| Trevor
Milton Was
Sentenced to 4
Years for
Nikola Fraud
US Opposes New
Count IV Trial
w/ Exclusive
Interviews by Matthew
Russell Lee
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Dec 12 --
In
September and October 2022 Trevor
Milton, founder of Nikola Motor was put
on trial for fraudulent claims about
NKLA's hydrogen trucks.
On Friday,
October 14, Milton was found guilty on
three of four counts.
Inner City
Press published a book, Hydrogen Heist,
here
on Amazon (which by contrast on November
11, 2024 blocked a similar book about
the more recent Sean Combs case, Diddy
Do It).
On
November 14, 2023 Milton's counsel
asked for mere probation, contrasting
Milton to Elizabeth Holmes and more
recently OneCoin's Sebastian Greenwood
(whose sealing of sentencing letters
Inner City Press has appealed)
On December
11, the US put it its requested sentence
for Milton: 132 months or 11 years.
On December 15 Milton claimed there was no
loss. On December 17, the US Attorney's
Office wrote in opposing Milton's late
filed comments on the Pre-Sentencing
report, 5 pages on Patreon here.
On December 18, after a surreal speech by
Milton, he got four years. Thread here.
On November 11, 2024 his lawyer Alexandra
Shapiro has filed a motion for a new trial
on Count IV, saying the Hicks lied and
that Judge Ramos should decide the motion
notwithstanding the pending appeal.
On December 12 the US Attorney's Office
opposed a new trial on the count, saying
the purportedly newly discovered evidence
is not material.
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