Attorneys representing the alleged fraudster, Avraham Eisenberg, convinced the judge that more time was needed to sift through discovery materials submitted by U.S. prosecutors.
Lawyers representing the $116 million Mango Markets exploiter have convinced a judge to postpone the fraud trial until April 8, 2023.
Avraham Eisenberg’s fraud trial was set to commence on Dec. 4, but several circumstances impacted his trial preparations, according to his lawyers, who filed a successful motion for a continuance to district court Judge Arun Subramanian on Nov. 2.
“As discussed in today’s conference, the motion for continuance is GRANTED. Trial in this case will begin on April 8, 2024,” Subramanian stated in a Nov. 3 court filing.
United States prosecutors contested the motion for continuance but were unsuccessful. Subramanian also ordered United States prosecutors and Eisenberg’s lawyers to submit a revised schedule for pretrial motions and submissions by Nov. 7.
Despite confessing his involvement in the Mango Markets exploit, Eisenberg pleaded not guilty to three criminal counts for commodities fraud, commodity manipulation and wire fraud in June.
In the motion, Eisenberg’s attorneys said they needed more time to sift through discovery materials submitted by U.S. prosecutors.
“The government has produced voluminous discovery in this case on a rolling basis […] which the defense is still analyzing and conferring with the client about.”
The lawyers added that they lost time to prepare with Eisenberg when he was “unexpectedly” transferred to the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn on
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