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杨春来案动态更新( 7月8日, 11am) :二审结束,法官同意房产担保保释方式 [复制链接]

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芝加哥侨学网快讯】“杨春来案” 8日上午9时联邦法庭第二次开审,法官Michael T Mason 同意辩护律师提出以当事人房产作为抵押的保释方式。同6日首次开庭相比,杨春来精神状态、情绪明显好转。

第二次庭审决定,7月12日(下周二)下午1:30 再次举行保释听证会,7月15日上午举办preliminary Hearing。

有这么几点值得一提:

一,应杨春来家人邀请,芝加哥地区著名华裔律师黄正东(John Huang)出席了8日的庭审。黄正东律师同杨春来进行了交谈和沟通,黄律师表示,杨春来情绪稳定。

目前杨春来的辩护律师仍是法庭指派的律师克里斯托夫(Christopher Grauc),但作为辩护团队成员,黄正东律师向克里斯托夫律师递交了中国国籍法的相关复印件,并转呈给法官。

在6日庭审上,检控方律师指出当事人有可能潜逃,并声称杨春来虽然已是美国公民,但中国政府仍有可能为杨春来颁发中国护照。

针对这一说法,黄正东律师特别准备了中国国籍法的相关法律条款的复印件,转由克里斯托夫律师呈递给法官。中国国籍法有两条相关条款:(1)中国不承认双重国籍。(2)中国公民在获得外国国籍时,原有的中国国籍自动废除。因此,由于杨春来已是美国公民,中国政府不会向当事人颁发中国护照。即使杨春来以前持有的中国护照还没有失效,但是按照中国国籍法该护照也已经作废,不能作为旅行文件使用。

二, 法官很讲情理。保释可以是“现金保释”(cash bond),也可以是“房产保释”(property bond),也就是以房产作为保释金的抵押。辩护律师表示,由于杨春来的孩子马上就要上大学,需要开销,提出以当事人房产作为抵押进行保释,法官随即同意”房产保释“的请求。对于以房产担保保释的请求,检控方律师没有表示反对。

三,案件当事人的房产文件,今天被呈递给法官,并发现房契存在第二债权方问题(second lien),庭审以property title is not clean 为理由,确定下周二再审。

截止8日上午11时,黄正东律师陪同当事人家属前往Title Company 查问“第二债权方”问题,结果发现,当事人的房产早已全部付清,早就不存在 second lien, 但 Title Company 没有及时更新记录,所以仍然显示存在所谓“第二债权方”。

黄正东律师表示,当事人家属将在今天把更新后的房产文件呈递给法庭,希望尽早将当事人保释出来。

据在场旁听人士分析,8日的庭审提出要弄清楚“第二债权方”问题,其目的就是要弄清楚以房产作担保进行保释的可行性问题,如果房产不是完全由当事人所拥有,那么以房产担保的在操作上就会出现法律问题。而6日第一次庭审,法官提出要评估当事人房产的市场价值,就是要确定房产的价值是否足以达到保释金的数目。

四,杨春来的精神状态、情绪明显好转。今天到场的各界华人朋友共20多人,比6日首次庭审明显增多,这显示了各界朋友对杨春来的关心。杨春来当日向大家挥手,情绪的确稳定好转。          (芝加哥侨学网
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据可靠消息,当事人家属在黄正东律师的帮助下,已经成功从Chicago Title Company取得最新后的文件,也就是不含second lien 的房产文件,已在8日中午12点前,已经送给了联邦法官Mason的助理、联邦政府检察官。


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《华尔街日报》8日有关杨春来案的报道,有四个新要点:


(1)对于美国政府提起的盗窃商业机密指控,杨春来将不会认罪。


(2)目前联邦法官倾向于“在家拘留”方式,即释放杨春来,但他必须在呆在自己的家中,并戴上电子监控仪。


(3)对于杨春来的相关指控的法庭判决,预期最快下月将见分晓。


(4)目前美国联邦检察长办公室代表美国政府起诉杨春来,至于杨春来此前供职的公司芝加哥期货交易所(CME)是否会另行起诉,目前CME拒绝表明态度。


《华尔街日报》此报道的上述消息来源,是目前杨春来的辩护律师Christopher Graul。


报道原文如下:

Ex-CME Programmer to Plead Not Guilty in Code-Theft Case

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303544604576433971933038788.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
By JACOB BUNGE

A former computer programmer for CME Group Inc. intends to defend himself against charges that he stole data from the futures exchange company, the man's lawyer said Friday.

Chunlai Yang, a senior software engineer who worked at CME for 11 years, stands accused by the U.S. government of downloading proprietary source code underlying CME's markets, part of an alleged plan to build a new derivatives exchange in China.

Mr. Yang, a Chinese national with U.S. citizenship, was arraigned on the charges last week following an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. CME began closely monitoring his computer activity in early May, according to the complaint filed against him.

CME is the world's largest operator of futures exchanges, in terms of trading activity. Banks, asset managers and energy companies trade CME's futures contracts to guard against shifting commodity prices and interest rates, or speculate on market movements.

According to the complaint, Mr. Yang worked on technology powering CME's front-end trading systems until the company fired him in conjunction with the allegations. CME worked with legal authorities in the investigation.

"The company has found no evidence that customer information, trading data or required regulatory information was compromised," a CME spokesman said Friday.
Mr. Yang, 49 years old, appeared in a Chicago court on Friday, wearing a baggy orange jump suit and ankle shackles. Mr. Yang's attorney, Christopher Graul, said his client intended to plead not guilty to the charges.

Magistrate Judge Michael Mason set a Tuesday bond hearing for Mr. Yang, who listened to a translator as Judge Mason said he may be inclined to release Mr. Yang to home detention with an electronic monitoring device.

An indictment on the charges is expected sometime in the next month, after which point the case could go before a grand jury.

The complaint alleges that Mr. Yang was in talks with several individuals who planned to use CME's source code to establish East China Technology Innovation Park Co., aiming to build a futures exchange and software company where Yang was to be the "lead technical person."

CME declined to comment on whether the company would pursue its own legal action against Mr. Yang.

The case highlights the importance of computer code to trading operations and is the latest in a series of hard-fought legal cases over alleged theft.
Sergey Aleynikov, a former computer programmer for Goldman Sachs Group Inc., was found guilty in December of stealing algorithmic trading code from the bank ahead of his departure to join a new high-frequency trading firm. He received an eight-year prison sentence in March.

In February, Samarth Agrawal received a three-year prison term for taking code from French banking group Société Générale SA, where he worked as a trader.
Write to Jacob Bunge at jacob.bunge@dowjones.com

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