The Virginia man who told authorities he helped smuggle 270 Somalis into the U.S. from Kenya has appealed his three-year probation sentence, court records show.

Anthony Joseph Tracy’s case remains shrouded in mystery. Earlier this year, The Washington Examiner reported how Tracy was accused of smuggling the Somalis into the U.S. using his illicit travel agency in Kenya. On June 4, a federal judge in Alexandria sentenced him to the four months of time he had already spent behind bars and three years probation — then released him. At some point since his arrest, Tracy filed a guilty plea, but it’s sealed and there’s no way to know what crimes he admitted to breaking.