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Trader in Lumentum Bhardwaj Pled then
Kakkera 18 Months Judge Said He Lied to
FBI
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 31 – Three indicted
insider traders were present
in court on August 17, 2022;
two cooperators in the case
were not. Talk turned to their
interviews with the FBI, and
so-called "Brutonization"
or perhaps even severance.
On August
17, 2022 U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of
New York Judge Gregory H.
Woods held an in-person
proceeding with the three
California-based defendants.
Inner City Press went and
covered it.
The
case centers around suspicious
trading in Lumentum Holdings
Inc. in connection with two
separate potential
acquisitions by Lumentum,
Coherent, Inc. and
Neophotonics Corporation. The
defendants are AMIT BHARDWAJ,
SRINIVASA KAKKERA, ABBAS
SAEEDI. Two of them, it was
said, gave statements to the
FBI, copies of which they
still don't have. The Bruton
case was mentioned.
Two of the
three wanted five monts to
review discovery; the other
suggested 90 days. Judge Woods
went with the five months,
until January 18, 2023 at 3
pm.
Meanwhile
Abbas Saeedi was approved "to
take a day or two trip
to Universal Studios or
Disneyland," on Patreon here.
The
cooperators, mentioned at the
bottom for the SDNY's press
release, are Dhirenkumar Patel
and Ramesh Chitor.
At least (these?)
two cooperators were alluded
to on March 22, 2023, when
Bhardwaj pled guilty. Inner
City Press was there. The plea
deal is for 70 to 87 months.
On July 19,
"ORDER as to Srinivasa
Kakkera: Defendant's motion
for a bill of particulars is
GRANTED IN PART.
But on August 14,
2023, severance was deemed
moot: The Government,
with agreement from counsel
for Mr. Kakkera, submits that
because the Government
anticipates that Mr. Saeedi
will enter a plea of guilty on
August 18, 2023, that motion
should be treated as moot.
ENDORSEMENT: Application
granted.
And on September
5, Inner City Press was in the
courtroom when Kakkera pled
guilty, to Count 7. His
sentencing was set for January
3, 2024 at 10 am.
Kakkera was
sentenced to 18 months, to
begin on April 3, 2024. On
January 24, 2024 this:
"Hello,
Please remove any/all news
related to me from your sites.
I am based out of California
and request you to remove the
news at the earliest. thanks,
Srinivasa Kakkera."
But it's a
public court case, for
securities fraud. Is there
some California law to hide
this?
On January 31,
2024, the sentencing
transcript became available.
Judge Woods said: "Mr.
Kakkera's crimes were very
serious... He obstructed
justice by lying to the FBI
and concocting false documents
to cover up his crime... He is
a felon, he committed this
crime."
The case is US v.
Bhardwaj, et al., 22-cr-398
(Woods)
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