| On 10 With Telemarketing Charges
Judge Stein Predicted Some Would Plea Now
Cheedie Does
By Matthew
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 23 – Five
defendants in a telemarketing
scheme were presented past 8
pm on November 20, 2019 in the
Magistrates Court of the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York.
The government proposed that
while they could be released
on their own signatures that
night, but asked that they get
pre-approval from Pre-Trial
Services for any expenditure
above $10,000.
The lawyer for
lead defendant Anthony Cheedie
objected, saying that the
government should not be the
one to approve the payment of
legal defense fees.
Now on
March 23, 2021, Cheedie
appeared before Judge Sidney
H. Stein in order to plead
guilty. Given the COVID
pandemic, it was virtual.
Inner City Press called in to
cover it. Someone else had
their device unmuted, and the
following was heard: "that
telemarketing sh*t." Yes,
that's what it is.
From July 7,
2020: Judge Stein began by
telling the lawyers how to
come into SDNY courthouse,
with QR Code and temperature
check. Inner City Press can
vouch for the process.
First speaker was
Coordinating Discovery
Attorney Emma Greenwood. Judge
Stein congratulated her on her
letter head's new logo. She
said they've gotten 60
gigabytes of discovery.
Greenwood
says that while
court-appointed counsel have
free access to her database,
retained counsel have to pay
their share. Not all have
access to the database.
Judge Stein: But
if they pay their share, they
have it?
Yes. AUSA
described scanning documents.
Judge Stein said as in most
multi defendant trial, he
doubts that all will go to
trail - he's not telling
anyone to do anything, but to
keep talking.
Now on
February 8, defendant Mattie
Cirilo has pleaded guilty,
with a sentencing date of July
9, just as co-defendant Joseph
Depaola also recently pleaded
guilty, to working in the New
Jersey telemarketing mill.
Inner City Press will continue
to report on these cases.
Back on
December 6 before SDNY
Magistrate Judge Barbara Moses
co-defendant Kevin Kristopher
Handren was presented, in from
Utah with two retained
lawyers. He was quickly
released on $250,000 bond,
with travel to Utah, barred
from the same companies as the
others.
Judge Moses
remarked that the company
names were entirely generic -
but that was the point. Kevin
Handren's lawyer brought up
the carve out from the
monetary restrictions for
paying for legal
representation. They were in
and out, while a homeless
defendant was urged to
withdraw his application for
release. Inner City Press will
stay on these cases.
While the five are generally
barred from speaking with
their co-defendants without
the presence of counsel, two
are married: Mattie Cirilo and
Derrek Larkin. They are
allowed to speak with each
other without counsel. They
are also charged with
obstruction of justice.
Joseph Minetto had proposed to
continue working for a company
called Blank Canvas. But the
government said that is
alleged to be part of the
scheme. The request was
dropped, and three more
companies were named: National
Business Development, Atlantic
Business Company and Success
Business Services, or
Development, the AUSA said.
Past 8:30 pm,
with the lights still on, it
was over. The case is US
v. Cheedie, et al,
19-cr-833 (Stein).
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