Discovery Of 'Mental Health Issues' On Eve Of Sentencing Buys Convicted 'Bogus Lien' Extortion Racket 'Sovereign Citizen' Extended Freedom

In Albany, New York, The Associated Press reports:

• An Ulster County man described by federal authorities as one of several self-proclaimed anti-government sovereign citizens recently convicted of similar fraud charges in upstate New York had his sentencing adjourned Tuesday for a psychological evaluation.



• Richard Enrique Ulloa, 52, potentially faces decades in prison on seven federal mail fraud convictions. He told U.S. District Judge Thomas McAvoy that a jail therapy program for alcoholics and drug addicts helped him realize he has a delusional disorder — a mental illness he said was originally diagnosed two years ago — that he needs to deal with, and he shouldn't have represented himself at trial. "I've come to the realization I need therapy," Ulloa said.

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• According to federal authorities, Ulloa filed financial liens against a police officer and local justice in the Hudson Valley town of Rosendale for $552 million following two traffic tickets and a brief time in jail, and against mortgage lenders for $2.8 billion following foreclosure on his property.(1)



• "But you're still filing bizarre papers," McAvoy said, citing recent papers purportedly signed by Ulloa naming McAvoy and other officials as his trustees and threatening to fine them if they failed in their responsibilities. The defendant said he didn't send or sign the papers. At the end of Tuesday's proceeding McAvoy cautioned him not to cause any more such filings or he could face a stiffer sentence.

For more, see Ulster County man's sentencing put off in liens case.

(1) See also Feds Indict Trio In Alleged $1.24 Trillion Bogus Lien Extortion Racket Targeting Government Officials, Bank Executives.

See County of Ulster, New York, et al. v. Ulloa, et al. for a related civil lawsuit tagging Ulloa that alleges a detailed description of his racket.