A federal judge in Miami had strong feelings about a ruling that dismissed a redirected class action lawsuit against the defense attorney, who advised his crypto clients to exercise their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in response to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission subpoena.
U.S. District Judge Robert N. Scola Jr. of the Southern District of Florida ruled that the desired outcome sought by the plaintiffs, who include Francisco Gonzalez and Eric Villanueva, in their lawsuit against the defendant attorney, Andrew Porter and his law firm, Salvatore Prescott Porter & Porter, “would wreak the criminal justice system.”
