| Money
Launderer For Cartels Wanted To Cooperate
but Leaked so Detained now Extended
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY MAG COURT
EXCLUSIVE, Oct 6 - Accused of
money laundering with a source
from Mexico and Israel, Moises
Hanono Azrak was presented in
the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Magistrates Court on
August 5. Inner City Press was
the only media there.
Azrak for
Mexican drug cartels arranged
more than 40 money laundering
contracts from October 2020
through July 2022, including a
bulk cash pick-up in Appleton,
Wisconsin and a at least one
firearm.
He handle
an Amazon Prime package
containing $105,990 in cash.
He laundering through Chicago,
Los Angeles and Port Chester.
Azrak
"indicated that he wanted to
cooperate with law
enforcement, and agreed to
travel from Seattle to New
York City to participate in
further debriefings." Document
at 10(f) on Patreon here.
Then, with
no other media in the
Magistrates Court, he was
presented and consented to
detention before Magistrate
Judge Katharine H. Parker o
Inner City Press was the only
media in the Mag Court for
these proceedings as on the
July 29 Azerbaijan AK-47
stalker of an Iranian
dissident (story here,
credited here).
The plot
thickened - Azrak coming to
NYC to cooperate was found to
be tipping off another about
his cooperation with the
"agency of the three letters"
- the DEA - and so got
arrested, see below.
On August 11,
this retained (paid) lawyer
filed a notice of appearance
for the wanna-be cooperator:
"NOTICE OF ATTORNEY
APPEARANCE: James Kousouros
appearing for Moises Hanono
Azrak. Appearance Type:
Retained. (Kousouros, James)."
On October 6, the
case was kicked down the road:
"ORDER TO CONTINUE IN THE
INTEREST OF JUSTICE as to
Moises Hanono Azrak re: [5]
Order to Continue - Interest
of Justice. Time excluded from
10/6/22 until 11/7/22.
Affirmation of Emily Deininger
attached. (Signed by
Magistrate Judge Gabriel W.
Gorenstein on 10/6/22)."
"MOISES HANONO
AZRAK, a/k/a "Moe," the
defendant, travelled
from Seattle, Washington, to
New York, New York,
accompanied by me and another
law enforcement agent, on or
about August 1,
2022. 13. Based on my
participation in this
investigation, my
conversations with CS-1, and
my review of WhatsApp chats
between CS-1 and another
money laundering broker
identified during the
course of this investigation
("CC-3"), I know that on or
about August 3, 2022,
CC-3 contacted CS-1 via
WhatsApp and wrote, in
substance and in part, the
following: CS-1.
a. CC-3 stated
that he had something urgent
to tell CS-3 then
explained that CC-3 and CS-1
both needed to change
their phone numbers because
"Moy" had been detained
in the United States the
previous Sunday while on a
cruise to Alaska that
left from Seattle.
b. CC-3 told CS-1
that he had received
this information
"directly from [May's]
employees."
c. CC-3 told CS-1
that "Moy" had been asked
to cooperate with the
"agency of the 3 letters" and
that he was now in New
York waiting to proffer with
prosecutors in the next
few days. Based on my
training, experience, and
participation in this
investigation, I believe that
the "agency of the 3
letters" refers to the
DEA.
d. CC-3
then re-emphasized to CS-1
that they should change
their numbers, and also that
CS-1 should warn another
individual that CS-1 works
with. 14. Based on my
participation in this
investigation and the
interview of MOISES HANONO
AZRAK, a/k/a "Moe," the
defendant,
conducted on July 31, 2022, I
know that AZRAK did not
identify CC-3 as someone that
AZRAK engaged in money
laundering activities
with or otherwise mention CC-3
during the course of
that interview.
WHEREFORE, the deponent
respectfully requests that
a warrant be issued for
the arrest of MOISES HANONO
AZRAK, a/k/a "Moe," the
defendant, and that he be
arrested and imprisoned
or bailed, as the case
may be."
Now what? Inner
City Press is on the case.
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