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Extraditees from Cyprus for Boiler Rooms
One Gets Time Served Nothing on MDC Letter
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY COURT
EXCLUSIVE, Dec 6 - In
the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York on November 28, 2022, a
detention or bond
proceeding was held by
Magistrate Judge Stewart
D. Aaron
on a white collar defendant
charged in a case involving
"boiler rooms" in Cyprus,
Romania, Spain and Cambodia.
Inner City
Press was there, the only
media in the Mag Court.
The
defendant Scott Steven
Neilson, it was said, might be
seeking upon release on bond
to travel to the United
Kingdom. But travel was
restricted to the SDNY and
EDNY. Scott
Steven Neilson
was wearing
black pants
and shirt, and
had a retained
attorney. He
was released
on $500,000
bond, secured
by $30,000.
In the same
case, Daniel
Nielson
pleaded guilty
on September
30, 2022,
before
District Judge
J. Paul
Oetken.
Jump cut to
August 20,
2024 when a
trio extradited
in from Cyprus
were
presented,
arraigned and
detained - one
of them
extremely thin,
taking from cancer
treatment in
Cyprus. Thread:
The
back row on
the
Magistrates
courtroom
gallery is
full of 7 law
enforcement:
prosecutor has
not arrived
yet. One of
the three
defendants is
a woman; a
younger man in
a track suit
and an older
man, with a
Cypriot-sounding
name and
longer gray
hair. Awaiting
AUSA
Assistant
US Attorney
has arrived,
takes 1 IRS
agent up to
the
prosecutors'
table. All
rise! AUSA:
They came into
our custody in
Cyprus
yesterday.
Judge:
You are
charged with
conspiracy to
commit wire
fraud &
money
laundering,
&
aggravated ID
theft. How do
you plead? 3
not guilties,
British-sounding
accents.
Judge: All 3
of you will be
detained.
Counsel
to female
defendant: She
was taken out
of the
hospital [The
female
defendant does
look extremely
thin. She was
being treated
for cancer in
Cyprus]
Defense
counsel: This
is
unconscionable.
The case has
been going on
for two years
Judge: I will
sign the
medical needs
order to the
MDC.
On September 9
Inner City
Press went to
the next
conference.
The extraditee
taken
out of the
cancer ward in
Cyprus
was not
present; the other
defendants
were in the
jury box. Thread:
AUSA:
There are at
least two more
to be
extradited-
one from
Northern
Ireland, the
other fled
Cyprus. [The
names were
given] These
four have not
requested
discovery, but
rather, talks.
Judge:
Next is Dec 11
at noon
Defense
counsel:
There is a
member of the
press here.
AUSA:
We have no
objection to
sealing the
transcript.
Judge:
Shall we do it
at sidebar?
[In fact, they
went
into "robing
room,"
entirely out
of view. When
they returned
it was only said
that the
transcript would be
sealed]
On
October 2, the
female
inmates of 3
North of the
MDC-Brooklyn wrote to
Judge Oetken
with "deep
concern about
our fellow inmate
Mrs. Brenda
Laverty... Her
condition has
deteriorated...
an open wound
on her
abdomen."
On
October 9, with no
response in
the docket on the
Ladies'
letter, a notation
that Jake
Mardell is set
to plead
guilty on
October 16. He did.
On
October 11 -
still nothing
on the letter
- this:
"Notice as to
Andrew
Georgiou: A
change of plea
hearing is
scheduled for
October 22,
2024 at 2:15
pm."
And it
occured: "Change
of Plea
Hearing as to
Andrew
Georgiou held
on 10/22/2024.
Plea entered
by Andrew
Georgiou (8)
Guilty as to
Count
1sss,3sss.
Change of Plea
Hearing held.
Defendant
sworn and the
Court accepts
the
defendant's
change of plea
to Guilty as
to counts 1
and 3. The
sentencing
date is set
for January
15, 2025 at
12:30 pm."
A month
later, another
- and still
nothing on the
letter: "Minute
Entry for
proceedings
held before
Judge J. Paul
Oetken: Change
of Plea
Hearing as to
Neophytos
Georgiou held
on 11/22/2024.
Defendant
present with
attorney David
Wikstrom; AUSA
Andrew Jones
present; Court
Reporter
present.
Change of Plea
Hearing held.
Defendant
sworn and the
Court accepts
the defendants
change of plea
to Guilty as
to counts 1,2
and 3.
(Sentencing
set for
2/21/2025 at
12:30 PM
before Judge
J. Paul
Oetken)
On
November 27 Jake
Mardell's
lawyer wrote
in asking for
time served, citing
conditions in
the MDC.
On
December 4,
the US
Attorney's
Office wrote
in on Mardell,
asking for "at
least 40
months." But
still nothing
on the MDC
letter, and Brenda Laverty.
On
December 6,
Mardell got time
served. So why
is Brenda
Laverty
lanquishing?
More on
X for
Subscribers here
& Substack
here
The
case is US v.
Neilson, et
al., 21-cr-189
(Oetken /
Aaron).
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