Overview
- Agnello surrendered after U.S. District Judge Nusrat J. Choudhury denied a further postponement and the Bureau of Prisons confirmed he began his 15‑month term at FCI Fairton following the Aug. 10 order, with media reporting a projected release of Sept. 2, 2027.
- He pleaded guilty in 2024 to wire fraud for securing about $1.1 million in COVID‑era SBA loans and was sentenced earlier this year to 15 months in federal prison plus supervision and restitution.
- Defense filings said Agnello sought more time to donate a kidney to his mother, and a letter from her doctor reported recurrent infections that led to cancellation of the planned August transplant.
- Federal prosecutors opposed another delay, arguing no surgery was scheduled and that the transplant was not imminent, a position the judge cited when ordering immediate surrender.
- Agnello faces separate pending state assault charges from a June arrest and his incarceration complicates efforts to find a transplant timetable and donor care for Victoria Gotti while she remains medically unstable.