| After
JOH Filed Notice of Appeal of Verdicts US
Reiterates Demand He Forfeit $15 Million
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
July 17 – In the closing
arguments on March 6, AUSA
Tarlow said that narco
trafficking had grown under
JOH. On March 7, out of the
hearing of the jury and for
then the Press, JOH's lawyer
Stabile said he'd heard
different overnight.
From who?
The
defendant's wife he said.
Was this
just a play for a mistrial?
Judge Castel
concluded it was, and denied
Stabile's motion, Order on
Patreon here.
Later on March 8,
the verdict, here-
then the book Narco Drama in English then Spanish.
Now on March 22
Stabile requested a new trial,
filing on Inner City Press'
free DocumentCloud here
On May 9, Judge
Castel denied JOH's motion for
a new trial. Order on Patreon
here.
After being
sentenced to 45 years, on July
10 JOH filed notice of appeal
- and then opposed paying any
of the $15 million forfeiture
requested, letter on Patreon here.
On July 17 the US
reiterated its demand for $15
million forfeiture: "Bribes
the defendant received
personally, including $1
million of the total $2
million Alex Ardon paid to
Pepe Lobo and the defendant
(Trial Transcript (“Tr.”)
209-213; ¶¶ 45-46), $250,000
paid by Fabio Lobo to the
defendant (Tr. 1132), $300,000
from Chinda Montes (Tr. 794;
PSR ¶ 55), $100,000 from
Neftali Duarte (Tr. 812; PSR ¶
55), 3 and $25,000 from
Fuentes Ramirez. • Bribes paid
to the defendant’s
co-conspirators that he
“controlled,” either by
speaking directly on the phone
with his co-conspirators
contemporaneously with their
receiving a bribe on his
behalf, i.e., the $250,000
paid by Javier Rivera, on
behalf of Los Cachiros, to
Hilda Hernandez (Tr.
1119-1120; ¶ 57), or
immediately after doing so,
i.e., the $4 million paid by
“Wilson,” a/k/a Sanabria, to
Tony Hernandez (Tr. 1125; see
also GX 403-T, Line 31; PSR ¶
58); to a co-conspirator
expressly for the defendant’s
benefit, i.e., Chapo’s $1
million bribe for the
defendant’s presidential
campaign (Tr. 262-65, 626,
638, 1116; PSR ¶ 57)... the
Court should enter the
Government’s proposed POF and
order the defendant to forfeit
$15,525,000" - full letter on
Patreon here.
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and Substack here
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