Chapter 551 The Dragon Trapped in the Wild (3)

  SEC's speed was very fast. Two days later, the entire case was transferred to the court, and then a subpoena was delivered to Zhongshi's office in New York.

"This is a formality. The judge will ask you whether you plead guilty in court. If you plead guilty, he will let us reach a plea agreement with the prosecution team, and the judgment will be made according to this. There is no need to go through judicial procedures to waste taxpayers. time and money. And if you do not plead guilty, the judge will choose a certain time to hear the case. At that time, the two parties will appear in court to argue. In the end, the selected jury will be responsible for deciding the facts of the case, and the judge will be responsible for the final sentence, etc. The legal application of the problem. Well, the process can be a little bit longer, generally between weeks and months."

  Seeing Zhong Shi looking over the subpoena over and over again, Jason Butler lost no time in explaining the procedural matters. Firstly, he could comfort the other party a little bit, and secondly, this was part of his duty as an attorney.

  After going back that day, Jason Butler immediately launched a network to find out who this Mr. Zhong is. As a result, he was extremely shocked by the news he found out, but he was also extremely excited besides the shock. It turned out that this seemingly young guy turned out to be a legend in the capital market. He was young but his net worth had reached an unimaginable level. And according to his public speeches, this guy has at least tens of billions of dollars in assets, and that's not all.

   Thinking of how he could climb such a high branch, Jason Butler's heart was burning. What thinks farther than other lawyers is that Jason Butler has never thought about the proportion of shares or fixed remuneration he can get in this case from the beginning to the end. He can get these through other cases. What he thinks more about is how to use the cooperation foundation laid by this case to become a client of Zhongshi, so that he can be tightly tied to the giant ship Zhongshi.

  At the level of Jason Butler, making money is no longer a problem, the problem is how to increase the value of these assets. If he wants to maintain the current quality of life, he must continuously increase the assets in hand. In addition to working hard to make money, he also wants to make these money generate money, which is commonly known as financial management.

  According to Jason Butler's survey, Zhongshi is without a doubt one of the best wealth managers on the planet.

With this in mind, Jason Butler naturally cared about the lawsuit in every detail, and even a lot of paperwork that only needs to be handled by low-level personnel was done by him, and the last time he did these things Still working as an assistant.

"Mr. Zhong, I have to solemnly ask you again. Regarding the transaction and acquisition you mentioned earlier, did you short Stanley Company based on the information disclosed by the other party?" After the explanation, Jason Butler changed his previous With an understatement, he asked Zhong Shidao solemnly, "Or can I say this, did you conduct insider trading after making a professional judgment on the information about the entire transaction?"

   Regardless of guilt, once a lawyer is hired, the best strategy is to tell the lawyer the whole truth. The question of whether the client is innocent or not has nothing to do with the lawyer. What the lawyer has to do is to formulate a defense strategy based on these facts and try to restore his client's innocence or mitigate the crime as much as possible.

  Because there are legal provisions, the lawyers of the parties are not allowed to disclose their privacy, so the parties can safely and boldly tell the truth to their lawyers, and they had better do the same. Because if you don't do this, the opposing lawyer discloses some evidence or details that you don't know about during the trial, which is very likely to lead to the failure of the entire lawsuit.

   "Of course I'm innocent!" Zhong Shi frowned and thought for a while. The biggest possibility is that there was a problem with the negotiation of the bond transaction with Stanley Company. Perhaps the SEC is grasping this. Now that I think about it, it may be that Stanley deliberately contacted his own side, making Tianyu Fund guess that Stanley had a huge internal loss, and then shorted their stocks, "If I am not innocent, I am afraid I will fight with them at the SEC." A settlement has been reached."

"Since this is the case, that's good!" Jason Butler took a long breath, then took out a recording pen from his pocket, and said, "Now I need more details, please Mr. Zhong Say it again carefully."

  …

Two days later, in the waiting hall of the New York Federal District Court, Zhong Shi and Jason Butler who accompanied him were boredly waiting for the hearing. This was originally a formality process, but I don’t know where it leaked According to the news, some reporters actually gathered outside the court, the number was not too many, only a few five or six people, but it undoubtedly brought some pressure to Zhong Shi.

Because reporters will follow up and report on general criminal cases, so when they heard that the SEC filed a lawsuit in the federal district court, some reporters rushed over after hearing the news, but they have not yet figured out the identity of the defendant. It is also the reason why Zhong Shi's side has done a good job of keeping secrets. But this situation obviously won't last long, and soon all the information will be revealed to the world.

   "Mr. Zhong, it turns out that you are here, which made it really easy for me to find!"

Just as Zhong Shi was discussing related public relations matters with Jason Butler, a strange voice suddenly sounded in front of the two of them. When Zhong Shi and Jason Butler raised their heads, a handsome face appeared on both of them. in people's eyes.

Perhaps seeing the confusion in the eyes of the two, the white lawyer who looked to be in his thirties laughed at himself, stretched out his hand and said, "Kenneth Dade, I am an assistant to the District Attorney. You guys The case is being handled by Attorney Edmondo."

"Is it appropriate for you to contact my client at this time?" Hearing that it was someone from the opposing side, Jason Butler immediately became stern, "Believe it or not, I sue you for illegally contacting my client, passing misleading and seductive information information?"

   "No! No! No!" Kenneth Dead shook his head like a rattle, "I don't want to contact this Mr. Zhong, but I want to talk to you, Mr. Butler."

Seeing that the other two ignored his outstretched hand, Kenneth Dead retracted his hand calmly, and said calmly: "Mr. Butler, five times the fine, deportation from the United States, confiscation of all illegal What do you think of the terms of this settlement?"

   "It's not that good!" Before Zhong Shi could say something, Jason Butler rejected it outright. He had been a district attorney, so he naturally knew how to ask for a price and how to bargain. In front of him, this assistant prosecutor named Kenneth Dade was still a little immature.

After hearing that the condition he offered was rejected decisively, Kenneth Dead looked a little surprised, and seeing Zhong Shi beside him remained expressionless, obviously indifferent to this condition, he smiled awkwardly He laughed and said, "Mr. Butler, to be honest, this condition is already very generous."

"We don't accept it!" Following Kenneth Dead's eyes, Jason Butler also saw Zhong Shi's reaction, and he seemed to have taken a reassurance in his heart, "In order to prove the innocence of my client, And let you tell Prosecutor Edmondo, let's see you in court!"

"Why bother? It's not a good thing to waste Mr. Zhong's time and taxpayers' money!" Kenneth Dade is obviously a good lobbyist, and he was not angry at all because of Jason Butler's refusal , still said with a smile on his face, "Three times the penalty, and other conditions remain the same, this condition is very generous."

  Hearing this condition, Jason Butler was startled for a moment, hesitated for a few seconds before saying: "No, we don't accept the settlement."

It's just that his reaction was seen by Kenneth Dade. The young assistant prosecutor thought he had impressed the other party, and he couldn't help feeling a little smug in his heart, so he simply revealed his hole card, "Double the penalty, the other The conditions remain the same, this is our bottom line. If you really do not intend to accept it, then we will only meet in court!"

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