Mark Scott has didn’t have his sentencing suspended indefinitely.
Following a letter filed earlier this week and subsequent opposition by the DOJ, the courtroom rescheduled Scott’s sentencing to November ninth.
Whether or not there shall be subsequent delays to Scott’s sentencing stays to be seen.
The November ninth adjournment marks the tenth rescheduling of Scott’s sentencing since February 2020.
In associated information a letter filed by the DOJ has offered perception into Scott’s Supplemental Rule 33 Movement.
The movement pertains to Scott (proper) requesting a retrial, nonetheless particulars of the movement haven’t been made public.
On August twenty sixth the DOJ filed a letter requesting a two-week extension to reply to Scott’s Rule 33 movement.
The DOJ believed the extension was justified as a result of Scott waited for six weeks after receiving the knowledge that’s the topic of his movement earlier than submitting his movement.
“The data” is elaborated on however redacted within the public copy of the letter.
A footnote within the DOJ’s letter suggests there could be a difficulty with a cooperating witnesses.
Scott’s counsel knowledgeable the Authorities at present that: “In gentle of the Authorities’s latest disclosure that its cooperating witness dedicated perjury and the dearth of prior disclosure to the protection …”
To the perfect of my data this perjury difficulty has not beforehand been made public.
Cooperating witnesses pertaining to Scott’s trial level to Konstantin Ignatov.
Ignatov (proper), who served as OneCoin’s CEO, testified for the DOJ at Scott’s trial.
Gilbert Armenta can also be cooperating with the DOJ however I don’t recall him being offered as a witness.
Whereas he’s all for indefinitely delaying his sentencing, Scott opposed the DOJ’s request for a two-week response extension.
On August twenty sixth the courtroom granted the DOJ’s request, setting a brand new September tenth deadline.
Given Scott’s movement was filed beneath seal there’s a very good likelihood the DOJ’s response may even be filed beneath seal.
This implies we received’t study the specifics of Scott’s movement till an order is issued at a later date.
Replace twenty fifth September 2021 – Mark Scott’s retrial letter movement has been made public.
Within the movement Scott’s lawyer confirms Ignatov lied about throwing away a laptop computer.