Albert Solaroli, the Florida businessman who pleaded guilty last April to money laundering related to an infamous $1.5 million loan from One Bank & Trust, is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Brian Miller in Little Rock.
Just last week, Miller denied Solaroli’s 18th request to travel. It was a pretty bold ask considering how strenuously federal prosecutors in Little Rock objected to his 17th request in December, when Solaroli wanted to go to Canada for “important business and family related reasons.”
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Pat Harris pointed out that Solaroli “only has cash in personal bank accounts of $46.00” and his house in Florida is being foreclosed.
“Yet the defendant has the wherewithal to travel 16 times since indictment, including trips to Europe and Canada. And all this done when the defendant owes the victim in this case over $1.5 million dollars. … It appears that the defendant is not reserving his resources for victim restitution, but is travelling way too much.”