| Zilberberg
Bank Fraud
Trial Set For
July 10 with
Niece Loan
Nearly
Excluded, New
FDIC Docs
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 24 –
Mendel
Zilberberg was
indicted for
bank fraud
while he was a
board member
of Park Avenue
Bank. His
trial was to
start on
January 23,
2023.
On
January 11,
2023 U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York Judge
George B.
Daniels held
an in-person
final
pre-trial
conference.
Inner City
Press went to
cover
it.
But
even as the
next
defendant, in
a gun case,
had his family
setting up in
the gallery,
in the well of
the courtroom
Zilberberg's
lawyer Ben
Brafman was
conferring
with the
prosecutors.
When Judge
Daniels took
the bench, the
parties asked
for an
adjournment,
in light of
20,000 pages
of FDIC
documents just
produced. No
new trial date
was agreed.
Instead, a
March 28
pre-trial
conference was
scheduled.
Judge
Daniels asked
about a
related loan,
to
Zilberberg's
niece.
The
prosecutor
emphasized
that she was a
special
education
teacher, and
did not have a
business for
the business
loan. Judge
Daniels said
it might be
cumulative,
and/or
prejudicial.
Brafman
said the jury
could be
confused by
the issue of
taking
advantage of a
younger
relative.
Judge Daniels
asked for a
letter.
When he
got the
letter, he set
July 10, 2023
for the trial,
and on
January 23 excluded
Speedy
Trial Act time
until then.
This
case is US v.
Zilberberg,
19-cr-802
(Daniels)
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