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Arrests and Release in COVID Loan Scheme
Now Has Boyle Getting Probation
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY MAG COURT
EXCLUSIVE, March 20 - In
the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York on November 30,
detention or bond proceedings
were held by Magistrate Judge
Sarah Netburn (and later
Stewart D. Aaron) on
defendants in a COVID loan
fraud conspiracy case.
Inner City
Press was there, often the
only media in the Mag Court.
The complaint is on its
DOcumentCloud, here.
The first
defendant Jpresented was
Rodney Smith. The US
Attorney's Office agreed to
release him on $100,000
unsecured bond; it was noted
that his spouse is in Florida
and he can share personally
identifiable information with
her but not others.
Presented with
him was NYPD officer Denise
Gant. She got lower bond of
$50,000 and can speak with her
NYPD co-defendants Zhane
Ratcliff and Yolanda
Ratcliffe. She disputed the
pre-trial report about her
pension, stock ownership (she
says she owns no stocks, and
paid $64,000 down for her
apartment). Both both publicly
funded lawyers.
Next up before
Judge Netburn: Ebony Simon
Phya Scott, Priscilla Jackson,
Sharon Charles Yolanda
Lawrence, Yolanda Ratcliff,
and Zhane Ratcliff (NYPD)
Then up before
Judge Aaron in the Magistrates
Court: Brandon Boyle
Jump cut to March
12, 2024, when on Brandon
Boyle the US Attorney's Office
asked for two years probation.
It noted he spent the money on
FanDuel, but also that he had
not stolen as much as others.
They want one year home
detention on March 20 at 11:30
am.
And at the that,
Boyle in fact got probation -
and $20,415 restitution he has
to pay. No prison.
The case is US v.
Boyle, 23-cr-202 (Koeltl)
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