| Charged With
Crypto Laundering Colombian Drug
Cash Max Cartier New Lawyer
Confirmed
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Feb 21 – Charged with
laundering money for Colombian
drug cartel using the crypto
currency Tether, Maximilien De
Hoop Cartier was arrested in
Miami in February
2024.
On July 18,
Cartier was brought by
Marshals before U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
Mary Kay Vyskocil for a change
of attorney proceeding. Inner
City Press was there.
On December 11
Inner City Press went to the
proceeding and live tweeted
it, here.
Bail was denied, on risk of
flight grounds. Trial is set
for June 9, 2025.
By TRULINCS email
dated January 22, 2025 De Hoop
Cartier wrote in seeking to
relieve his lawyer from the
case and get his money back.
The lawyer wrote
in with a copy of his fee
agreement for $300,000, with
$100,000 due immediately.
Judge Vyskocil
set a February 6 hearing at 2
pm.
On January 30 de
Hoop Cartier filed his own
motion to dismiss, contesting
among other things venue.
On February 5, he
wrote in that the fee
agreement filed by his
(former?) counsel, he had
never seen it...
On February 6,
Inner City Press was in the
courtroom when Cartier
declined to waive attorney
client privilege and got a new
CJA lawyer, who indicated she
can do the June 9 trial (which
Judge Vyskocil said she does
not want to move, does not
want to reward what has
happened).
On February 21,
Judge Vykocil rules: "The
Court has since received
Defendant's updated financial
affidavit and information
regarding Ms. Cassidy's
availability. Accordingly, IT
IS HEREBY ORDERED that Jeffrey
Cohn is ordered relieved and
the representation of
Defendant in the above
captioned matter is assigned
to C.J.A. attorney Kate
Cassidy, nunc-pro-tunc
February 6, 2025. IT IS
FURTHER ORDERED that
Defendant's pending pro se
motions are DENIED without
prejudice to renewal if
properly filed by counsel. IT
IS FURTHER ORDERED that the
parties shall appear for a
conference on February 28,
2025 at 11:30 AM."
The
complaint said "Cartier is
purportedly a direct
descendant of Louis-Francois
Cartier, the master
jeweler...and purports to be a
philanthropist, entrepreneur,
art collector and
industrialist and investor in
beverages and 'fintech' as
well as a singer under the
name 'Max
Cartier.'"
Online it's said
"In 2007 he founded Patagonia,
which produces fine wine,
premium beer and also some of
the best water in the world."
And his music, or photos of
concerts, are on his
now-dormant Instagram.
The case is
US v. Cartier, 24-cr-133
(Vyskocil)
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