By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell Book
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SDNY COURTHOUSE, June 24 – Wilkin De Los Santos in charged in a conspiracy to false obtain iPhones for resale.
On June 22, 2022 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Analisa Torres presided over his trial. Inner City Press went and covered it.
The witness was describing dozens of cell phones mailed from states ranging from Wyoming to Colorado. On the screen a spreadsheet of the phone transfers.
There was been extensive pre-trial motion practice about the admission of business records.
On June 23, on the stand being cross examined was a cooperator who admitted, after signing his plea deal, to continuing to sell Play-Dough to look like new iPhones. He got a new cooperation deal on June 20 and was asked about it. There are crimes it does not cover.
On June 24, the defendant was found guilty and ordered to home confinement pending sentencing: "ORDER as to Wilkin De Los Santos: On June 24, 2022, Defendant was found guilty by a jury of Counts One, Two, and Three of the Indictment. Defendants bail is continued but is modified to include a condition of home detention with location monitoring. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Analisa Torres on 6/24/2022)."
The case is US v. Wilkin De Los Santos, 19-cr-391 (Torres)
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