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Ed Palermo

High-Profile Mortgage Fraud Case in State Supreme Court

I represented a widely reported figure, the reputed leader of a Haitian paramilitary group, in a mortgage fraud case in the New York State Supreme Court in Suffolk County. He faced a sentence of up to 25 years in state prison. The case received television and press coverage, including a three-page article in the New York Times in which I was quoted. I successfully opposed a one million dollar bail application by the prosecution, and after months of litigation I negotiated a disposition to the least state sentence available under the law.

Authored by Ed Palermo
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Updated August 2026
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Authored and reviewed by Edward Palermo

This article was written and reviewed by Edward Palermo, a Long Island criminal defense and DWI attorney with more than 31 years of courtroom experience and over 2,000 clients personally represented across Nassau and Suffolk Counties.

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