| For Taking $25M
from Ethereum Blockchain Peraire
Bueno Duo File Four Redacted
Motions
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Dec 6 – James Peraire-Bueno
was indicted for "conspiracy
to commit wire fraud, wire
fraud, and conspiracy to
commit money laundering.
The charges in the Indictment
arise from an alleged novel
scheme by the defendants to
exploit the very integrity of
the Ethereum blockchain to
fraudulently obtain
approximately $25 million
worth of cryptocurrency within
approximately 12
seconds."
On May 15
James Peraire-Bueno was
brought in detention before
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrate Judge Valerie
Figueredo. Inner City Press
was there, the only media in
the SDNY Mag Court, thread:
OK - now in SDNY
Mag court, the crypto AUSAs
are here Defense lawyer has
emerged from holding cell - he
represented Trump Media
insider trader Bruce Garelich
earlier this month.
No "all
rise" but judge is in. And now
young-looking defendant...
JAMES
PERAIRE-BUENO, on the consent
of the US Attorney's Office,
was ordered free on $250,000
bond secured by cash or real
estate, two co-signers by May
29, no trading in securities
or crypto, "no validation"
On May 23, Inner
City Press was again the only
media present for the
arraignment of Anton, and
status conference on both,
before Magistrate Judge
Jennifer E. Willis (to whom
Judge Clarke referred the
proceeding, and a script). Thread
On June 21 Judge
Clarke permitted the two
defendants to trade and
liquidate four accounts at
Chase and Fidelity to pay
counsel and for living
expenses.
On August 19
Judge Clarke held a conference
with both defendants present
(their parents in the gallery
with Inner City Press); an
October 14, 2025 trial date
was set. Pre-trial motions are
due December 6, with the
defense predicting "complex"
motions.
On December 6,
the Peraire-Buenos filed a
slew of motions - to dismiss,
to suppress, to compel, for a
bill of particulars -
including some redacted, they
say, at the US Attorney's
Office's demand, including
about Victim-1. Inner City
Press is covering this case.
The case is US v.
Peraire-Bueno, et al.,
24-cr-293 (Clarke)
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