Extra: Yoga to the People's Haven Soliman Gets Time Served After Some Over Redacted Unsealed in SDNY - more here

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By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon

SDNY COURTHOUSE, Aug 25 – Yoga To The People founder Gregory Gumucio was indicted for tax fraud.

The prosecutors sought to impose a $1,000,000 bond and home incarceration. Instead they got a $250,000 bond and GPS - and Gumicio got a free (or tax payer funded) lawyer.

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Magistrate Judge Jennifer E. Willis held the bond hearing. Inner City Press was in the Magistrates Court, as usual, and live tweeted it here

The other co-defendant is Michael Anderson.

On January 3, 2024, six month later, the US Attorney's Office wrote in of Gregory Gumucio that "the parties have reached an agreement in principle and the defense is currently reviewing a written plea offer," status by January 17.

On October 4, Inner City Press attended Gumucio's guilty plea. Thread

On October 23, co-defendant Michael Anderson followed suit and pled. His defense lawyer said he disagreed as to Gumucio but that his client had done what he allocuted to.

On June 16, 2025 Gumucio's Federal Defender wrote in asking for a sentence of five years probation, no prison.

On June 23 the US Attorney's Office asked for 57 months.

Gumucio was sentenced to 48 months - four years.

On August 11 in a heavily redacted submission Haven Soliman asked for time served on August 25. Inner City Press emailed an application to unseal, noting that the Second Circuit ruled on July 28, 2025 in Lee v. Greenwood, 23-7432 (Ramos), sealing must be justified by “specific, on-the-record findings that sealing is necessary to preserve higher values."

On the morning of the sentencing on August 25, Judge Cronon docketed an order citing Lee v. Greenwood (as United States v. Greenwood, --- F.4th ----, No. 23-7432-cr, 2025 WL 2101302) and saying that unredactions would be docketed.

Just before sentencing, they were - and now unredacted were, for example, some of the reasons urged on Judge Cronan for time served, including "she had no intend, not knowledge." What was the basis of redacting this?

Inner City Press went to the sentencing. The AUSA was asked if he would not modify his redactions. No, was the answer. Judge Cronan said that restitution is not enough in tax cases, there must be repercussions. He sentenced Soliman to time served, one year supervised release, first six months home detention (out for work, worship, health, legal etc). What are the repercussions of over-redacting basic information?

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