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OneCoin Case
William Morro
Fast Guilty
Plea for Funds
from China Now
Wants No Jail
By Matthew
Russell Lee,
Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 4 -- For scam crypto
currency OneCoin, a new
defendant was named and
arrested on April 23, 2024:
William Morro. Inner City
Press found the Superseding
Information in the docket.
There was no announcement
beyond that.
Nor was
there any announcement that he
was immediately pleading
guilty, nor the terms. Only
this in the docket the next
day: "Minute Entry for
proceedings held before Judge
Edgardo Ramos: Plea entered by
William Morro (8) Guilty as to
Count 1. Sentencing set for
8/1/2024 at 11:00 AM before
Judge Edgardo Ramos."
On July 30, Judge
Ramos pushed Morro's
sentencing back to September
11. But on August 26, Morro's
lawyer wrote in and says he
only got the PSR on August 22,
and only that day learned of
the new sentencing date -
apparently doesn't get PACER
alerts. He wants more delay,
to October 10, 16 or 18.
Judge Ramos chose
the last day, October 18.
On October 4
Morro's lawyer wrote in, with
redactions, asking for only
probation.
The
Information accused Morro of
transferring $35 million in
funds connected to OneCoin
from China to Hong Kong, then
$6,250,000 to a bank account
in the US that Morro
controlled. He is charged with
bank fraud.
He is
linked with Gilbert Armenta,
who is already trying to get
out of his five year prison
sentence with a series of
sealed submissions.
Judge
Ramos denied Inner City Press'
application to unseal Karl
Sebastian Greenwood's 33
sentencing letters and
redacted memo. Inner City
Press filed a notice of appeal
- and on April 17, 2024, pro
bono counsel filed the brief
and appendix. Brief on
DocumentCloud here.
Watch
this site.
More on
Substack here
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