| On Taking $25M from
Ethereum Blockchain Peraire
Bueno Trial Kicks Off as
Jurors Selected
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Oct 14 – 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
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
Thread here;
more on X for Subscribers here
and Substack here.
On August 22 the
US Attorney's Office filed a
motion in limine - with
information about CC-3
redacted; a cover letter
argues that the redactions
apply to details that, if not
redacted, may reveal the
identity of an unindicted
co-conspirator... These
redactions have been made at
the defendants' request." But
that's not the standard: the
public has a right to know /
right of access...
On September 30,
Inner City Press went to the
final pre-trial conference,
after which Judge Clarke
ordered that "the parties may
provide further argument with
respect to their positions
concerning the scheme to
defraud jury instruction."
On October 14,
Inner City Press live tweeted
jury selection, here.
More on X for
Subscribers here
and Substack here
Inner City Press
is covering this trial.
The case is USA
v. Peraire-Bueno, et al.,
1:24-cr-293 (Clarke)
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