| Woman
Charged With
Fake Vaccine
Cards Now to
Plead Guilty
in 6 to 12
Month Prison
Deal
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 24 – A
woman charged
with selling
fake COVID-19
vaccination
cards told a
Federal judge
on June 16,
2023 that her
lawyer Todd
Spodek, who
previously
represented
Anna Sorokin,
was good but
"I can't
afford him."
Inner City
Press was
there.
The
complaint said
the defendant
Danielle
Siegel also
used the name
Danielle
Cohen.
She
told fake CDC
vaccination
cards for
cash; a
college did
not accept her
work, saying
it did not
correspond to
the NYS
vaccine
database.
U.S.
District Court
of for the
Southern
District of
New York
District Judge
Lewis J. Liman
told the
defendant that
she has a
right to a
publicly-paid
lawyer, but
not the lawyer
of her choice.
She
said she
understood,
and a break
was taken for
her to fill
out the CJA-23
financial
affidavit.
Counsel was
replaced, and
"The Status
Conference
previously set
for July 11,
2023 is
rescheduled to
August."
On
August 9 the
trial was set:
"Minute Entry
for
proceedings
held before
Judge Lewis J.
Liman: Status
Conference as
to Danielle
Siegel held on
8/9/2023.
Defendant,
Danielle
Siegel (on
bail) present
(by telephone)
with CJA
counsel
Michael
Hueston. AUSA
Madison Smyser
present. Court
reporter
present.
Defense
counsel
consents to
proceed with
defendant
Danielle
Siegel
appearing
remotely by
telephone and
waives her
right to a
physical
appearance.
Trial expected
to last 1-2
weeks.
Defendant to
be prepared to
address
motions at
next
conference.
Next Status
Conference set
for September
27, 2023 at
2:00PM in
Courtroom 15C
before Judge
Lewis J.
Liman. Jury
Trial set for
June 17,
2024."
Siegal
moved to
suppress the
search of
garbage
outside her
residence in
Flushing,
Queens - and
submitted the
lists of items
taken. On
December 29,
her lawyer
corrected the
address of the
residence.
On
January 4,
2024 Judge
Liman ordered
an evidentiary
hearing with
one or two
agents: "ORDER
as to Danielle
Siegel. The
Court will
hold an
evidentiary
hearing on
Defendant's
motion to
suppress, Dkt.
No. 31, on
January 24,
2024."
On
January 16 the
hearing was
pushed back.
On
April 24, days
before the
hearing, the
parties wrote
in that Siegel
has signed a
plea
agreement. It
sets for a
Guideline
sentence of
six to 12
months in
prison and a
fine range of
$4000 to
$40,000.
The case is US
v. Siegel,
23-cr-207
(Liman)
More
on Substack here
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