OK - now Avraham Eisenberg is to be presented here in Magistrates Court @sdnylive, charged for $100 million manipulation of the Mango Markets crypto exchange.
Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below
It seems Eisenberg has the same retained counsel as Virgil Griffith had - and Virgil pled guilty on the eve of trial. Seems relatives here in gallery here. The two sides' lawyers are talking about NYU Law. Could there be a bond deal like with #SBF?
Avraham Eisenberg has been brought in by Marshals in yellow jumpsuit, hair standing up. He's reading the papers that awaited him on defense table. Lawyer points at gallery and says, His parents.
All Rise!
Klein is here only for this proceeding, he says.
AUSA Tom Burnett: He was arrested Dec 26 in Puerto Rico.
Eisenberg, to be brought from Puerto Rico to NY via Oklamoha - modified deisel therapy.
Judge: Commodities Fraud and minipulation, and wire fraud.
AUSA: He is consenting to detention.
Judge: Based on what?
AUSA: Risk of flight.
Judge Betman has set Feb 14 conference not yet on the docket, AUSA says.
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OK - week's last case @sdnylive is US v James Kelly, Hobbs Act armed robbery that may feature bail fight addressing recent appelate decisions. Inner City Press the only civilian here, will live tweet, thread below
Defendant is charged with Hobbs Act robbery and brandishing a firearm.
AUSA: Detention is appropriate on danger to the community grounds.He waved gun in face of bodega clerk on Jan 15, 2023. There's video. It's a presumption case. He has 2 previous gun convictions
AUSA: He armed-robbed two other bodegas but the Bronx DA did not prosecute; victims were scared. There are NYPD records of the dismissals...
Judge: There's no video of the defendant changing clothes after the robbery. Why is home incarceration not enough?
Now Saadah Masoud is before Judge Cote on "multiple [alleged] violations of supervised release." Defense lawyer says he's going to his mosque, wants a full evidentiary hearing. Two Marshals have walked in. Thread below
AUSA: The bodega's hours were irregular. Then no verification of MetroPCS - he told Pre-Trial, Get a subpoena. Then refused to be supervised by "Rothman."
Story coming out later...
AUSA: When police went to arrest him, through a Ring camera he commented on the gender, body size and perceived sexual orientation of the officers.
Defense lawyer: This is about Israel, but about being Jewish.
Judge: Why did he refuse to work with Mr Rothman?
OK - now citywide robbery spree duo of Alvin Velez and Carlos Perez are in @sdnylive Magistrates Court, as is Inner City Press which will live tweet, thread below
AUSA: They were arrested at 4 am Tuesday.
Judge: What took soong to present them here?
AUSA: Our office became aware of the case at 2 pm yesterday, and got our hands around it by 5 pm.
[Wag: What role did the quote "I'll be out on bail in 24 hours" play?]
Federal Defenders making motion to dismiss the complaint "for failure to allege any effect on interstate commerce." Beat and robbed food truck worker of cell phone - "not enough for Hobbs Act robbery." Cites 2002 2d Circuit case.
OK - now at Iran death squad case arraihnment of Amirov (with free Lincoln Square Legal Services) and Mehdiyev @sdnylive. Inned City Press scooped on Mehdiyev, will now live tweet, thread below
Judge: How long will it take to extradite Polad Omarov from Czech Republic?
AUSA: A year or more.
Judge: I'm not prepared to wait. So, 2 trials. Discovery?
AUSA: 2 terabytes. & CIPA motion practice. So, 90 days.
Mehdiyev's counsel: I am concerned about translation
Judge: So May 2 at 2 pm, with updates ever 45 days on what's going on in Prague.
Story soon.
OK - now bail hearing on sex abusing doctor Hadden. He's been convicted and his victims want him to (finally) to go jail, pending sentencing. Inner City Press is covering the case innercitypress.com/sdny41straussh… patreon.com/posts/76659391
and will live tweet, thread below
Hadden's Federal Defender: He's done a lot of work on himself, with journaling... They offered him a deal & he took it. He stopped practicing as a doctor. His therapist calls him home-bound, even before the state guilty plea. He is publicly shamed in a way few are
Hadden's Federal Defender: He was on every TV broadcast. Shame does have a deterrent effect. OK, they found suspicious data on his wife's laptop. There was a capacity to mirror, a virtual drive like every Windows operating system. Also searches for porn...
Now Mason Rothschild on witness stand, about "this new #NFT#Web3 space." Inner City Press is covering the Hermes / #MetaBirkin case and will live tweet, thread below
Jury is shown #NFT of "floatees" as VIP ticket in Miami. Describes designing F-1 helmet for race in #AbuDhabi, says the Empty Quarter is there.
Wag: What NFT would #MBS use?Bonesaw in partnership with UN @AntonioGuterres, brothers in censorship
Now Mason brags about Weirdo 4100, sold 10,000 at .08 ETH on OpenSea - "it's like Mister Potatohead."
Note: Corporate lawyers staring at video monitors. Somehow reminiscent of Tekashi #6ix9ine, also @SDNYLIVE