| In Panama Papers Case Gaffey
Gets 94 Month Deal As US Says IRS Is The Only
Victim
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Scope,
Podcast
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Feb 28 – As the U.S. Panama
Papers prosecution of
accountant Richard Gaffey and
tax expatriate Harald Joachim
von der Goltz moved toward
trial, back on May 29 disputes
about suppressing files seized
from the accountant's office
and documents obtained from
Panama, Germany and elsewhere
overseas came to the fore. See
here.
Now on
February 28, 2020 Gaffey
showed up and pled guilty,
thread here,
including with a forfeiture
amount and order for notice
despite the Assistant US
Attorney saying that the only
victim is the IRS: "CONSENT
PRELIMINARY ORDER OF
FORFEITURE AS TO SPECIFIC
PROPERTY/MONEY JUDGMENT FOR
Richard Gaffey. IT IS HEREBY
STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and
between theUnited States of
America, by its attorney
Geoffrey S. Berman,United
States Attorney, Assistant
United States Attorneys, THANE
REHN and EUN YOUNG CHOI of
counsel, and the defendant,
and his counsel, WILLIAM
LOVETT, Esq. and ROBERT
BUEHLER, Esq., that As a
result of the offenses charged
in Counts Two and Three of the
Indictment, to which the
defendant pled guilty, a money
judgment in the amount of
$5,373, 609 in United States
currency (the "Money Judgment
"), representing the amount of
proceeds traceable to the
offense charged in Count Two
of the Indictment that the
defendant personally obtained
and the amount of property
involved in the offense
charged in Count Three of the
Indictment, shall be entered
against the defendant.
Pursuant to 32.2(b)(6) (A) of
the Federal Rules of Criminal
Procedure, the Government
shall send notice to any
person who reasonably appears
to be a potential claimant
with standing to contest the
forfeiture in the ancillary
proceeding."
Periscope
here,
Podcast here.
The plea agreement is for 94
to 111 months - how much less
than that will Gaffey get? The
sentencing is set for June 29
at 11 a.m.
Judge
Richard M.
Berman of the
U.S. District
Court for the
Southern
District of
New York asked
whether the
lawyer for
initially lead
defendant
Ramses Owens,
sitting on the
side of his
courtroom,
even had the
right to make
arguments.
Owens has not
been arraigned
or appeared in
the case.
From Panama,
using J.
Iandolo Law of
13th Avenue,
Brooklyn,
Owens is
disputing the
use of his
mobile phone
records
obtained under
the US -
Panama Mutual
Assistance in
Criminal
Matters
Treaty.
Assistant US
Attorney Eun
Young Choi
argued that
some of the
US' request
for
information
from other
governments
are covered by
diplomatic
privilege. She
said, however,
that
information
from and about
Germany will
be made
available to
the defendants
on June 7.
Judge Berman
set a motion
schedule
running into
August. The
lawyer for von
der Goltz said
he may file a
motion to
dismiss the
wire fraud and
money
laundering
counts
claiming that
no money ever
move through
wires. The
case is USA v.
Owens, et al.,
18-cr-00693
(Berman).
Inner
City Press
readers may
remember that
Patrick Ho was
found not
guilty on only
one of the
eight UN
bribery
charges
against him in
December 2018,
Chad money
laundering -
because the
money moved in
a gift box, in
cash, and not
through wires.
Watch this
site.
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