| Pinto Thomaz Now Released
From Otisville and Back Home After Jail Time
For Insider Trading
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 13– The insider
trading duo of Sebastian
Pinto-Thomaz and Jeremy Millul
have both sought compassionate
release from federal lock-up
in Otisville and Allenwood,
respectively.
On
April 8 their lawyers argued
to U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Jed S. Rakoff. Inner
City Press covered both cases,
and that of cooperating
witness Abell
Oujaddou. So it covered
these hearings, see blow by
blow below.
Now on May
13 we can report that
Pinto-Thomaz has been released
from Otisville on furlough and
is back home.
Back in April
Pinto-Thomaz' lawyer described
the spread of Covid-19 in
Otisville where he was then
housed. Judge Rakoff asked,
What is the current number at
Otisville?
Pinto-Thomaz'
lawyer replied, As of
yesterday, two inmates and
three staff, but other inmates
have been isolated in last 48
hours with suspected
infections, adding that just
last night, a person across
the hall from Mr. Pinto-Thomaz
was taken to isolation
Assistant
US Attorney Christine Madgo
replied that Otisville has a
camp, where Mr. Pinto-Thomaz
is, as well as other
facilities.
Judge Rakoff
opined, This hardly sounds
like the kind of outbreak the
defense was
hypothesizing.
The
defense noted that
Pinto-Thomaz' mother lives in
New York, where Governor Cuomo
has told senior citizens like
her to stay home. She needs
her son's help. She is 75.
AUSA Magdo
said if he were released, it
would be to home detention,
not to go out and buy
groceries.
Millul's
lawyer Glenn Colton of Arent
Fox started with that there
are more risks in Allenwood.
Judge Rakoff similarly asked,
What are the numbers at
Allenwood? AUSA Madgo
read from the website: No
inmates, one staff
member.
Colton
argued, "We know that inmates
from MDC where there was an
outbreak are being transferred
to
Allenwood."
Judge Rakoff asked, But aren't
they quarantined?
AUSA
Magdo recited that on March
26, the BOP said quarantines
for 14 days or cleared by
staff.
Colton continued that Millul
is in bureaucratic a
nightmare. His unit manager
told him but for the ICE
detainer, you'd be in home
confinement. But ICE says it
won't remove the detainer
until the end of the five
months. ICE says they would
not take this non-violent
person into custody.
Judge
Rakoff remarked, So two
bureaucracies playing tag,
this is familiar to any public
employee like myself. But
without Coronavirus, he'd
finish his sentence,
right?
Colton replied, We might
challenge ICE's policy. But
this is compelling. It seems
crazy to keep him in
custody. Judge
Rakoff asked, When will his
sentence expire?
Colton said, June 4. He was
told he could have an ICE bond
hearing. "It's
non-sensical."
Judge Rakoff deadpanned, I'm
glad you've found a new
synonym for crazy... In both
these cases, the Court imposes
what it considered extremely
lenient sentences. Yes,
lock-downs happen. A gun was
smuggled into the MCC and
people awaiting trial were
locked down. AUSA
Madgo spoke more briefly: The
Court already took into
account the ICE detainer
problem and the camp problem.
Judge
Rakoff concluded, I would like
the government to file info
about Mr. Millul's asthma.
Then I'll decide these
motions. The cases are US v.
Pinto-Thomaz, 18-cr-579
(Rakoff).
***
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