| In No
Fault
Insurance Scam
Case Defendant
Borogaz Has
New Counsel as
Discovery
Sealed
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Aug 16 – Five men were charged
in a conspiracy to exploit
no-fault insurance program
designed to protect motor
vehicle accident
victims.
On August
28, 2023 defendants and
counsel appeared before U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Paul G. Gardephe. Inner
City Press was there.
One
defense lawyer suggested
pushing the trial to June
2024. Judge Gardephe replied,
I think I'm all set - and set
January 16, 2024 as the trial
date, noting that it is a 2022
case (and early 2022, at
that).
Another
defense lawyer said he wants
to disclose a benefactor
payment, but not necessarily
to the prosecutors (instead,
ex parte).
On November 15,
the US Attorney's Office for
co-defendant Andrew Prime
asked for a sentence of 60
months.
On November 21,
Prime was sentenced to the 60
months, and afterwards
requested that it be at FCI
Danbury.
On December 18,
Bradley Pierre pled guilty, to
a plea agreement with a
guideline of 108 to 120
months, on Patreon here.
On December 30,
Dr. William Weiner facing
trial slammed the US
Attorney's Office December 18
press release, saying it
"couches the Government's
claims as facts, not
allegations," and claims
Pierre made admissions, when
"he simply chose not to
contest certain allegations."
On January 10,
2024 co-defendant Arthur
Bogoroz asked for a delay in
the trial, saying he didn't
get discovery from the wider
US v. Rose, et al., case.
Judge Gardephe asked the
Coordinating Discovery
Attorney to explain and she
did: she offered the discovery
to all counsel who paid, and
this counsel, she says, did
not.
On January 12,
Judge Gardephe set a hearing
for January 16: "The Court
will conduct a hearing on
Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at
2:00 p.m. to discuss the
issues raised in Defendant
Bogoraz's letters related to
his failure to receive in 2022
certain discovery materials
provided by the Government in
United States v. Rose, 19 Cr.
789. The Coordinating
Discovery Attorney, Julie de
Almeida, is directed to attend
the hearing. In advance of the
hearing, the parties,
including Ms. de Almeida, are
directed to produce to the
Court forthwith copies of any
emails, letters, or other
correspondence bearing on the
issues raised in Defendant
Bogoraz's letters. SO
ORDERED."
On January 16,
Bogoraz (and a co-defendant)
pled guilty: "Minute Entry for
proceedings held before Judge
Paul G. Gardephe: Change of
Plea Hearing as to Arthur
Bogoraz held on 1/16/2024.
Plea entered by Arthur Bogoraz
(5) Guilty as to Count
4ss,5ss. Defendant A. Bogoroz
present... The defendant
withdraws his previous plea of
not guilty and now pleads
guilty to counts 4 and 5.
Pre-Sentence report ordered.
Sentence set for 5/14/24 at
2:00 pm. Bail continued."
On August 16,
2024, Bogoraz and his new
lawyer were before Judge
Gardephe. Inner City Press was
there. There is a bid to
withdraw the plea; there are
exhibits which the discovery
coordinator filed under seal.
We'll have more on this.
In the related /
initial case of US v. Rose, et
al., 19-cr-789, Jelani Wray
sentencing to seven years in
2022 wrote in on May 5 -
docketed May 10, 2024 - to
redacted his belatedly
docketed sentencing
transcript, for "specific
personal identifiers." He had
held a musical Kayon Jones to
sign a contract. Now he's
serving the 7 years. Watch
this site.
This case
is US
v. Rose, et
al., 19-cr-789
(Gardephe)
The case is US v.
Pierre, et al., 22-cr-19
(Gardephe).
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