USA v. Hernandez
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1:16-cr-20091
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February 13, 2017
Ballplayer Wooed From Cuba Paid Smugglers 40% Of Contract
A former baseball player testified Monday at the federal trial of a sports agent and trainer accused of smuggling Cuban baseball players into the United States that he paid out roughly 40 percent of his first contract to them and various smugglers who facilitated his journey.
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February 07, 2017
Feds Probe Passports, Tax Docs At Ballplayer Smuggling Trial
Federal prosecutors in the trial of a sports agent and a trainer accused of smuggling Cuban baseball players into the U.S. raised questions Tuesday about details of passports, tax records and other official documents provided to Major League Baseball to gain clearance for clients to sign lucrative contracts.
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February 01, 2017
Agent, Trainer Deny Smuggling Cuban Ballplayers At Trial
A sports agent and a trainer denied carrying out a $16 million human smuggling scheme to help Cuban players get a shot at Major League Baseball, insisting as their trial opened Wednesday in Miami federal court that any aid they rendered was legal.
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January 19, 2017
Feds Say Sports Agent Trying To Distract In Smuggling Trial
The U.S. government asked a Florida federal court Wednesday to bar a sports agent who allegedly participated in a $16 million scheme to smuggle Cuban baseball players into the U.S. from distracting the jury by impeaching the law enforcement investigation against him.
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January 11, 2017
Sports Agent Wants Taxes Kept Out Of Smuggling Trial
A sports agent who allegedly participated in a $16 million scheme to smuggle Cuban baseball players asked a Florida federal court Wednesday to exclude evidence he filed his income taxes late for several years, claiming it is irrelevant to the charges against him.
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January 06, 2017
Judge Won't Block Witnesses In Sports Agent Smuggling Trial
A Florida federal judge on Thursday denied a bid by a sports agent alleged to have participated in a $16 million scheme to smuggle Cuban baseball players to exclude testimony from five government witnesses, despite the agent's request to withhold the testimony as a sanction for the government's withholding of potentially damaging evidence until the last minute.
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December 15, 2016
Sports Agent Can't Exclude Player Smuggling Evidence: Feds
The federal government has argued that a Florida federal court should deny a sports agent's bids to exclude evidence and testimony from an upcoming trial over an alleged $16 million scheme to smuggle Cuban baseball players, saying the facts do not back his claims of misconduct by prosecutors.
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December 05, 2016
Agent Wants Witnesses Excluded In Player Smuggling Case
A sports agent accused of participating in a $16 million scheme to smuggle Cuban baseball players into the United States has called for the exclusion of five government witnesses as a sanction for prosecutors allegedly withholding evidence damaging to their case, scheduled for trial in Miami next month.
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December 02, 2016
Sports Trainer Can't Exit Ballplayer Smuggling Case
A Florida federal judge refused on Friday to dismiss an indictment against a sports trainer who is accused of conspiring with a sports agent on a nearly $16 million scheme to smuggle Cuban baseball players from their home country to the U.S.
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November 28, 2016
MLB Origins Inquiry Irrelevant To Smuggling Case, Feds Say
Major League Baseball's determination on whether a ballplayer is foreign for exclusion from the U.S. first-year draft is distinct from federal agency inquiries, and a sports agent who smuggled ballplayers from Cuba cannot use the league's determination in his defense, federal prosecutors recently asserted.