Dielong
Wu Pled to
Money
Laundering
Charges
Guideline Tied
to Other Pleas
as Woo Is
Pauper
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 16 –
Steven
Woo was
charged in a
money
laundering
conspiracy in
2019. Now
there are
questions
about his
competency,
and if his
prosecution
should
continue.
On March 2,
2023 in the
U.S. District
Court for the
Southern
District of
New York Judge
Sidney H.
Stein held a
proceeding.
Inner City
Press went and
covered
it.
Woo's
lawyer Eric R.
Breslin of
Duane Morris
was advocating
for mental
capacity
testimony by
Zoom. He said
Woo is 74
years old now
and lives in a
garage,
basically a
"pauper."
He
said the
government
must have some
reason for
proceeding
against Woo,
but he can't
discern
why.
Judge Stein
asked for an
answer.
The
Assistant US
Attorney said
Woo had picked
up the cash,
but seemed to
say that some
re-consideration
may be taking
place.
Judge
Stein ordered
the defense to
submit a
request for an
alternative
resolution,
and scheduled
a status
conference for
April 12 at 11
am.
On
March 16,
Woo's
co-defendant
Dielong Wu
pled guilty in
the case,
before
Magistrate
Judge
Katharine H.
Parker. Inner
City Press was
there. The US
Attorney's
Office's plea
agreement was
for a
guideline
sentence of 57
to 71 months;
it was said if
all other
co-defendants
plead guilty
it would be
reduced to 51
to 63
months.
And if
co-defendant
Woo, rather
than pleading,
gets the
mulled
alternative
resolution?
The
case is US v.
Woo, 21-cr-343
(Stein)
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