| Named In OneCoin Money
Laundering Trial David Pike Gets Fourth
Extension in SDNY Mag Court
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 14 – David Pike was
repeatedly mentioned during
the November 2019 trial which
culminated in a jury
convicting Mark Scott of money
laundering for OneCoin, before
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Edgardo
Ramos.
But Pike
did not appear in the trial as
a cooperating witness, as did
OneCoin's now disappeared
founder Ruja Ignatova's
brother Konstantin Ignatov.
See Inner City Press' first
coverage here,
and pick-ups here
and here
(BBC). Pike was not a
defender, or even in the same
indictment as Scott and the
OneCoin siblings.
Instead, Pike has
own case, in which for the
fourth time Assistant US
Attorney Nicholas Folly asked
for an extension.
Folly wrote in an
affirmation to this week's
Magistrate Judge, Katharine H.
Parker, that Pike "was
presented before Magistrate
Judge James L. Cott on
September 12, 2019....
Magistrate Judge Cott set
bail, and the defendant
remained at liberty pursuant
to a set of bail conditions.
Under the Speedy Trial Act,
the Government was initially
required to file an indictment
or information on or before
October 15, 2019. 2. On
October 15, 2019, United
States Magistrate Judge Ona T.
Wang, granted the parties'
mutual request for an order of
continuance...
"Defense counsel
and I have continued to engage
in discussions concerning a
potential pre-indictment
disposition in this case...
Therefore, the Government is
requesting a continuance for a
period of 30 days, until
Tuesday, February 11, 2020, to
continue the aforementioned
discussions."
As the
Magistrate Judge in charge
this week, Judge Parker
granted the application, in an
order entered on January 14:
"Order to Continue - Interest
of Justice. Time excluded from
1/13/20 until 2/11/20. Follows
oral order of 1/13/20. (Signed
by Magistrate Judge Katharine
H. Parker on 1/13/20)."
Meanwhile, Scott is asked
Judge Ramos to have his
sentencing postponed from
February 11 to April 11. Inner
City Press will be there.
Pike's case is US v. Pike,
19-mj-08240 (Unassigned /
Parker).
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