Fugitive returned from Cuba denied bond in Miami

Source: The Associated Press

Published Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Fugitive returned from Cuba denied bond in Miami
The Associated Press

MIAMI
A fugitive who was expelled from Cuba pleaded not guilty to jumping bond in the United States more than 40 years ago - but he was not given a chance for a repeat performance.

U.S. Magistrate Judge William Turnoff denied Joseph Adjmi's request for bond as the 70-year-old awaits trial.

"He will remain detained," Turnoff said.

Adjmi was convicted of mail fraud and sentenced in 1963 to 10 years in prison, but disappeared before serving his sentence.

Last year, Cuban officials alerted the U.S. counterparts that Adjmi was in their custody for fraud-related crimes he'd allegedly committed on the island. They intended to expel him upon his release and asked the United States to take him.


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Fugitive Has History In Tampa
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By ELAINE SILVESTRINI The Tampa Tribune

Published: Apr 27, 2007

The father and two sons, Miami bric-a-brac merchants known for their weepy sales pitches, were accused of bilking an insurance company by filing claims for cheap goods they claimed were expensive items destroyed in a fire, according to accounts in the Tribune and The Tampa Times.

The father, Leon Adjmi, and his son Joseph were convicted of mail fraud. Then, after they were sentenced to 10 years in prison, the two men vanished.

The insurance company that posted their bail tried to have them declared legally dead. In 1965, the father and son were indicted on a charge of failure to appear in court.
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The Adjmis had a previous conviction of fleecing a 72-year-old Miami widow of more than $1 million.\
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The Associated Press reported that Joseph Adjmi was taken to a Miami hospital after complaining of chest pains Wednesday night. A Miami television station showed video of a shackled Adjmi being carried off an airplane by federal agents.

Adjmi was released from the hospital Thursday morning, said Ed Moreno, special agent in charge of the State Department's Diplomatic Security Office in Miami.

Cuban officials told the United States that Adjmi has faked illness before. "We have no idea if he was really ill," Moreno said. He said Adjmi will be returned to Tampa in about a week.

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