| Woman Charged With AI
Education Firm Fraud Spending on Wedding Big
Discovery so April 24
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Dec 18 – A former Forbes 30
under 30 profilee with an AI
education company was
arraigned on December 3 before
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
new Magistrate Judge Henry J.
Richardo and pled not guilty.
Inner City Press was there,
the only media in the SDNY Mag
court.
Back on
November 17, SDNY prosecutors
announced they were charging
JOANNA SMITH-GRIFFIN with
securities fraud, wire fraud,
and aggravated identity theft
in connection with defrauding
investors in AllHere
Education, Inc., the startup
artificial intelligence
education technology company
she founded, out of millions
of dollars.
Since then,
photos of her Miami wedding
have emerged.
On December 3,
the prosecutors agreed she
could be free on $350,000
bond, saying that the firearms
in her house in North Carolina
must be given to her father in
law.
Her Federal
Defender said Pre-Trial
Services in NC already
indicated the guns could stay
in the house.
Docketed on
December 5, assigned District
Judge John G. Koeltl OK-ed a
virtual appearance from North
Carolina.
Inner City Press
went on December 18, thread:
Strangely, not
only the defendant but also
Federal Defender and AUSA from
Federal Plaza are also
virtual, on courthhouse
screen. In such cases, why not
also the public and press to
Zoom (Teams?) In too?
AUSA: We have a
taint / filter team.
Judge
Koeltl: Is anyone on the
defense team affiliated with
Debevoise?
A: Yes, Mr Schwab
is seconded from Debevoise.
Judge: I recuse myself from
cases involving Debevoise, I
was a partner there for 20
years, 30 years ago - it's not
required, but I do it Letter
Judge: Next
conference is April 24 at noon
Inner City Press
will continue to follow this
case.
The case is USA
v. Smith-Griffin, 1:24-cr-648
(Koeltl / Ricardo)
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