need to make an example out of him. More fraudsters are going to be crawling out of the woodwork if that’s all he got.