Afriyie v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK JOHN AFRIYIE, Petitioner, -V- 21 Civ. 1549 (PAE) 16 Cr. 377 (PAE) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OPINION & ORDER Respondent. PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge: The Court has received a petition from defendant John Afriyie to vacate his conviction and sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255.! For the reasons that follow, the Court denies the petition. L Background On January 30, 2017, Afriyie was convicted after a one-week jury trial of securities fraud, in violation of

15 U.S.C. §§ 781(b) and 78ff and 17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5, and wire fraud,…