On October 13, Judge Richard Holwell will pass down a sentence for convicted insider trader, Raj Rajaratnam. If the prosecution has its way, the Galleon Group founder will go away for twenty-four years. Obviously, the defense would prefer a little less time and in August, following Raj’s brother’s unsuccessful appeal for people to send character letters to the judge asking for lenience, turned to Plan B: breaking the news that Raj is suffering from a disease the likes of which you can’t even imagine, noting in a court filing that he will die from “unique constellation of ailments ravaging his body” if given anything even approaching twenty years. This, clearly, was well-played.
Could Rajaratnam very well have a bunch of rare diseases that would be too difficult to treat in the joint? Sure. The prosecution, however, is betting that the constellation of ailments ravaging his body are less deadly than the defense would have us believe, and more along the lines of diabetes + athlete’s foot + seasonal allergies. Is his body truly being attacked by forces most doctors have never even heard of? Is his condition really too delicate to withstand a sentencing longer than 6 months and some community service? The prosecution is now saying PROVE IT.
Federal prosecutors moved on Thursday to unseal court documents listing some of Raj Rajaratnam’s medical conditions, arguing that the convicted insider trader is hiding behind unspecified health problems to justify receiving a lighter sentence…Defense lawyers have already said that their client has diabetes. And Mr. Rajaratnam underwent surgery to treat a bacterial infection in his foot during the trial, precipitating a short absence from jury deliberations. Yet prosecutors say that Mr. Rajaratnam’s maladies are no worse than those in other cases in which defendants relied on illnesses like prostate cancer and diabetes to plead for lighter punishments. Defense lawyers are benefiting from an additional unfair advantage because they are leaning on those medical conditions without publicly disclosing them.
Were the presiding judge, Richard J. Holwell, to hand out the strongest punishment recommended by the federal sentencing guidelines, Mr. Rajaratnam’s lawyers argue, it would be tantamount to giving their client a “death sentence.”
If any part time medical professionals-cum-mediums in the group want to take some early guesses, please do so at this time.
Prosecutors Seek to Unseal Rajaratnam’s Medical History [Dealbook]
PMCO's herpes?
Large case of the dumbass.
Restless legs syndrome
Acute cranial rectitis.
Check!
I would totally trade herpes for a night with PMCO.
Irritible Bowel Syndrome
seasonal allergies
anal glaucoma: Raj just can't see himself doing time…
Gout.
Ethical sclerosis
Broken heart + butterflies in the stomach + water on the knee + charley horse.
Ask his proctologist/cellmate.
A yeast infection and a paper cut.
I prefer to just knock one out to her avatar once in a while and stay clean. Different strokes for diffferent folks I guess.
Don't drop the soap Raj
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Someone needs to tell Raj that FMCs (Federal Medical Prisons, if that is his goal…) are not minimum security prisons. Because gangsters, rapists, serial killers can contract or develop chronic diseases they are sent to FMCs. Thus, FMCs are not minimum security prisons. Raj should consider mysteriously being "cured" and hope for a country club prison deal.
Dysentery and Cholera
Polypsis Hamsteritis
I don't know if Raj has got the diabeetus…I just know he looks like someone that would have it.
c### in the a##
-Jamal
Die.
+10 Good one, BB.
PS I don't actually have herpes but as my Dad used to say "never let the truth get in the way of a good story"
Hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E, mononucleosis and monkey pox. Also tetanus, gout and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, with sporadic episodes of bacterial vaginitis. He's beaten the labialis herpes and the jock itch, but still struggles with dyslexia, malaria and eastern equine encephalitis.
At least that's what I heard.
A loose anus is not a medical condition.
Wait, you signed it "Jamal", but you won't type "cock" or "ass". So being overtly racist is less offensive to you than saying boy pee-pee and poo-poo words? Wow.
Severe case of Gynecomastia
tippler's elbow, comic obesity, Boesky's palsy.
You know I love ya!!
Lupus, gotta be Lupus…
He's suffering from the after-effects of trans-vaginal mesh.
The only force(s) the doctors have never heard of is DP.
+5 have to google that one
working its way up to the anoous
it'll be more interesting to see what is going in.
His naan will be getting buttered every night.
Where is your white knight, ILP when you need him?
way to represent west coast bro!
it was a typo, he should have signed it: Jama##l
## = na
I work at an FCM. ( Futures Commission Merchant ) Also full of gangsters, rapists, small time cons etc.
It's just saturday morning for you right ?
I heard its Foreign Accent Syndrome + Pica + Porphyria
Pica = eating things of no nutritional value…dirt, sand, mud, paint, metal
Porphyria symptoms include abdominal pain, skin disorders and discoloration, purple shit, mental disturbances
You'd be surprised how well those go together.
so pimco's Dad was Mark Twain…
Distended rectal veins?
purple crayon?
I like to read about Raj.
His story very funny. Him funny.
or Valtrex
I get it…so you are the Foreign Accent Syndrome pmco is referring to…
Trying to hard are we…
Free Raj!Free Raj!
hey in that picture is Raj calling you?
Free Raj! Movement has just started….
Great men, like my dad, make mistakes sometimes…like me… So let's forgive Raj…
But it think he meant it in the nicest way possible.
Ah..Raj…"What's happening?"…
Huh?..Raj looks more like Rerun thank Rog!?!..
Don't use the word "ravaged". Trust me.
–Garry Cook
I don't Raj qualifies for a small time con…
R.? Rengan is that you?
Raj is not black.
Did you mean die-a-beat-ass?
Those yoga pants are sure going to come handy.
As long as that constellation isn't Raj's Little Dipper, can't wait to get a look.
AIDS
touche
A night?? Prob wont last more than 15 seconds…..it's been awhile for her remember…
federal judges don't usually accept the "fat piece of shit" medical ailment shpeel……
just sayin'…..
It's because of the diabetis……
he has CAN'T-TRICK-JUSTICE-SYSTEM syndrome….
I BS
His thumb is missing.
My sources have confirmed hyperdidrosis.
I think legal council recognizes its "4th and 50" from the opposing goal line and this is the "hail Mary"; its been a pathetic show from the defense all along(guess those wiretaps really do "raise the bar")
How did this get negative points??? That's some funny shit.
What? What?
-George III
TFB MF.