Sentencing postponed for Keene man convicted in bitcoin money scheme

VICTIMS, BUT HIS ATTORNEYS SAY NOT SO FAST. SUPER GRATEFUL AND WISH THAT EVERYONE COULD HAVE FIT IN THE COURTROOM. IAN FREEMAN ADDRESSES A CROWD OF SUPPORTERS ON THE STEPS OF THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN CONCORD MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE KEENE RESIDENT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SENTENCED ON FELONY CHARGES CONNECTED TO WHAT PROSECUTORS DESCRIBE AS AN UNLICENSED VIRTUAL CURRENCY BUSINESS. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS FREEMAN LAUNDERED OVER $10 MILLION IN PROCEEDS OF ROMANCE SCAMS AND OTHER INTERNET FRAUDS BY EXCHANGING U-S DOLLARS FOR BITCOIN. THE WHOLE IDEA THAT I HAD ANYTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH THESE SCAMS IS JUST ABSOLUTELY ABSURD. IT’S NOT TRUE. FREEMAN SENTENCING HAS BEEN DELAYED DUE TO QUESTIONS OVER POSSIBLE REST STITUTION. HIS ATTORNEYS SAY HE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY, POINTING TO A PRE-SENTENCING PROBATION REPORT. WE AGREED WITH THE PROBATION REPORT THAT THE RESTITUTION ISSUE WHERE IN THE PROBATION REPORT THEY AGREED WITH US THAT IT NOBODY DESERVED RESTITUTION IN THIS CASE. THE GOVERNMENT DECLINED AN INTERVIEW WITH NEWS 9 BUT ARGUED IN COURT THAT FREEMAN SHOULD HAVE TO PAY HIS ALLEGED VICTIMS. THE JUDGE IS GIVING FREEMAN AND HIS ATTORNEYS TWO WEEKS TO RESPOND. THE JUDGE WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO ALLOW US TO ADDRESS THAT, AND IT WILL BE ADDRESSED IN A FORMAL PLEADING. THIS IS ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF NOT TAKING A PLEA DEAL IS YOU ACTUALLY GET TO ARGUE. SOME OF THESE THINGS. A RESTITUTION HEARING HAS BEEN SCHEDULED F