A famous name in USA cricket, Massiah 32, has been charged by US federal authorities in connection with an alleged $50 million mortgage fraud case. The time period of these acts have taken place between 1995 and 2009.
One of three men accused of defrauding banks and mortgage companies by allegedly falsifying mortgage loan applications to make borrowers appear more creditworthy to financial institutions. He was arrested at least two weeks ago before being released and is alleged to be a co-conspirator of Ed Ahmad, who was indicted by the US Attorney's Office in August on 10 counts of bank fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit bank and other fraud.
Ahmad who is known very well in US cricket community was arrested by the FBI in July in New York while on his way to Guyana and is out on $2.5 million bail; he faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of all 11 counts against him. He has sponsered the Ed Ahmad Caribbean Cup,
Which was New York's premier cricket tournament from 2005 through 2008.
Massiah and Ahmad have worked closely together in the past, but it is unclear what their current business relationship is. As for now, Massiah's participation for USA in the World Twenty20 Qualifier, in UAE next March is highly doubtful
USACA general manager Manaf Mohamed, who is also a member of the USACA cricket committee said, "I have to get directions from the board on that," Mohamed said. "I wasn't aware of anything. I saw him last week. He was here in Florida for a tournament."
USACA refused to comment without any facts. "As far as Steve Massiah is concerned, he is innocent until proven otherwise and USACA is not going to make any comment because USACA does not have any facts in front of it,"
Some Sources present at the $50,000 US Cricket Open tournament in Lauderhill, Florida, from December 1-4, said Massiah played in the play-off rounds but did not participate in the group matches for his team because he was late arriving to the event.
One of three men accused of defrauding banks and mortgage companies by allegedly falsifying mortgage loan applications to make borrowers appear more creditworthy to financial institutions. He was arrested at least two weeks ago before being released and is alleged to be a co-conspirator of Ed Ahmad, who was indicted by the US Attorney's Office in August on 10 counts of bank fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit bank and other fraud.
Ahmad who is known very well in US cricket community was arrested by the FBI in July in New York while on his way to Guyana and is out on $2.5 million bail; he faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of all 11 counts against him. He has sponsered the Ed Ahmad Caribbean Cup,
Which was New York's premier cricket tournament from 2005 through 2008.
Massiah and Ahmad have worked closely together in the past, but it is unclear what their current business relationship is. As for now, Massiah's participation for USA in the World Twenty20 Qualifier, in UAE next March is highly doubtful
USACA general manager Manaf Mohamed, who is also a member of the USACA cricket committee said, "I have to get directions from the board on that," Mohamed said. "I wasn't aware of anything. I saw him last week. He was here in Florida for a tournament."
USACA refused to comment without any facts. "As far as Steve Massiah is concerned, he is innocent until proven otherwise and USACA is not going to make any comment because USACA does not have any facts in front of it,"
Some Sources present at the $50,000 US Cricket Open tournament in Lauderhill, Florida, from December 1-4, said Massiah played in the play-off rounds but did not participate in the group matches for his team because he was late arriving to the event.
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