| Man
Pled Guilty to
Bank Fraud But
Said
Instigated
From Nigeria
Now Fires
Lawyer
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 2 –
On
February 13,
2023 Adedayo
John pleaded
guilty to bank
fraud. But he
said, "I
didn't know
there was
consequences
to what I was
doing because
I was
instigated by
people from
back home,
from Nigeria."
On February
22, Adedayo
John filed his
own motion to
withdraw his
guilty plea,
and to fire
his lawyer.
On March 2,
2023 in the
U.S. District
Court for the
Southern
District of
New York Judge
Loretta A.
Preska held a
proceeding.
Inner City
Press covered
it.
Judge
Preska gave
John two weeks
to retain new
counsel; until
then, his
outgoing
counsel will
be the point
of contact.
She said he
could
represent
himself, but
the court
wouldn't
recommend it.
Unlike
on most other
such requests,
there is
material in
the allocution
in which the
defendant
resisted
admitting
knowledge.
Should the
plea have been
accepted or
recommended?
The
case is US v.
John 21-cr-609
(Preska)
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