| Ignition Switch Litigation
Fraudster Chris Hammatt Pleads Guilty So
Sentencing July 26
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 14 – Alongside the
multi-district ignition switch
litigation, Christopher
Hammatt, Susan Hammatt, Edwin
Tanglao and Joseph Hoats
allegedly created a fictitious
$16.5 million settlement
agreement to get litigation
funding from Funding
Companies.
On June 12, 2020
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Paul G. Gardephe held a
proceeding. Inner City Press
covered it.
The
defendants are all out on
bail. The US Attorney's Office
says it will be seeking a
superseding indictment, with
more charges against
Hoats. Judge
Gardephe said, I'm not going
to set a trial date now,
there's too much uncertain. No
trails until the Fall, if
then. But let's set a schedule
for motions. Mr.
Duboulay?
Donald D.
Duboulay replied, The problem
is traveling to meet my
client.
Judge Gardephe proposed, Sixty
days?
Duboulay said, I'd prefer
more...
Now on January
29, Judge Gardephe held
another proceeding, and Inner
City Press again covered it.
The defense was saying even an
August trial would be too
early.
The US filed its
motions in limine, that
"evidence of the investment
fraud, the bankruptcy fraud
and the SBLOC fraud is
admissible." The defense
countered that Count Four
should be dismissed for lack
of venue, and that Judge
Gardephe should block evidence
of "Oil-Victim 2."
On March 10,
2022, this: "ORDER as to
Christopher Hammatt: The trial
in this matter, currently
scheduled to begin on April
11, 2022, is adjourned to May
9, 2022, at 9:30 a.m. This
trial date is tentative, and
depends on this District's
COVID-19 protocols. A status
conference will take place on
April 11, 2022, at 11:00 a.m.
in Courtroom 705 of the
Thurgood Marshall United
States Courthouse, 40 Foley
Square."
Jump cut to April
14, when Chris Hammatt
appeared before Judge Gardephe
to plead guilty. He said he is
"always" under the care of a
doctor, and described wires
about litigation funding. The
plea was accepted and
sentencing set for July 26 at
2 pm.
Inner City Press
will continue to cover this
case.
The case is US v.
Hammatt, 19-cr-67 (Gardephe).
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