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Brothers Taking $25
Million from Ethereum
Sandwich Bots
Opposition to Retrial
Time Out
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Nov 21 – James
Peraire-Bueno was 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 October 14,
Inner City Press live tweeted
jury selection, 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,
Crypto Bros Mistrial: Code Is
Law Live On? here
On November 10
the US Attorney's Office wrote
in asking for a retrial as
early as February 2026 - the
defense said picking a trial
date now is not necessary, but
if it is it should be late
April 2026, letter on Patreon
here
On November 21,
as 65 groups in a letter
opposed a retrial, the US
Attorney's Office wrote in to
exclude Speedy Trial Act time
to February 26, on consent.
Analysis and more
on X for Subscribers here
and Substack
here
The case is USA
v. Peraire-Bueno, et al.,
1:24-cr-293 (Clarke)
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