{"id":50896,"date":"2010-12-24T11:36:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-24T11:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/2010\/12\/24\/us-armenian-mafia-godfather-was-denied-bail\/"},"modified":"2010-12-26T23:16:17","modified_gmt":"2010-12-26T19:16:17","slug":"us-armenian-mafia-godfather-was-denied-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2010\/12\/24\/us-armenian-mafia-godfather-was-denied-bail.html","title":{"rendered":"US Armenian Mafia Godfather Was Denied Bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A reputed godfather in the Armenian mob won&#8217;t be going home for the holidays, New York Post reports.<\/p>\n<p>Armen Kazarian, who&#8217;s charged with racketeering in a $100 million Medicare-fraud scheme, was denied bail yesterday by a judge who said his &#8220;great deal of unexplained wealth&#8221; could easily let him flee the country.<\/p>\n<p>Manhattan federal Judge Paul Gardephe noted that Kazarian drives a $350,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom, owns a mortgage-free $600,000 California home, has gambled at least $1 million in Las Vegas, and has traveled extensively overseas &#8212; all while claiming to earn only $1,500 a month as a used-car broker.<\/p>\n<p>Although Gardephe scolded prosecutors for failing to provide any solid evidence, he said Kazarian&#8217;s strong ties to Armenia &#8212; which has no extradition treaty with America &#8212; raised a &#8220;serious risk of flight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Defense lawyer Mark Geragos, who called the case against his client &#8220;almost laughable,&#8221; said he would consult with Kazarian before deciding whether to appeal.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although Gardephe scolded prosecutors for failing to provide any solid evidence, he said Kazarian&#8217;s strong ties to Armenia&#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tstyn_error":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[17194,17179],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50896"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}