| After Horse Drug Fraudster
Navarro Pleaded Guilty Rhein 3 Years &
$730K Restitution
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Thread
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 5 -- In what was called a
racehorse doping take-down,
the US Attorney for the
Southern District of New York
on the morning of March 9,
2020 announced more than a
dozen arrests.
Inner City Press
went to cover the presentments
in the SDNY Magistrates Courts
and personally witnessed 11 of
them, all given bail packages
and released: " Defendants up
now, arrested 4-5 am in race
horse drug adulteration
conspiracy case: Alexander
Chan (Federal Defender),
Christopher Marino, Henry
Argueta, Kristian Rhein
(retained, R), Michael
Tannuzzo, Nicholas Surick (R),
Rebecca Linke and Ross Cohen
(R)."
On December 6,
2021the US Attorney's Office
told Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil
that Seth Fishman is still
violation the law with
'bleeder" paste and energy
drinks. A hearing has been set
for December 20.
On December 17,
this: "JORGE NAVARRO received
a sentence of sixty months’
imprisonment today for his
leading role in the felony
drug misbranding and
adulteration charges arising
from this Office’s
investigation of the abuse of
animals through the use of
performance enhancing drugs
and as charged in United
States v. Navarro et al., 20
Cr. 160 (MKV). NAVARRO
was sentenced by U.S. District
Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil, who
furthered ordered that NAVARRO
pay $26,860,514 in restitution
for the fraud perpetrated
through his doping program."
On January 5,
2022, this: "JUDGMENT IN A
CRIMINAL CASE as to Kristian
Rhein (13). The Defendant
pleaded guilty to count One of
the S8 superseding
information. All open counts
in S1 and S6 are dismissed on
the motion of the United
States. IMPRISONMENT: 3 Years.
The Court recommends the
defendant be housed in FCI
Otisville, or as close to New
York as possible. The
defendant shall surrender for
service of sentence at the
institution designated by the
Bureau of Prisons: before 2
p.m. on 3/7/2022. SUPERVISED
RELEASE: 1 Year. ASSESSMENT:
$100.00 due immediately.
RESTITUTION: $729,716.00.
FINE: $10,000.00. (Signed by
Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil on
1/5/2022)."
On August 2,
Federal Defenders filed for
defendant Alexander Chan a
motion to suppress Title III
wiretaps, writing that "When
the FBI filed wiretap
affidavits to intercept calls
from Jason Servis and Kristian
Rhein, they knowingly and
intentionally misrepresented
to the court that SGF-1000 and
Clenbuterol were PEDs. They
did so despite knowledge that
SGF-1000 had been tested by a
world reknown laboratory, the
Hong Kong Jockey Club Lab and
had been found not to be a
PED." Watch this site.
On July 30, it
emerged the lead defendant was
set to plead guilty, see
below.
On October 20,
Christopher Oakes pleaded
guilty. Inner City Press
covered it. Judge Vyskocil
asked if he trained and
drugged thoroughbred or
standard horses (standards),
and if it was at Yonkers (it
was). The AUSA described a
covert search of the barn
associated with the defendant.
Judge Vyskocil accepted the
plea and set sentencing for
February 17 at 10 am.
On September 29:
"ORDER as to Jordan Fishman.
Change of Plea Hearing for
Jordan Fishman is scheduled
for 10/6/2021 at 4:30pm before
Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil."
And Inner City
Press covered and live tweeted
it here
On August 30,
trial dates: "ORDER as to Seth
Fishman, Lisa Giannelli,
Jordan Fishman: It is hereby
ORDERED that the following
trial schedule will be in
effect as to Defendants Seth
Fishman, Lisa Giannelli, and
Jordan Fishman: The parties
must be prepared for trial to
commence on November 15, 2021
at a time and courtroom to be
notified; Jury charge
requests, proposed voir dire
questions, and any motions in
limine will be due October 25,
2021; Any opposition papers to
motions in limine will be due
November 1, 2021; The final
pre-trial conference will be
scheduled for November 10,
2021, at 10:00am in Courtroom
18C of the Daniel Patrick
Moynihan Courthouse, 500 Pearl
Street, New York, NY 10007. SO
ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Mary
Kay Vyskocil on 8/30/2021)."
But on September
15 in another status
conference, one defense lawyer
cited having another trial
before SDNY Judge Valerie E.
Caproni. Yet another lawyer
had written to SDNY Judge
Andrew L. Carter. Other issues
arose. It was agreed to
postpone this trial to the
first quarter of 2022.
This 19
defendant case is US v.
Navarro et al., 20-cr-160
(Viskocil).
But what of
Amr Abdelaziz of Phoenix
Thoroughbreds, who used horses
to launder money from OneCoin
about which the SDNY
prosecutors were so concerned
until, like with the UN, they
weren't? Watch this site.
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