#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.
Defense lawyer: You were getting involved with Armenta to get involved in laundering illegal gambling money, right?
Hargreaves: I wanted to do well for my company.
Defense lawyer: Armenta had a bank in Georgia, right?
Hargreaves: Yes, I think so.
In #Wirecard / @Eaze trial, the jury has just returned from the break. Judge Rakoff jokes that his law clerks fought hard to get them priority lunch service from the Court cafeteria over "the other one." Seems that means the other jury in the #NarcosHonduras case
Weigand's lawyer, to cooperator Hargreaves: So you were allowed to go back to Barcelona. And you had plans to go to Belgrade?
Hargreaves: Correct.
[Lunch-gate confirmed: in the other trial, it's been said, "There's a problem with the lunches."]

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