By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE, April 27 – Earl Ignarfield is charged with securities fraud in connection with the acquisition of two Belize international business companies.
On November 24, 2021 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Ronnie Abrams held a proceeding. Inner City Press covered it.
There was talk of producing discovery on a hard drive, and the set-up of a next status conference on January 28, 2022.
Counsel asked in advance that it be virtual. Judge Abrams said that would depend on virtual criminal proceedings still be allowed.
Why wouldn't they be, as civil cases will going forward? Has the Federal court system, or SDNY, learned nothing during the pandemic?
Jump cut to April 4, 2023 in the run up to a pre-trial conference, Ingarfield through counsel has argued that the prosecutors have made it impossible to know "the true scope of CW-1's criminal conduct," and that the prosecutors have not heeded "the serious warnings from the Nejad case."
On April 6 Inner City Press went to the final pre-trial conference. Ingarfield's counsel argued that all Giglio material is Brady material; Judge Abrams asked for the factual not legal basis of the argument. The trial, she said, would be delayed but only slightly.
The April 11 trial was canceled, and time excluded to May 1. The US Attorney's Office on Apri 7 put in a letter saying it does not agree to "voluntarily seek records from entities outside the prosecution team," citing "all FBI 302 reports regarding CW-1's cooperation in the Bandfield case."
On April 27, Judge Abrams denied motions but moved back the trial date: "Ingarfield's motions to dismiss and to compel are denied, but his motion to continue trial is granted. As the parties were previously advised, given defense counsel's availability and the Court's own trial schedule, this trial is hereby adjourned to July 24, 2023. A final pre-trial conference will be held on July 20, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to terminate the motions pending at docket numbers 82 and 87. (Signed by Judge Ronnie Abrams on 4/27/2023)."
On June 7, 2023 the case was reassigned to Judge Jed S. Rakoff for trial. On July 24 Judge Rakoff held a proceeding. Inner City Press was there. The defense said it would seek to exclude emails gotten from Yahoo, as "not business records of Yahoo." The prosecution said they would simply authenticate them before entry into evidence. The trial is set for August 21, 2023.
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This case is US v. Ingarfield, 20-cr-146 (Abrams)
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