OK - in @Eaze & #Wirecard trial, Day 6, still on the stand is cooperator Oliver Hargreaves, who on Monday named Wirecard, & yesterday named #OneCoin's Gilbert Armenta. Inner City Press has reporting, and will live tweet, thread below patreon.com/posts/48543661
Defense lawyer: You used the code, Medical services 8099, for marijuana?
Hargreaves: We thought it was elegant. A consultant proposed it.
Defense lawyer: In your second day as a cooperator, you told the US, It didn't work with Paynetics, correct?
Hargreaves: Yes.
Akhavan's lawyer: You told the agents, we tried to do marijuana delivery with Ray, right?
Hargreaves: Yes.
Akhavan's lawyer: And you didn't say, false, or misleading, or deceptive?
Hargreaves: No, sir.
Re-direct:
AUSA: Mr. Hargreaves, part of your cooperation with the government was to give full access to your phones and ProtonMail, correct?
Hargreaves: Yes.
AUSA: Let's put up Government Exhibit 3604. Do you remember this, one of the websites your team designed for the @Eaze scheme?
Hargreaves: A fictitious website. Ray and Ruben worked on it.
AUSA: These fraudulent business plans were sent to EUprocessing at ProtonMail dot com - that was Ruben [Weigand], correct?
Hargreaves. Yes.
Next witness in US v. Weigand / Eaze / Wirecard was long at Citibank, now at Bank of America, in "payments innovation." Not much time for questions - Judge Rakoff has another proceeding at 4 pm (which Inner City Press will also be covering.)
The BofA official says, "In the US, we do not do any kind of business with marijuana related businesses."
Gov't offers exhibits 2410, 2411.
Judge Rakoff: You may step down.
Judge Rakoff suggests to government they trim their case by a day. Then defense urges that an agent witness tomorrow be trimmed, as not having personal knowledge of the documents.
Judge Rakoff: If you're not contesting authenticity, the janitor would get them in
Interim update, morning of March 11:
Bank of America witness still on the stand, says BofA does not do marijuana business because illegal under Federal law. We'll have a bigger update on this @Eaze / #Wirecard case, by 8 pm if not before
In @Eaze / #Wirecard case, now questioning turns to Government Exhibit 2410, Bank of America's Enterprise Policy regarding Marijuana Related Businesses... #BofA
In @Eaze / #Wirecard trial, now a witness is being asked about Government Exhibits 3703, 3704, 3705, "in evidence." So when are we going to get access to these exhibits? We've asked - watch this feed.
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OK - now US v Alexander brothers Day 3, Maya's outcry witness about to be cross examined, after lawyers' fights about subpoena on next witness. Inner City Press is covering the trial (toward a booklet?) matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/extra-in-us-… and will live tweet, thread below x.com/innercitypress…
Defense: We can't get the information due to Vladimir Putin-
Judge Caproni: We have the jury waiting. Bring them in.
Defense: We need to subpoena the next US witness, but she won't speak with us.
Judge: Serve her after the direct. Now, bring the jury in
All rise for the jury!
[Jurors enter]
Judge Caproni: Good morning. You may have seen in the news about a possible government shutdown after Friday. That may happen - but our trial will continue. And there is money to pay you. Bring in the witness
OK - now US v Alexander brother trail day 2, with "Katie Moore" being cross examined by Oren's lawyer Srebnick about having gone to Zac Efron's loft, Inner City Press covered it below, and will live tweet, thread below
Judge: OK, the jurors have arrived. You may proceed.
Oren Alexander's lawyer Srebnick: So you messaged this, that you were rolling with Zac Efron?
Moore; I wrote that.
Srebnick: You said you took molly at Zac Efron's loft?
Moore: I did.
Srebnick: But afterward you went to the Governor's Ball?
Moore: Yes, it's a music festival on an island in the New York area. I had not planned to go up to Rye first.
Srebnick: But you hadn't tried to call Nicholas other than the 5 am message from Canal Street?
All rise!
Judge Caproni: What's this about a social media post on Israel's actions in Gaza?
Defense: This goes to bias. The Alexander parents are citizens of Israel, and that's the only issue Victim 12 ever expressed views on.
AUSA: We don't think it goes to bias
Judge Caproni: Being against what Israel did in Gaza does not show bias - there are many Israeli citizens against it, just as there are many Americans against what is going on. I am not letting this in.
Defense: What about fake blog, purporting to be Miami Herald?
OK - now at US v. Alexander brothers, try it again - yesterday courtroom got sealed, so letter below. Today, arraignment on superseder. Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below
All rise!
Judge Caproni: We need to arraign on the S-5 Superseding indictment, with a new count of a 2012 -
Defense: It omits that statutory elements, we move to dismiss it.
Judge: That won't happen. What's the statute number?
AUSA: 18 USC 2242
Defense: The statute says "knowingly," the superseding indictment does not. It must be dismissed.
[18 USC 2242 from House dot gov below
OK - now in Luigi Mangione Day 7 of suppression hearings in NYS case, Inner City Press on Dec 3 filed letter to unseal exhibits matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/extra-inner-… & some have been unsealed Dec 4 & on, many used. 1st Book amazon.com/dp/B0FYJ7MBX3/ 2d soon & will live tweet, thread below
Come to order!
Justice Carro: Call your first witness.
ADA: The People call officer Samuel McCoy... What did you do before that?
McCoy: I delivered pizza at a Papa Johns
McCoy: I also served in the military.
ADA: Where?
McCoy: Base in the UAE.. I mean, Qatar.
ADA: Were you on duty on December 9, 2024?
McCoy: Yes
OK - Do Kwon sentencing in crypto case, US wants 12 years, Do asks 5, 6 victims set to testify patreon.com/posts/crypto-i… Inner City Press wrote the book on Luna amazon.com/Crypto-Death-S… and will live tweet, thread below
11:17 am - Do Kwon is in yellow prison jumpsuit of Essex County Jail in NJ; he's sitting at defense table with four of his lawyers. There has been a check of the call-in line(s); US says six victims want to speak, one in Russian: patreon.com/posts/crypto-i…
11:19 am
All rise!
Judge Engelmayer: Good morning, including to the handful of victim who have come... I have read letters from what the defense calls the "Terra community," as well as a Twitter post, a Slack thread, and the sentencing of Mashinsky