Your Austin nightclub trial update: February 6, 2013.

Hussein Ali “Mike” Yassine, previously sentenced to 12 years and 7 months in prison for money laundering, has pled guilty to tax fraud.

The maximum term Yassine could get is three years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.

Of course, that’s based on Federal sentencing guidelines and it is possible that he will get less time than the maximum term.. I don’t want to speculate on how much he will get; unlike the fairly straightforward case Ken uses as an example, “Mike” Yassine’s case is complicated by his previous conviction, and I suspect also complicated by the “offense level”. (I am assuming the government places a higher severity on cases involving drug dealing, as was alleged against the Yassines, than it does on cases involving whale meat. I’m also assuming the government will argue that “Mike” was the leader of the conspiracy, and not just a flunky.)

It is also unclear, until the judge rules, if “Mike” will serve the tax fraud and money laundering sentences consecutively or concurrently. Heck, at this point, it is unclear if he’ll even be deported after he serves his time:

Yassine, who has a green card, has been contesting the denial of his U.S. naturalization application since 2011. The case, which was on hold during his criminal prosecution, is set for a status conference next week in federal court.

And a couple of other updates that I didn’t post to keep from boring folks:

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