| Man Who Used
Bitcoin to Steal iPhones Gets COVID in MCC
So Xmas Eve Release Request
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
BBC
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UK - Honduras
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Dec 24 – Joel Pena pled guilty
to identity theft in a
conspiracy involving buying
personal identifying
information over the Dark Web
with Bitcoin then using the
information get get iPhones
and resell them in The
Bronx. He was
sentenced to 24 months in
prison.
Now, he has
contracted COVID-19 is and
asking U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge Ronny Abrams to
grant him compassionate
release.
In a letter
filed on Christmas Eve, Pena's
once and again CJA lawyer
William J. Stampur tells Judge
Abrams that "two weeks ago,
Mr. Pena tested positive for
COVID-19... he was removed
from his unit to a 'quarantine
unit' with other inmates who
supposedly were infected. On
December 21, the last time
counsel had the opportunity to
talk with Mr. Pena, he was
once again in quarantine in
another 'quarantine unit'
without a functioning
toilet."
The case is
US v. Pena, 18-cr-640 (Abrams)
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