by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, May 9 – A man pled guilty to bank fraud without giving his name on May 9 before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Magistrate Judge Stewart D. Aaron. Inner City Press was there, the only media in the SDNY Mag court.
The defendant was arrested as "First Name Unknown, Last Name Unknown a/k/a Reginald Davis" and detained in January 2024, represented by Federal Defenders.
On May 9, now represented by a white shoe Manhattan law firm, he was brought in by U.S. Marshals. The firm had four people there. They had written in that their client has a Fifth Amendment right not to give him name - even as he pled guilty. The AUSA, too, referred to "Mister LNU."
Apparently the concern is that he could be forced to incriminate himself for the charge of using a false name. Now that he has pled guilty, under what name will he be incarcerated?
The case is USA v. FNU LNU a/k/a Reginald Davis, 1:23-cr-678 (Berman / Aaron)
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