Summary
TLDR: Government denies claims made by Nerayoff, including the assertion that his former co-defendant was a government informant. Nerayoff’s lawyers claim that the co-defendant was planted by the FBI to build a case against Nerayoff.
Key Points
1. The government denied the majority of Nerayoff’s claims, including the assertion that his colleague, Michael Hlady, was a government informant.
2. Nerayoff’s lawyers maintain that Hlady was “insinuated” into his orbit by the FBI to help build a case against Nerayoff.
3. Hlady, who was convicted of swindling Catholic nuns out of nearly $400,000 in 2010, was a former co-defendant on extortion charges with Nerayoff.