Thread by @innercitypress

OK - OneCoin trial Week 3, Day 1 starting, should be the final week. Yesterday late, US wrote to Judge Ramos about Mark Scott's character witness(es) @SDNYLIVE stories here innercitypress.com/sdny32onecoini… & patreon.com/posts/31653463, thread below

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess AUSA Demase picked up from Friday's direct examination of BNY Mellon anti-money laundering chief Wilder.
AUSA: Are Citibank and Deutsche Bank's NY branch FDIC insured?
Wilder: Yes.
[For bank fraud, the defrauded bank must be FDIC insured, unlike in UAE & BVI]

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess AUSA Dimase asking BNY Mellon's Wilder about emailed between Maya [at] OneCoin [dot] eu to Mark Scott, about Fenero Funds.
AUSA: And the bank involved was?
A: City National Bank of Florida.

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess Now cross-examination by Scott's lawyer Garvin.
Q: So Mark Scott and Fenero were not the clients of BNY Mellon, DMS Bank was, right?
A: Right.
Q: So there's no proof that Mark Scott was even cognizant of the relation to BNY Mellon?
[That's the defense? ]

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess Garvin: So Scott was informed by DMS Bank that some transaction would no longer be allowed - and BNY Mellon imposed a filter, correct?
A: Correct.
Q: And Mr. Scott abided by what DMS Bank told him, right?
A: Yes, based on the records I've seen.

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess Garvin: So BNY Mellon in March of 2017 reached out and spoke with DMS Bank, correct?
A: Correct.
Garvin: And BNY put a filter on IMS, International Marketing - but not on the Fenero Funds or OneCoin, right?
A: We did not.

[cc @FederalReserve]

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess @federalreserve Garvin: So at the end of this process, a filter on IMS but no filter on Ruja Ignatova, or OneCoin, or the Fenero Funds, correct?
A: That is correct.

Next government witness: Jacob Pechet.
AUSA Dimase putting into evidence documents about Bank of Ireland.

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess @federalreserve Pechet works for US Attorney's Office as a paralegal, here as summary witness regarding Bank of Ireland.
AUSA Dimase: So what did Mark Scott tell Bank of Ireland?
A: This was for Fenero Ireland. He said there was a mission statement attached.

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess @federalreserve A: He said he was no expert at PowerPoint but that attachment should be clear: it was an Ireland based holding company of the entity in the British Virgin Islands.
Q: What does this say?
A: That Mark Scott traveled from Istanbul, Turkey back to Miami.

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess @federalreserve Q: So who did Mark Scott list as the authorized person?
A: Irina Dilkinska.
Q: So what about Scott's meeting with Bank of Ireland.
A: (reading) It took place in Dublin. Colin took notes. (Stipulation) Colin could not be compelled to testify.

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess @federalreserve Pechet continues reading stipulation: Colin would testify that Scott said he was considering giving up his law practice. He said he was setting up a private equity fund.

[Inner City Press: But Bank of Ireland officials "could not be compelled to testify."]

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess @federalreserve Now in the Bank of Ireland documents being slowly read into the record, a reference to "D.R. Pike," that would be David Pike, quietly arrested and bailed out to Florida by the prosecutors, Inner City Press wrote about it here: patreon.com/posts/31586773

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess @federalreserve Now cross-examination. Scott's lawyer Arlo Devlin-Brown:
Q: You have no idea why the Bank of Ireland official declined to testify, do you?
A: I don't.
Q: But you had to, because you work for the prosecutor's office, right?
A: I chose to.

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess @federalreserve Scott's lawyer Arlo Devlin-Brown: Mr. Begley [or Bentley] is obviously not here either, right?
A: I don't know.
Arlo (laughs) If you see him, let me know.
A: I only know about the documents that I read.

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess @federalreserve Next government witness, on "numerous" bank records, is named Rosalind October, to be questioned by Special AUSA Lozano. Inner City Press has requested these exhibits as they are entered into evidence, but nothing for a few days. Will keep pushing.

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess @federalreserve Rosalind October works at Manhattan DA Office, as does temporary / Special AUSA Julieta Lozano. Says their investigation began with Gilbert Armenta, and Zala Group.

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess @federalreserve Lozano: Do you know who Ruja Ignatova is?
A: I understand her to be the leader of OneCoin.
Q: How did you prepare these charts?
A: I used flags to represent the different countries where the various accounts are.

[Inner City Press has requested these exhibits]

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess @federalreserve In #OneCoin trial, Manhattan DA Office's Rosalind October just said that the suspect bank accounts were not only with DMS Bank outside of the US, but with Deutsche Bank with its New York branch.
cc @FederalReserve

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess @federalreserve Q: From where did you track the funds coming in?
A: Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany and Ireland... to the Cayman Islands, Bank of Ireland accounts.
Q: What do the green arrows represent?
A: The funding to the four Fenero accounts held in Cayman Islands

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess @federalreserve Special AUSA puts map exhibit on easel facing Ms October. Scott's lawyer Garvin objects, can see only the back of the exhibit. It's a world map with lines to and from the Caribbean to the Middle East, Europe, Africa and Asia.

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess @federalreserve Now Manhattan DA Office's Rosalind October rattles off a series of OneCoin-linked bank accounts, including at Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank in Germany --
and in the US at Morgan Stanley and Sabadell / IBERIABANK, both with Gilbert Armenta as signer....

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess @federalreserve Judge Ramos calls a break and once the jury is out of the courtroom asks the US when it is going to wrap up. Answer: tomorrow morning. Scott character witness in the wings. Thread will continue patreon.com/posts/31653463

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess @federalreserve Now before US rests its case, Scott's character witness is on the stand: as Inner City Press wrote about, it *is* Miguel Diaz de la Portilla: innercitypress.com/sdny32onecoini… & patreon.com/posts/31653463 and US is objecting already: sidebar

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess @federalreserve Miguel Diaz de la Portilla briefly recounts a Miami real estate deal he increased density for and Scott worked on refinancing a loans, says Mark Scott is a person of good character.
And that's it: Scott's lawyer says "No further questions."

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess @federalreserve Cross-examination:
AUSA Dimase establishes that Mark Scott gave money to Miguel Diaz de la Portilla's political campaigns

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess @federalreserve AUSA Dimase: So you're never been to Sophia, Bulgaria?
Miami lawyer Miguel Diaz de la Portilla: No.
AUSA: So you've never been to the OneCoin office there, right?
A: Well, I've never been to Bulgaria.

@sdnylive @MatthewLeeICP @FinanceWatchOrg @Svrakata @widell_ari @JamieJBartlett @ezCoinAccess @federalreserve AUSA Dimase: Have you every used a crypto-phone?
Miami pol (and Mark Scott character witness) Migual Diaz de la Portilla: I've only seen one in the TV show 'The Good Wife.'"
Soon, from Scott's lawyers: Objection! Your honor, may we have a sidebar?