Defense attorneys asked a judge to judge the person responsible for helping to post a fake message expressing the approval of the regulation of funds exchanged by the Bitcoin exchange for almost a year in prison, counting the prosecutor’s request for a two-year sentence.
In a file of May 13 in the US district court for the Columbia district, the Eric Council Jr.’s legal team asked.
The Council is part of a group that controls the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’S) X Account in 2024 through a SIM swap attack, Posting a message that has been suggested that the regulator approves the Bitcoin spot (Btc) Fund lists exchanged funds for the first time.
“A sentence of twelve months and one day serves at the ends of justice,” says the filing of May 13. “It is sufficient to punish the defendant for his role in this case. It also promotes respect for the law and pursues criminal behavior in the future.”
The Council had previously began to be guilty of the charges, but changed his request in February to a number of conspiracy to make an integral identity robbery and access to device fraud. The judge who oversees the case, Amy Berman Jackson, also ordered prosecutors to “identify the felony and point out where that information is located in the record” of May 13.
Prison prison between 1 and 2 years?
The SEC hacker is set to be punished on May 16. Prosecutors asked the judge that impose a two -year sentence At the council, saying he “benefited by a sophisticated method of fraud.” Filings of the court showed that he earned Excessive $ 50,000 by similar SIM swap attacks.
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Although the Council case is likely to be circling his upcoming hearing on the occupation, the DC court district may be soon under the new leadership, which potentially affects the prosecution of crypto-related cases. On May 8, US president Donald Trump announced that Fox News host Jeanine Pirro will be the US lawyer for the Columbia district.
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