As we speak marked the primary public court docket listening to within the US Division of Justice’s (DoJ) case towards Samourai Pockets builders William Lonergan Hill and Keonne Rodriguez since Could 28, 2024, when Rodriguez appeared in court docket for the primary listening to on the case.
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Hill appeared within the courtroom after his uncontested extradition from Lisbon, Portugal, the place he presently resides.
The prosecution did many of the speaking within the listening to.
It shared the next info:
- Hill had been arraigned the day earlier than, on July 9, 2024
- It had seized 27 digital units from Hill in Portugal
- It should produce discovery to Hill as soon as the FBI has extracted and reviewed the data on mentioned units
- It has already produced discovery to Rodriguez, Hill’s former associate at Samourai and co-defendant within the case
- Hill can be launched on bail, although no greenback quantity for the bail was talked about
The primary level that the protection, composed of attorneys Roger Burlingame and Jeffrey Brown, made within the listening to was that Hill waived his proper to extradition earlier than he was arraigned on extradition prices.
Key Phrases Of Hill’s Bail
The primary key time period of Hill’s bail is that he can be permitted to reside in Lisbon, Portugal because the case proceeds. Burlingame requested this in a letter he submitted to the court docket on July 3, 2024. Hill should return to New York when he’s required to be in court docket.
A second key provision of Hill’s bail is that he can be required to put on an ankle bracelet whereas dwelling in Portugal on bail. The prosecution famous that the FBI would monitor the ankle bracelet in a dialogue between the prosecution and protection after the official listening to had ended.
The Subsequent Listening to
The case will proceed on September 10, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET, rescheduled from September 4, 2024.
The prosecution mentioned it plans to supply discovery by the following court docket date.
