| In Eaze
Trial Endgame Jury Asks For Wirecard Chat
As Judge Rakoff Notes Schumer Picks
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Podcast
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UK - Honduras
- ESPN
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 23 – The trial of US v.
Weigand and Akhavan began
before Judge Jed S. Rakoff in
the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York on March 1. Inner City
Press, which has been covering
the case including its
Wirecard aspects, live tweeted
Day 1, here
and below.
Now on
March 23, the jury has the
case - but left at 3 pm
without yet deciding. Judge
Rakoff noted Senator Chuck
Schumer's US Attorney
nominations, below. They asked
for an exhibit in which
Wirecard was discussed, now on
Patreon here.
Podcast with dramatic reading
including green tea fake
company website favored by
"Jan," here.
Inner City Press live tweeted
the jury notes session here:
the prosecutors
& defense lawyers are
sitting in Judge Rakoff's
courtroom, waiting for any
notes - or verdict - of the
jury.
Update of 12:28
pm in Eaze trial:
Judge Rakoff just came in and
read out two notes from the
jury foreman. They want a
"smart-board" and markers;
they want closing statements.
Judge Rakoff says he'll reply
that the summations cannot be
be sent in.
Update of 2:19 pm
- in Eaze trial,
something is afoot: defense
counsel and defendants are
clustered around their
laptops, as are the
prosecutors. Waiting for Judge
Rakoff to announce what this
(jury question) may be
Update of 2:40 pm
- Judge Rakoff: We have
received several notes. The
juror who wanted to leave at
3:30 today now wants to leave
at 3. It was signed by the
foreperson - so it appears it
has the agreement of the jury
as a whole
Judge
Rakoff: Jury asks for
transcript of "Ollie
Hargreaves' testimony." I
understand this is taking you
a lot of time. Yes, cut the
sidebars and colloquys. But
there's no need to talk out
stricken testimony that the
jurors were told not to
consider.
Judge Rakoff: The
jury asks, Which document has
Reuben Weigand and EU
Processing? It's GX 3923.
The jury asks,
Which document has Reuben
Weigand ... four out of [they
can't decipher the words]
They've decided
jury means "four out of five
application submitted - and
that it is a request for
communications about
submitting to #WireCard
[!]
Inner City Press
has dug for the exhibit under
this: In SDNY Eaze/Wirecard
Trial, Order Granting Inner
City Press Application to
Unredacted, here
The full exhibit
(the request is about page 84)
is now on Patreon here.
Judge Rakoff ends
by noting Senator
Schumer 's nominations for NY
US Attorney positions, He says
Damian Williams' credential is
heading SDNY Fraud Unit, like
incumbent Strauss "and at
least one judge." Him.
Back on
March 2, evidence began - and
witnesses with immunity deals.
(Tassone's immunity deal is
now on Patreon, here).
Inner City Press tweeted in
Day 2, here.
Day Four
began with news, tweeted
by Inner City Press, that a
juror had tested positive for
COVID, and ended with cooperator
Oliver Hargreaves on the
stand.
Day Five,
things took off. The remaining
13 jurors all tested negative
and when Hargreaves testified,
first about fake website for
golf equipment and facial
cream, he soon turned to the
meat: Wirecard and Jan
Marsalek, live tweeted thread
below. Inner City Press has
asked the US Attorney's Office
to make available the
exhibits, as is done in other
cases. So far, nothing. Some
live tweets from the thread, here:
Hargreaves is
reading out in court his
message with Jan Marsalek of
Wirecard.
Hargreaves quotes
Marsalek saying, stop sending
to this ProtonMail, send it to
"EUprocessing."
Hargreaves wrote, EU
[Processing] equals Ruben"
[Weigand]
AUSA: Who is the
deleted account?
Hargreaves: Can I
see the page before? It's
Ray's.
Assistant US
Attorney: For which acquiring
banks did you prepare
fraudulent application packs?
Hargreaves:
Wirecard...
AUSA: Who
responds to your chat?
Hargreaves: Ruben
Weigand
Defense:
Objection, to the extent that
the document is cut off
Judge Rakoff:
Overruled.
AUSA: Where
is Wirecard headquartered?
Hargreaves: Munich, Germany...
AUSA: What is a
"card not present
transaction"? Hargreaves: A
transaction not in a brick and
mortar shop.
AUSA: Was
the fact that Eaze
transactions were intended to
be run through these Hot
Robots accounts disclosed
anywhere?
Hargreaves: No.
AUSA: In this Ali Baba chat,
Ray says, So darling what will
be submitted, right?
Hargreaves: Yes. And Reuben
says, it's fine
The case is US
v. Weigand,
20-cr-188
(Rakoff).
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