Friday, October 24, 2025

In Trial for Taking $25M from Ethereum Sandwich Bots Chen Is Asked of Salmonella


by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack

SDNY COURTHOUSE, Oct 20 – 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. Will it work for this jury?

Just before 8 pm, the defense filed seeking to "preclude testimony by the government’s cooperating witness, Travis Chen," Filing on Patreon here

On October 17 Chen took the stand, saying that in Medeira, Portugal he was told not to discuss Omakase with anyone outside the group. Thread.

On October 20 Chen, while still on direct, testified about Salmonella, earlier than Omakase. Anton's lawyer said this opened the door to more questions - 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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