THELOGICALINDIAN - The above abstruse account abettor Shaun Bridges is attempting to address his cardinal on some arguable acknowledged area So arguable in actuality that his own advocate is allurement to be removed from the case
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Bridges’ Lawyer Wants Out
According to reports, Bridge’s advocate has accounted his acknowledged altercation as abundantly worthless, adage that the address contains alone accurately barmy claims.
For those who don’t know, Shaun Bridges is the besmirched abettor who alternate in the Silk Road investigation. Last year, Bridges was sentenced to 71 months in bastille afterwards argumentation accusable to burglary money from Silk Road dealers while investigating the site
Bridge’s own advocate said that afterwards reviewing all the accordant advice he had assured that Bridge’s address was activity boilerplate fast, explaining:
“After accepting anxiously advised this almanac and afterwards accepting researched the accordant statutes and case law, admonition has assured that this address presents alone accurately barmy issues. Therefore, admonition requests the Court’s permission to abjure as advocate of almanac and to acquiesce Appellant to book any added briefs he deems necessary.”
Bridge’s lawyer, Davina Pujari, who additionally did not acknowledge to requests for comments, initially categorical an altercation based partially on the actuality that Curtis Green, a above Silk Road Staffer, batten at Bridge’s sentencing audition in December 2024.
In it, it seems that Pujari alone the affidavit as it was alien afterwards the appeal accord had already been fabricated and was never accustomed as allotment of the appeal deal. Furthermore, the commune cloister alike acclaimed that “one of the best cogent factors” was Green’s testimony.
Bridge’s Situation is Looking Bad
Regardless, Bridge’s bearings has attenuated as it seems his own advocate doesn’t alike accept aplomb in his appeal. It additionally doesn’t advice that Pujari is Bridges’ third advocate back his appeals action began in December 2015.
During the investigation, Curtis Green debriefed agents including Bridges and addition government agent, then-DEA abettor Carl Mark Force, who was additionally begin accusable for the aforementioned crime. Bridge’s took Green’s log-in accreditation and bound Silk Road biologic dealers out of their accounts. He again looted from those accounts, burglary about 20,000 Bitcoins in total.
Additionally, this account doesn’t alike abode the new accuse that accept been fabricated adjoin Bridges in commendations to addition 700k account of Bitcoin that he allegedly stole afterwards his appeal accord was already finalized.
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Source: Arstechnica
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