United States v. Gregory J. Blotnick — D.N.J., Newark, No. 2:21-cr-00796-BRM

Case summary

Gregory J. Blotnick was prosecuted in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey at Newark, No. 2:21-cr-00796-BRM, before District Judge Brian R. Martinotti. On October 13, 2021 he signed a waiver of indictment stating that he was charged with wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343 and money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1957, and consented to prosecution by information. A transfer-of-jurisdiction form records the offenses as wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343 and engaging in monetary transactions under 18 U.S.C. § 1957, and supervised release running from May 12, 2025 to March 11, 2027. The court denied a motion for early termination of supervised release on May 15, 2026 and transferred jurisdiction to the Southern District of Florida. No judgment is on this page.

Case at a glance

What was he charged with?

The waiver of indictment he signed on October 13, 2021 states that he was charged with wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343 and money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1957, that he had been advised of the nature of the charges, the proposed information and his rights, and that he waived prosecution by indictment and consented to proceeding by information. The transfer-of-jurisdiction form records the same two statutes. The information itself is not on this page.

What happened to his supervised release?

The court received a motion for early termination of supervised release and on April 8, 2026 ordered the government to file any opposition by April 22, 2026 and the defendant's reply by April 29, 2026. Minutes of a teleconference held on May 15, 2026, at which he appeared pro se with a senior U.S. probation officer present, record that the court denied the motion. A transfer-of-jurisdiction order records supervision from May 12, 2025 to March 11, 2027, gives permanent residence in Florida as the justification for transfer, and transfers jurisdiction to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida under 18 U.S.C. § 3605 on that court's acceptance.

What do the earlier filings show?

The page holds an order setting conditions of release and an unsecured appearance bond of $500,000, both dated May 18, 2021, together with a Brady order, a tele- and video-conferencing order and magistrate's courtroom minutes of an initial appearance of the same date, and three ends-of-justice orders to continue dated May 17, 2021 and August 17, 2021. Submission notices record that sentencing materials were filed by the government on May 19, 2022 and by the defendant on May 27, 2022.

Summary written from the documents on this page; every sentence is sourced.