| After
Mistrial for Crypto
Bros Judge Lets In
DeFi Ed Fund Amicus
Book Asks Is Code Law
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Jan 2 – Anton and James
Peraire-Bueno were indicted
for "conspiracy to commit wire
fraud, wire fraud, and
conspiracy to commit money
laundering. The charges
in the Indictment arise from
an alleged novel scheme by the
defendants to exploit the very
integrity of the Ethereum
blockchain to fraudulently
obtain approximately $25
million worth of
cryptocurrency within
approximately 12
seconds."
More on X for
Subscribers here
and Substack here.
On the evening of
November 3 the defense put in
a filing, on Patreon here
On November 7 it
went to 7 pm when the jury
sent out a note they were
suffering and making no
progress. Judge Clarke
declared a mistrial. In the
hall Inner City Press spoke
with the brothers' mother,
others including from the jury
- and it put out a book hours
later: "Crypto Bros Mistrial:
Code Is Law Live On?" - here
On December 19,
the DeFi Education Fund
proposed an amicus brief
arguing inter alia that due
process requires the
government to impose new rules
on novel technologies through
lawmaking, not prosecutions."
19 page proposed amicus brief
on Patreon here
On January 2
Judge Clarke let it in:
"Application GRANTED. The
Court is in receipt of the
parties' motions and responses
on this issue and hereby
grants leave to the DeFi
Education Fund to appear as
amicus curiae and file its
proposed brief. The Clerk of
Court is respectfully directed
to terminate ECF No. 228.
(Signed by Judge Jessica G. L.
Clarke on 1/2/2026)."
The case is USA
v. Peraire-Bueno, et al.,
1:24-cr-293 (Clarke)
***
Your
support means a lot. As little as $5 a month
helps keep us going and grants you access to
exclusive bonus material on our Patreon
page. Click
here to become a patron.
Feedback:
Editorial [at] innercitypress.com
SDNY Press Room
500 Pearl Street, NY NY 10007 USA
Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station,
NY NY 10013
Reporter's mobile (and weekends):
718-716-3540
Other, earlier Inner City Press are
listed here,
and some are available in the ProQuest
service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.
Copyright 2006-2026 Inner City
Press, Inc. To request reprint or other
permission, e-contact Editorial [at]
innercitypress.com
|
,
