Gilbert Armenta was indicted on OneCoin fraud prices 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 cause 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 legal professional wrote to the courtroom, requesting modification of his present bail circumstances.
We respectfully submit this request in search of a modification of Mr. Armenta’s bail circumstances to allow Mr. Armenta to depart his condominium from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Mondays by means of Saturdays every week.
Neither the Authorities nor the supervising Pre-trial Providers objects to this request.
Armenta (proper) additionally sought permission to depart his house to attend any medical appointments scheduled between 9am and 6pm.
The requested modification is because of Armenta being underneath these circumstances for 2 years with out concern. This brings us to the the reason for the delay.
The events have been in search of adjournments of Mr. Armenta’s sentencing with the intention to allow the sentencing in United States v. Mark S. Scott to proceed first, and ponder in search of an identical 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 prices 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.