Former Goldman Sachs Casino Fraudster Moves to Quash OpenAI Subpoena Citing Privilege

Former Goldman Sachs Casino Fraudster Moves to Quash OpenAI Subpoena Citing Privilege by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, June 15 – Back in August 2025 the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced they were "charging RICHARD KIM, the former Chief Executive Officer of Zero Edge Corporation with engaging in a scheme to defraud investors and prospective investors of Zero Edge by making false and misleading statements regarding the use of investor funds and subsequently misappropriating those funds.  The case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield."  On May 16 the Federal Defender wrote in "to correct the government's misleading suggestion that it was caught be surprise on the eve of trial that the defense would be raising the issue of gambling disorder." So will that be the defense? Kim was formerly at Goldman Sachs. Gambling, indeed... On May 18, Kim's Federal Defender filed 73 pages of email - entirely redacted - saying they should not be admitted, under spousal and other privileges and on relevant grounds.    On May 22, 2025 Judge Schofield pushed Kim's trial back from June 27 to July 29. On June 1 the Federal Defender wrote in that July 29 conflicts with the defense's schedule and proposing a (re) rescheduling conference for one of five days between June 9 and June 18. On June 15 defense counsel wrote in to quash a Government subpoena to OpenAI, saying it is too broad and the dates wrong - and that the results would "reveal privileged work product and the substance of privileged communications between Mr. Kim and undersigned counsel." The argument, seemingly rejected so far by SDNY Judge Rakoff when he found that ChatGPT is not a lawyer [US v. Heppner, No. 25 Cr. 503 (JSR) (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 17, 2026), Inner City Press thread here] is that chatbot chats about communications with a lawyer are privileged. Judge Schofield later on June 15 ordered the Government to respond by June 17 and "OpenAI shall not respond to the warrant pending resolution of the motion to quash."   The case is USA v. Kim, 1:25-cr-359 (Schofield) *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2026 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com