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Multi Defendant Skimmer Case Limberatos
Says No Confidence in His Lawyers, Gets
New
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
June 19 – A dozen men in
shackles charged with ATM
skimming came into the
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
courtroom of Judge Laura
Taylor Swain on January 9,
2020. They had interpreters in
French and Romanian, and now a
coordinating discovery
attorney, Emma G. Greenwood.
But on
Monday, March 16, amid the
Coronavirus crisis when two
more defendant in the case
extradited from Romania on
Friday were presented before
SDNY Magistrate Judge Stewart
D. Aaron, their lawyers were
not physically present. They
appeared by telephone. One
asked that his business card
be given to his client. For
the other, the defendant asked
who he was.
Both
asked that their appointments
be back dated to March 9. It
was granted, and the
defendants were detained on
consent.
Now in July
2021, defendant Nikolaos
Limberatos wrote to Chief
Judge Swain stating that he no
longer has confidence in his
assigned lawyers and has
terminated them.
On July 19, this:
"ORDER as to Nikolaos
Limberatos. Karloff C.
Commissiong, Esq. and Carlos
M. Santiago, Esq., are
relieved as CJA counsel for
the defendant. Sanford N.
Talkin, Esq., is now appointed
as CJA counsel for the
defendant in the
above-captioned matter (Signed
by Judge Laura Taylor Swain on
7/19/21)."
In
detention in the MCC, David
Georgescu was forced to insert
his own catheter due to an
enlarged prostate, with
anesthesia. On June 18,
Juneteenth, his lawyer wrote
to the Court for "urgent
assistance in ensuring that
Mr. Georgescu is receiving
needed medical care." Watch
this site.
On June 8,
2021, one of the
co-defendants Robert
Duczon was up for sentencing.
His lawyer spoke about the
harsh condition in the
Hungarian prison he had
awaited extradition in.
SDNY Chief Judge
Swain acknowledged those
hardships, but noted that a
time served sentence would
create disparities with the
sentencing of others in the
overall case.
Judge
Swain sentenced him to 22
months. The remaining time,
before removal, will be served
in Putnam, it seems. Judge
Swain wished him well.
Now on June 10,
for a co-defendant still in
pre-trial detention in the
MCC, Florian Martin, a request
has been made for a one-month
adjournment of the June 23
conference: "we continue to
engage the government in plea
negotiations and to review
discovery." The US Attorney's
Office consents to the
adjournment. So turn the
wheels.
Inner City
Press will continue to cover
this. The case is US
v.
Constantinescu,
et al.,
19-cr-651
(Swain).
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