by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, April 7 – James Peraire-Bueno was indicted for "conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The charges in the Indictment arise from an alleged novel scheme by the defendants to exploit the very integrity of the Ethereum blockchain to fraudulently obtain approximately $25 million worth of cryptocurrency within approximately 12 seconds."
On May 15 James Peraire-Bueno was brought in detention before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Magistrate Judge Valerie Figueredo. Inner City Press was there, the only media in the SDNY Mag Court, thread
On May 23, Inner City Press was again the only media present for the arraignment of Anton, and status conference on both, before Magistrate Judge Jennifer E. Willis (to whom Judge Clarke referred the proceeding, and a script). Thread
On June 21 Judge Clarke permitted the two defendants to trade and liquidate four accounts at Chase and Fidelity to pay counsel and for living expenses.
On August 19 an October 2025 trial date was set.
On December 6, the Peraire-Buenos filed a slew of motions - to dismiss, to suppress, to compel, for a bill of particulars - including some redacted, they say, at the US Attorney's Office's demand, including about Victim-1.
On April 7 Inner City Press attended the hearing on the pending motions. The duo's lawyers sought information victims (asking if they were bots) and a Franks hearing to question Agent Diaz.
Thread here; more on X for Subscribers here and Substack here.
Inner City Press is covering this case.
The case is USA v. Peraire-Bueno, et al., 1:24-cr-293 (Clarke)
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