14-1665-cr (L) United States v. Trincher & Golubchik
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
SUMMARY ORDER
RULINGS BY SUMMARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. CITATION TO A SUMMARY ORDER FILED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERMITTED AND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 32.1 AND THIS COURT'S LOCAL RULE 32.1.1. WHEN CITING A SUMMARY ORDER IN A DOCUMENT FILED WITH THIS COURT, A PARTY MUST CITE EITHER THE FEDERAL APPENDIX OR AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE (WITH THE NOTATION "SUMMARY ORDER"). A PARTY CITING A SUMMARY ORDER MUST SERVE A COPY OF IT ON ANY PARTY NOT REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL.
At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, held at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, in the City of New York, on the 31st day of March, two thousand fifteen.
PRESENT: PIERRE N. LEVAL, CHESTER J. STRAUB, CHRISTOPHER F. DRONEY, Circuit Judges. ------------------------------------------------------------------
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Appellee,
v. Nos. 14-1665-cr, 14-1763-cr
ALIMZHAN TOKHTAKHOUNOV, AKA Sealed Defendant 1, AKA Taiwanchik, AKA Alik, MICHAEL SALL, AKA Sealed Defendant 4, STAN GREENBERG, AKA Sealed Defendant 5, AKA Slava, ILLYA TRINCHER, AKA Sealed Defendant 6, HILLEL NAHMAD, AKA Sealed Defendant 7, AKA Helly, JOHN HANSON, AKA Sealed Defendant 8, NOAH SIEGEL, AKA Sealed Defendant 9, AKA The Oracel, JONATHAN HIRSCH, AKA Sealed Defendant 10, ARTHUR AZEN, AKA Sealed Defendant 11, DONALD MCCALMONT, AKA Sealed Defendant 12, DMITRY DRUZHINSKY, AKA Sealed Defendant 13, AKA Dima, AKA Blondie, ALEXANDER ZAVERUKHA, AKA Sealed Defendant 14, AKA Sasha, ALEXANDER KATCHALOFF, AKA Sealed Defendant 15, AKA Murushka, ANATOLY SHTEYNGROB, AKA Sealed Defendant 16, AKA Tony, ILYA ROZENFELD, AKA Sealed Defendant 17, PETER SKYLLAS, AKA Sealed Defendant 18, RONALD UY, AKA Sealed Defendant 19, NICHOLAS HIRSCH, AKA Sealed Defendant 20, BRYAN ZURIFF, AKA Sealed Defendant 21, MOSHE ORATZ, AKA Sealed Defendant 22, KIRILL RAPOPORT, AKA Sealed Defendant 23, DAVID AARON, AKA Sealed Defendant 24, JUSTIN SMITH, AKA Sealed Defendant 25, ABRAHAM MOSSERI, AKA Sealed Defendant 26, WILLIAM EDLER, AKA Sealed Defendant 27, PETER FELDMAN, AKA Sealed Defendant 28, EUGENE TRINCHER, AKA Sealed Defendant 29, EDWIN TING, AKA Sealed Defendant 30, MOLLY BLOOM, AKA Sealed Defendant 31, WILLIAM BARBALAT, AKA Sealed Defendant 32, YUGESHWAR RAJKUMAR, AKA Sealed Defendant 33, JOSEPH MANCUSO, AKA Sealed Defendant 34, AKA Joe The Hammer,
Defendants,
VADIM TRINCHER, AKA Sealed Defendant 2, AKA Dima, ANATOLY GOLUBCHIK,
Defendants-Appellants. ------------------------------------------------------------------
FOR APPELLANTS: MARTIN G. WEINBERG (Kimberly Homan, on the brief), Martin G. Weinberg, P.C., Boston, MA, for Defendant-Appellant Vadim Trincher.
MARC FERNICH (Jeffrey Lichtman, Law Offices of Jeffrey Lichtman, New York, NY on the brief), Law Office of Marc Fernich, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Anatoly Golubchik.
FOR APPELLEE: JOSHUA A. NAFTALIS, Assistant United States Attorney (Karl Metzner, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel), for Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
FOR AMICUS CURIAE: Joshua L. Dratel, Law Offices of Joshua