Assistant U.S. Attorney George C. Burgasser, who handled the case, stated that on Jan. 27, 2011, the defendant, along with co-defendants Mica Donadelle and James Phillips, conspired to avoid the detection of $162,300 at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport. Phillips, an airport employee at the time, bypassed screening procedures and stored the money in an airport bathroom which was later picked up by Liburd.
Phillips has been convicted and is awaiting sentencing. Charges are still pending against Donadelle. The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
The sentencing is the culmination of an investigation on the part of the Safe Streets Task Force of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
