By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY MAG COURT EXCLUSIVE, Aug 20 - 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.
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The case is US v. Neilson, et al., 21-cr-189 (Oetken / Aaron).
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