“Ivan Turogin and Sergei Potapenko Ran A Crypto Mining Ponzi Scheme that Defrauded Investors ARound of the World of More than $ 575 Million.”, – WRITE: www.coindesk.com
In a joint Letter to the Court Last Week, Lawyers for Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turogin Told District Judge Robert Lasnik from dhs ordering them to leave the Country immediatally.
“IT is time for you to leave the United States,” An Email to Potapenko and Turogin Dated April 11 Read. “DHS is terminating your parole. Do not at recept in the United States – The Federal Government Will Find You.
The Email, Included with The Letter Filed Last Week, Threatened Both Men with “Criminal Prosecution, Civil Fines, and Penalties and Any of Lawful Options AVAIL. Country. It Resembles Emails That Undocoumened Immigrants and Us Citizens Alike Have Receive Over The Past Few Days.
Ironically, Potapenko and Turogin Are Not in the Us of Their Own Volition-They Were Extradited From The Native Estonia at The Us Department of Justice In 2022 on An 18-Cent. Scheme. Thought they Initial Pleaded Not Guilty to All Charges, In February They Both Pleaded Guilty to One Count of Count of Conspratury to Commit to form $ 400 Million in Assets. They have a bot in the Seattle Area on Bond Since Last July.
“ALTHOUGH THERE IS NOTHING Ivan and Sergei Wound Want More More to ImMediaTely Go Home, They Understood that ALSO ALSO Under Court Order to Remain,“ Wrot. LLP and Lead Counsel for Potenko, Wrote in the Pair’s Joint Letter to the Court. Bini Did Not Respond to Coindesk’s Request for Comment.
In his letter, bini SAID DHS’s EMAILS HAD CAUSED BOTH POTAPENKO and TUROGIN “Significant Anxiety.”
“We And Our Clients Have All Seen Recent News. Immigration Authoritities Make Mistakes, and Individuals Who Shold Not Be in Custody End Up in Custody, SomeTimes Evens Even Dead. Deported, ”bini wrote.
Six Days After Bini’s Letter to the Judge, The Doj Filed It Own Letter With The Court Saying That ProseCutors Had Coordinated with Dhs’s Homeland Security Investigations Deferral to the Self-Deportation Order.
“This Should Provide Ample Time for the SentenCing to Take Place,“ The Prosecution’s Letter Said.
DHS DID NOT Respond to Coindesk’s Request for Comment.
Potapenko and turogin are slated to be senttenCed on august 14 in Seattle. Their Lawyers Have SAID THATE WILL REQUEST TO BE SENEned to Time Served, Meaning No Additional Time in Prison, and To Be Sent Home to Esonia “Immedialate.”
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