OK - in @Eaze trial of Weigand & Akhavan, now cooperating witness Oliver Hargreaves is reading out in court his message with Jan Marsalek of #Wirecard. Inner City Press has been covering the case patreon.com/posts/48486376 and will live tweet, thread below
Hargreaves quotes Marsalek saying, stop sending to this ProtonMail, send it to "EUprocessing."
Hargreaves wrote, EU [Processing] equals Ruben" [Weigand]
AUSA: Who is the deleted account?
Hargreaves: Can I see the page before? It's Ray's.
Assistant US Attorney: For which acquiring banks did you prepare fraudulent application packs?
Hargreaves: Wirecard...
AUSA: Who responds to your chat?
Hargreaves: Ruben Weigand
Defense: Objection, to the extent that the document is cut off
Judge Rakoff: Overruled.
AUSA: Where is Wirecard headquartered?
Hargreaves: Munich, Germany...
AUSA: What is a "card not present transaction"?
Hargreaves: A transaction not in a brick and mortar shop.
AUSA: Was the fact that @Eaze transactions were intended to be run through these Hot Robots accounts disclosed anywhere?
Hargreaves: No.
AUSA: In this Ali Baba chat, Ray says, So darling what will be submitted, right?
Hargreaves: Yes. And Reuben says, it's fine
#Wirecard: In the courtroom on the 26th floor, Oliver Hargreaves is sitting without a mask in a plexiglass box, glasses on, light suit, not much hair. He's saying that the transactions were fraudulently run through as for "facial care products."
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OK - #NarcosHonduras trial Day 2, with DEA Agent Fairbanks still on the stand. Geovanny Fuentes' lawyer is cross-examining him. Yesterday, Commissioner Martinez was trained by the UN (asking UN today). Inner City Press will live tweet - thread below
Fuentes' lawyer has asked DEA Agent Fairbanks if he is aware of Fuentes saying JOH should be replaced.
The Assistant US Attorney objected.
Judge Castel (to DEA Agent) - "Does this refresh your recollection?"
Agent Fairbanks: No, I don't.
Fuentes' lawyer: Look at this photo. Do you know where it was taken.
Agent Fairbanks: We took it from defendant's phone. But I don't know the location shown in the photo.
Note: Now a day later, DDC Judge Friedrich has just ordered Calhoun freed based on lack of history of violence, and ties to community. #insurrectionBlues
Calhoun proceeding not over - the proposed Internet monitoring, it seems, would intrude on attorney client privilege. So they are asking Calhoun to agree not to use social media at all, even the read the news.
Calhoun: YouTube is not social media, there's how-to
Calhoun: I think Steve Bannon's channel is on YouTube, and Rumble. Is that social media or news?
They have arrived at a "no posting" condition, saying it could be re-visited.
#Breaking: In #Wirecard / @Eaze trial of US v. Weigand, cooperator Oliver Hargreaves just admitted that his boss Gary Murphy was working with... Gilbert Amenta, on whom Inner City Press has exclusively reported in connection with #OneCoin. patreon.com/posts/46757731
Defense lawyer: You knew Armenta's money was illegal, correct?
Hargreaves: Yes.
Defense: And you knew about OneCoin, correct?
Hargreaves: Yes.
Defense: And a connection between Gary Murphy and Armenta, right?
Hargreaves: Yes.
Defense lawyer: And you knew OneCoin was a Ponzi, right?
AUSA: Objection [!]
Judge Rakoff: It's his opinion.
Hargreaves: Yes. OneCoin was a crypto currency fraud.
OK - the Honduras narco-trafficking trial of US v. Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez is beginning. Inner City Press has reported all of the run-up, including CC-4/JOH, has repeatedly asked the UN about SG @AntonioGuterres' support of JOH, & will live tweet, thread below
Judge Castel has taken the bench, says to bring the jurors. Geovanny Fuentes is sitting at the defense table, with two U.S. Marshals citing six feet behind him. The prosecutors are the table in front, closest to the judge.
Judge Castel says the open arguments will begin in approximately 15 minutes. It is slower than usual, moving jurors around the courthouse given Covid protocols. There is a plexiglass booth for which ever lawyer is questioning, and another box for the witness.
OK - #insurrectionBlues case of Oath Keeper Roberto Minuta is beginning before SDNY Magistrate Judge Andrew E. Krause. Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below - for now, song: soundcloud.com/innercitypress…
Judge Krause: Would you like me to appoint an attorney for you?
Minuta: For today, I'm OK with Mr. Gold.
Judge Krause: He's the one I would appoint. I will ask you about your eligibility for counsel at the government's expense. I've seen your financial affidavit.
Judge Krause: What is your name, age and education?
A: Roberto Antonio Minuta.... I'm 36. I made it to pre-med and stopped there.
More #insurrectionBlues: Isaac Sturgeon was arrested March 6 by the FBI at JFK Airport, charged in Jan 6 Capitol riots in DC. He's 32 & owns a lawn care business in Montana. US will seek ongoing detention this afternoon. Another song: soundcloud.com/innercitypress…
OK - it has begun, the detention (or free on bail) hearing of Isaac Steve Sturgeon, before EDNY Magistrate Judge Cheryl Pollak. Sturgeon traveled to Kenya on Jan 24 & got a ticket to return on April 5. He was deported by #Kenya in advance of the return date.