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Attorney Steering Case Guilty Plea
by Del Valle Trial of Clerk
Figueroa Lists Proffer Notes
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 28 – On a daily basis,
defendants are brought into
court and either get appointed
counsel or choose to pay a
private attorney, if they can.
But this system
can be gamed.
March 30, 2023 saw "charges
against DIONISIO FIGUEROA,
a/k/a “Dionicio,” an employee
of the United States District
Court for the Southern
District of New York (“the
SDNY District Court”), and
TELESFORO DEL VALLE, JR.,
a/k/a “Ted,” a criminal
defense attorney practicing in
the SDNY District Court and
elsewhere, for their
participation in a scheme in
which FIGUEROA referred
criminal defendants to DEL
VALLE and encouraged those
defendants to retain DEL VALLE
as counsel in exchange for
cash payments from DEL VALLE
to FIGUEROA."
Inner City
Press, which closely covers
the Magistrate Court, had in
2022 reported the
investigation against Del
Valle.
On November 3
Inner City Press first
reported the De Valle's
Albany-based counsel has
informed Judge D'Agostino that
Del Valle "has decided to
plead guilty to counts 1, 3, 5
and 7" and requests a Pimentel
estimate of sentencing
guidelines.
On November 16,
De Valle did in fact plead
guilty, in the run up to
Figueroa's trial: "TELESFORO
DEL VALLE, JR., a/k/a “Ted,” a
criminal defense attorney who
has appeared in cases in the
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
(“SDNY District Court”) and
elsewhere for more than 20
years, pled guilty to charges
of conspiracy, bribery, paying
illegal compensation to a
court employee, and making
material false statements to
law enforcement to conceal his
crimes."
On November 28,
Figueroa's counsel filed his
list of exhibits, including
about particular cases and
defendants: Perez Rosso, Abreu
Gil, Pura Rosso Garcia, and
Simon and Duverge proffer
notes.
The case is US v.
Figueroa et al.. 23-cr-161
(D'Agostino)
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