by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Oct 23 – Amir Elmanni, using the name Bruno Block, carried out a crypto fraud involving the Pearl token he created, and underpaid taxes in 2017.
He didn't pay taxes at all in 2018. He pled guilty and is scheduled to be sentenced on October 30 at 2:30 pm before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Coleen McMahon. Inner City Press has been covering the case.
On October 23 Elmanni's retained counsel filed his sentencing, requesting a substantial downward variance from the 57 to 71 month sentencing guideline. The argument is that Almanni felt the world was ending, his wife is unemployed, and he simply could not file a tax return. Also cited is his conversion to Islam.
The case is US v. Elmanni, 20-cr-664 (McMahon)
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