Overview
- Court records show Judge Nusrat J. Choudhury moved sentencing to windows of April 14–17 or April 20–22 to allow pre‑operative clearance and a planned March 30 surgery.
- Defense filings say pre‑op testing began this week and that the transplant is scheduled with three surgeons, warning the procedure could be jeopardized without immediate clearance.
- Agnello pleaded guilty in September 2024 to wire fraud tied to Small Business Administration EIDL loans totaling about $1.1 million, with prosecutors saying roughly $420,000 went into cryptocurrency and other personal use.
- Prosecutors seek roughly 33–41 months in prison and about $1.25 million in restitution, argue kidney‑donor status should not affect the sentence, and say the Bureau of Prisons can handle medical needs, though they did not oppose a short delay.
- The defense asks for probation, calling incarceration a barrier to the transplant and unsafe for post‑op care, and cites filings stating Victoria Gotti faces end‑stage renal disease and that Agnello is the family’s only compatible donor; she has personally urged leniency and said she would decline the kidney if her son had to recover in prison.