Gilbert Armenta was indicted on OneCoin fraud expenses in July 2017. He pled responsible to the costs in April 2018.
Initially held in jail awaiting sentencing, Armenta was launched on compassionate grounds in late 2020.
Since then Armenta’s scheduled sentencing dates have been constantly pushed again.
The official and now oft repeated purpose for Armenta’s sentencing delay is “forfeiture and different sentencing associated points”. This doesn’t inform us a lot.
Now, a brand new submitting from Armenta sheds mild on what’s holding issues up.
On July thirteenth Armenta’s lawyer wrote to the courtroom, requesting modification of his present bail situations.
We respectfully submit this request searching for a modification of Mr. Armenta’s bail situations to allow Mr. Armenta to go away his condo from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Mondays by Saturdays every week.
Neither the Authorities nor the supervising Pre-trial Companies objects to this request.
Armenta (proper) additionally sought permission to go away his residence to attend any medical appointments scheduled between 9am and 6pm.
The requested modification is because of Armenta being beneath these situations for 2 years with out challenge. This brings us to the the reason for the delay.
The events have been searching for adjournments of Mr. Armenta’s sentencing as a way to allow the sentencing in United States v. Mark S. Scott to proceed first, and ponder searching for the same adjournment of the upcoming sentencing date.
Armenta is at the moment scheduled to be sentenced on July twenty seventh. As above although, that’s undoubtedly once more going to be pushed again.
Mark Scott headed up OneCoin’s cash laundering operations within the US.
Scott was convicted on OneCoin cash laundering expenses in November 2019.
Sentencing Scott has confirmed equally as drawn out as Armenta’s case. In a bid to keep away from jail, Scott filed for a retrial in December 2021.
A choice on that movement stays pending – with Armenta’s sentencing schedule held within the stability.
The courtroom granted Armenta’s request for bail modification on July 14th.
