| For Taking $25M
from Ethereum Blockchain in 12
Sec Peraire Bueno Freed on
$250000 Bond
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
May 15 – James Peraire-Bueno
was indicted for "conspiracy
to commit wire fraud, wire
fraud, and conspiracy to
commit money laundering.
The charges in the Indictment
arise from an alleged novel
scheme by the defendants to
exploit the very integrity of
the Ethereum blockchain to
fraudulently obtain
approximately $25 million
worth of cryptocurrency within
approximately 12
seconds."
On May 15
James Peraire-Bueno was
brought in detention before
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrate Judge Valerie
Figueredo. Inner City Press
was there, the only media in
the SDNY Mag Court, thread:
OK - now in SDNY
Mag court, the crypto AUSAs
are here Defense lawyer has
emerged from holding cell - he
represented Trump Media
insider trader Bruce Garelich
earlier this month.
No "all
rise" but judge is in. And now
young-looking defendant...
JAMES
PERAIRE-BUENO, on the consent
of the US Attorney's Office,
was ordered free on $250,000
bond secured by cash or real
estate, two co-signers by May
29, no trading in securities
or crypto, "no validation" by
May 22.
The case is US v.
Peraire-Bueno, et al.,
24-cr-293 (Clarke / Figueredo)
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