by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Oct 24 – 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."
More on X for Subscribers here and Substack here.
On October 14, Inner City Press live tweeted jury selection, here.
Late on October 14, the defendants opposed Miller: Filing on Patreon here
On October 15, Inner City Press live tweeted the opening arguments - and then Miller as first witness, quickly into the weeds of headers and validators. Thread.
On October 23 SDNY witness Sebade read messages as Anton, including one that the father Jaime Peraire was involved. Inner City Press asked him at the lunch break and was told, Yes, that's what they read.
Late on October 23 the US Attoreny's Office wrote in asking "to preclude questioning regarding: (i) Mr. Yakira’s understanding that Israeli law enforcement closed their investigation of the defendants; (ii) the victim’s November 2023 proffer agreement; (iii) impeachment material of persons other than the testifying witness, including other victims; (iv) a baseless allegation that one of the victim’s bots might have engaged in money laundering; and (v) certain prior sandwich trades made by Savannah Technologies" 8 page filing on Patreon here
On October 24 Yakira took the stand to describe being awoke that all wallets had been emptied, and writing to defendants' wallet with threats to go to Coinbase or the law - thread
Analysis and more on X for Subscribers here and Substack here
Inner City Press is covering this trial.
The case is USA v. Peraire-Bueno, et al., 1:24-cr-293 (Clarke)
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