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Extorting 10000 ETH Nerayoff Pushes Back
Trial For Talks in EDNY, Lawyer Withdraws
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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EDNY, Sept 9, amplified
Oct 28 – Indicted for
using strong-arm tactics to
shake down a startup company
of the cryptocurrency ETH,
Steven Nerayoff has been
facing an October 2022 trial
in the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York.
On September 9
the EDNY's Chief Judge Margo
K. Brodie held a status
conference. Inner City Press,
now reporting from and on the
EDNY, covered it.
Nerayoff's
lawyer Marc A. Agnifilo of
Brafman & Associates,
speaking for both parties said
that serious plea negotiation
are ongoing, and asked that
the trial be pushed back to
February 2023.
Nerayoff's
co-defendant Michael Hlady
already pled guilty, at which
time the US Attorney's Office
said that "the victim company
was a startup mobile-based
business that issued
cryptocurrency tokens such as
Ether as loyalty rewards for
generating user traffic to its
clients’ products. To
raise capital, the Company
planned to conduct an Initial
Coin Offering in November
2017. In connection with the
ICO, Hlady told the Company’s
executives that he had been a
part of the Irish Republican
Army, the National Security
Agency, the Central
Intelligence Agency and the
Federal Bureau of
Investigation; that he had
been shot at and had killed
people; and that he had “taken
down” a head of state.
In March 2018, Hlady and his
co-conspirator Steven Nerayoff
issued threats to Company
executives that included
destruction of the Company if
it did not agree to demands
for additional funds and
Company tokens. On March
28, 2018, Hlady sent a text
message to a Company executive
stating, in part, “I promise I
will destroy your community”
if the Company did not comply
with the demands. As a
result of this threat, the
Company transferred 10,000 ETH
to Nerayoff. Nerayoff has
entered a plea of not guilty
to extortion charges and is
awaiting trial."
Now,
Narayoff is said, by his
lawyer, to be nearing a guilty
plea.
Amplification of
Oct 28: Inner City Press
reported the above based on
what was said at the September
9 conference. But to
accomodate a request, Inner
City Press is adding this
docket entry, said to
no(longer)t have a reference
to "plea discussions" but only
"discussions" -
"09/09/2022
Status conference hearing held
as to Steven Nerayoff on
September 9, 2022, before
Judge Margo K. Brodie.
Assistant U.S. Attorney
Jonathan and AUSA John
ODonnell Enright appeared on
behalf of the Government. Marc
A. Agnifilo and Zach Intrater
from Brafman & Associates,
P.C. and Michael A. Scotto
from Michael A. Scotto
attorney at Law, appeared on
behalf of Mr. Steven Nerayoff.
Mr. Steven Nerayoff appeared.
Case called. The parties made
a joint request for
adjournment of the trial. The
parties are in discussions and
working towards a
resolution...
(Court Reporter Stacy Mace.)
(Townsend, Tasha) (Entered:
09/12/2022).
Duly noted. We also
note that the docket says
"10/18/2022
ORDER
granting 101 Motion to
Withdraw as Attorney. Marc A.
Agnifilo withdrawn from case.
as to Steven Nerayoff. Ordered
by Chief Judge Margo K. Brodie
on 10/18/2022. (WV) (Entered:
10/18/2022)."
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