| In Russian Money Laundering Hearing
Masked AUSA LaMorte Is Grilled On Discovery
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Aug 12 – Niket Jain of
Aberon Capital, charged with
securities fraud, on August 12
got a rare in-person hearing
before U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge P. Kevin Castel.
Inner City Press went and
covered it, as one of five
people in the gallery
including Assistant US
Attorneys.
Jain's
lawyer Weinstein said his
client was a pawn of a Russian
organized crime figure and
that the US withheld info.
He called a
Special Agent, then AUSA Tara
LaMorte who testified behind
an opaque face shield.
Weinstein asked
the agent, The 16 cases you
worked on, was there always an
AUSA assigned?
Agent: Yes.
Weinstein: What
percentage were in SDNY?
Judge Castel:
What percentage of 16? Or the
number?
Weinstein:
Number. Agent: Maybe
ten.
Weinstein by
early afternoon was still
questioning the agent, now
about his 302s and "a house
owned by Vladimir Putin"
Judge Castel
asked, Where is this going?
I'll allow you to sum up.
Weinstein:
This is why I was asking in
advance for a post-hearing
briefing schedule.
And he did
finish with the two witnesses
by 5 pm. Inner City Press will
continue to cover this case.
It is US v. Jain, 19-cr-59
(Castel)
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