| After OneCoin Guilty Verdict City of
London Drops Probe US Attorney Withholding
Exhibits
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Exclusive Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Dec 25 – As Inner City
Press covered the OneCoin
trial last month, a number of
names of indicted
co-conspirators emerged on
which we continue to follow
up.
One of
them was Amer Abdulaziz
Salman. As Inner City Press
exclusively reported on
November 6, surprise
cooperating witness Konstantin
Ignatov brought up Amer
Abdulaziz as a money launderer
in Dubai and the UK during his
testimony, live-tweeted
@InnerCityPress, and see here.
Also raised
at trial: HSBC.
But
Inner City Press' follow-up on
the trial is being hindered by
the US Attorney's Office still
inexplicably withholding even
the exhibits it showed the
jurors - from whom Inner City
Press has unilaterally
received contact expressing
outrage at where things stand.
Despite
even Inner City Press' Freedom
of Information Act request,
nothing.
Now UK reports
that the City of London has
dropped its investigation of
OneCoin, after allow dubious
funds to leave the country,
has OneCoin / OneLife
proponent like Simon Le gloating
on social media and reloading
for more promotion. This one
is not only on the City of
London, seen by some to be
protecting HSBC, but also on
the US Attorney's Office.
Inner City Press will continue
on this. More on Patreon here.
Here is
another example: the US
Attorney's Office is not
opposing giving Mark Scott,
living the high live in
Florida including being
spotted out to dinner with
body guards, yet more time to
prepare motions to try to
avoid ever going to jail. By
consenting, the US Attorney's
Office may be setting up a
situation where Mark Scott's
sentencing gets pushed back
and he remains free. Meaning
Gilbert Armenta, fellow money
launderer, is out and
registering even more
companies, the same as he did
for his OneCoin money
laundering bank in Georgia.
We'll have more on this.
Here's the letter
from Scott's lawyer, who
previously worked in the US
Attorney for the SDNY's
office: "Dear Judge
Ramos: We write on
behalf of our client, Mark
Scott, who was convicted on
November 21, 2019 in the
above-referenced matter on two
counts, conspiracy to commit
money laundering and
conspiracy to commit bank
fraud. Following the verdict,
the Court set a deadline of
December 20, 2019 for Mr.
Scott to file Rule 29 and Rule
33 motions. We respectfully
request that the Court extend
this deadline by one month, to
January 20, 2020. This will
allow Mr. Scott and counsel
sufficient time to review the
factual and legal issues that
may be relevant to such
motions.
The Government
has no objection to this
request and proposes to submit
any opposition by February 10,
2020 or make a subsequent
application for an
extension.
Respectfully Submitted,
/s Arlo Devlin-Brown."
More
delay?
On
November 24 Inner City Press'
exclusive live-tweets were
used without any credit in a
derivative article by the
Racing Post's Peter Scargill -
apparently dodginess pervades
this part of the industry.
Inner City
Press has been contacted from
Dubai of Sheikh Mohammed bin
Rashid al Maktoum, from Amer
Abdulaziz's native Bahrain and
elsewhere by whistleblowers in
the horse racing industry,
with extensive information
about Amer Abdulaziz's
previous schemes and sudden
windfall with OneCoin money.
Inner City Press received
another contact from OneCoin
victims in Dubai on December
6. It will not rest -
including on getting the
exhibits released. It has
submitted a FOIA request,
acknowledged by DOJ in
Washington. And still,
nothing.
While some say he is going
into hiding, it would seem
that the US FBI or its
overseas partners could easily
bring him in. So
why haven't they? This is an
Inner City Press series. More
on Patreon here.
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