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Fraudsters DeMaria Wins Release From Lexington
Beckish Remains in FCI Miami
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 12 – Joseph DeMaria,
convicted in a credit card
fraud conspiracy but with
medical issues on May 12
sought release from Federal
prison in Lexington, Kentucky
before U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge Edgardo Ramos.
He was
represented by Jeffrey
Einhorn, who before Judge
Ramos also represented
cooperator Konstantin Ignatov
in the OneCoin / Mark Scott
case covered by Inner City
Press.
Assistant US
Attorney Michael McGinnis said
DeMaria is in a federal
medical facility, when there
are problems he's taken to
University of Kentucky
facility. He seemed to argue
DeMaria is better off in than
out.
Einhorn replied, We know Mr
DeMaria is at a medical
facility. But the virus has
spread, to 142 cases today.
BOP says they have policies.
But we're months into
it...
A second
defense lawyer cited the
previously spread of COVID-19
in the Federal Elkton prison
in Lisbon, Ohio, which Inner
City Press reported early
on.
Judge
Ramos said, I am familiar with
this case. I gave Mr. DeMaria
a substantial variance in part
due to his medical condition.
But the risk is not about not
getting care, but about
getting sick, particularly if
you have certain conditions. I
do not believe he would be a
danger to the community. I
find that he does qualify for
compassionate release. He
would have been released in
another six months, so release
got no undermine
law.
As to DeMaria's co-defendant
James Beckish, in Federal
prison in Miami, AUSA
Olga Zverovich says he is 33
and in relatively good health,
that FCI Miami has no
confirmed cases - and argued,
he should not be released.
Judge Ramos agreed: Concern
about COVID-19 does not mean
everyone gets released. Mr.
Beckish richly earned his
ticket into that facility. The
medical record is not as
compelling as Mr. DeMaria's.
Mr. Beckish has not met the
conditions for release. He
suggested, Ask for furlough.
The cases are US
v. Beckish, et al., 17-cr-569
(Ramos).
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