Booth For Thai Stock Boiler Room Got 10 Years Now Judge Notes BOP Site Says He Is Dead

Booth For Thai Stock Boiler Room Got 10 Years Now Judge Notes BOP Site Says He Is Dead By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell Book SDNY COURTHOUSE, July 17 – Robert Booth was on trial for securities fraud, specifically for his role in an indicted boiler room conspiracy involving Thailand, Cyprus and elsewhere.              On April 18, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Jed S. Rakoff presided over the first day of Booth's trial. Inner City Press was there - as it is for the related case of James White in 2023, see below. A witness with a heavy Australian accent described speaking by phone with, and investing with, a John Summers and a Robert Miller. He acknowledged on cross examination he had never seen, or to his knowledge spoken with, the defendant Robert Booth, a/k/a Trevor Nicholas, sitting in the courtroom.   Booth's lawyer inquired into the witnesses recent discussion with the prosecutors, and if the US Attorney's Office hadn't been more interested in Robert Miller than Robert Booth. This gave rise to an objection, which was sustained. On April 19, the Assistant US Attorney conducted direct examination of the HSI Special Agent who arrested Booth at JFK airport on August 26, 2021 and seized his phone and IDs. On cross examination, Booth's lawyer got the agent to admit the phone and papers had been on the table in front of Booth. But Booth told the agent that they were his, and the agent said no one else could access the secure interview booth. Move on, Judge Rakoff said. He kept it moving. On April 20 in court, another agent testified about Cellebrite Premium, saying it is $1000 a search and his agency now has 25 machines.   On April 21, the first of two cooperating witnesses testified. The second, Jerome Austin, did not appear in Magistrates Court where Inner City Press awaited to cover his plea. Rather, he went before the Part I Judge J. Paul Oetken and was released on $50,000 bond with an August 23 sentencing before Judge Rakoff. He will testify on Monday, April 25.   Judge Rakoff said closing arguments could begin on the afternoon of Tuesday April 26; he noted that he would sit by designation on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday, April 27. He did hear cases there that day - and this: "ROBERT LENARD BOOTH, a/k/a “Trevor Nicholas,” was found guilty on all counts of a three-count Indictment." On August 11, he got ten years: "ROBERT LENARD BOOTH, a/k/a “Trevor Nicholas,” was sentenced to ten years in prison for defrauding investors of almost $2 million and laundering the proceeds as part of an international boiler room scheme.  Back in April, a jury convicted BOOTH of conspiracies to commit securities fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.  U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff imposed the sentence in Manhattan federal court." On July 17, 2026: "as to (21-Cr-652-1) Robert Lenard Booth. The Court ORDERS that: The Clerk of Court shall electronically notify the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York that this order has been issued. The "Find an inmate" page on the Federal Bureau of Prisons website lists Petitioner as: "Deceased: 09/10/2024." Federal Bureau of Prisons, https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ (last visited July 2, 2026). No later than Friday, July 24, 2026, the U.S. Attorney's Office shall file a letter confirming whether Petitioner is deceased. All further papers filed or submitted for filing must include the criminal docket number and will be docketed in the criminal case. SO ORDERED. ( Letter due by 7/24/2026. ) (Signed by Magistrate Judge Valerie Figueredo on 7/17/2026); Refer to 24-CV-05552 (JSR) (VF) also." RIP.   Back in January 2023, in the same charged conspiracy, James White was questioned then arrested in George Bush International Airport in Houston after flying from Thailand. Now he seek to suppress his statements to HSI there. Jump cut to December 4, 2023, White's guilty plea was scheduled... The first case is USA v. Booth, et al., 1:21-cr-652 (Rakoff). White's case is US v. White, 23-cr-40 (Rakoff / Figueredo) *** 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 SDNY Press Room 480, front cubicle 500 Pearl Street, NY NY 10007 USA Mail: Box 20047, Dag Hammarskjold Station NY NY 10017 Reporter's mobile (and weekends): 718-716-3540 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2022 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com