On April 26, 2023, in a ceremony held at the French Consulate in New York, the French Consul General of New York, Jeremie Robert, bestowed upon Matthew Galluzzo the title of Chevalier in the French National Order of Merit. This knighthood was bestowed upon Mr. Galluzzo by order of Emmanuel Macron, the President of France,…
Continue reading ›Matthew Galluzzo, a criminal defense attorney and former Manhattan Assistant DA, spoke yesterday in French with reporters from a French language television news program based in Montreal, Quebec. A link to the interview is below. Matthew Galluzzo is fluent in French and was recently named a Knight (Chevalier) in the French National Order of Merit…
Continue reading ›Now that Trump has been indicted in Manhattan (New York County) for alleged crimes relating to the falsification of business records, some experts have hypothesized that the judge overseeing the case will order a pre-trial gag order over the parties – including the prosecutors, the defense attorneys, and the famous defendant himself, ex-President Trump. This…
Continue reading ›Matthew Galluzzo, an advocate for victims of sexual assault and former Manhattan sex crimes prosecutor, was recently interviewed by the Associated Press in connection with the high-profile juvenile rape case in Steubenville, Ohio. Portions of his expert commentary are available here.
Continue reading ›Recently, Matthew Galluzzo obtained an excellent result for a client in federal court. One of four co-defendants in a conspiracy to ship stolen cars to Africa, our client was charged with violating 18 USC Section 2312. As alleged in the indictment, the group shipped millions of dollars of stolen and fraudulent-obtained cars to Africa (primarily…
Continue reading ›This week, American law enforcement officers arrested Aurelien Michel, a French national living in the UAE, as he passed through JFK International Airport in New York City. He has since been arraigned before a federal magistrate judge in the Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn) on federal wire fraud charges, pursuant to 18 USC Section…
Continue reading ›On December 14, federal prosecutors in Manhattan announced two new indictments against several individuals accused of conspiring to commit wire fraud and money laundering through alleged phony cryptocurrency schemes called Forcount and IcomTech. These cases present interesting challenges for both prosecutors and defense attorneys, however, because of the high volatility of the cryptocurrency market and…
Continue reading ›Most defendants charged with narcotics trafficking in federal court are charged with violations of 21 U.S.C. Section 841 and 846. The potential penalties for those offenses generally depend upon the type of narcotic at issue, the quantity trafficked, and whether anyone died as a result of consuming those narcotics. A similar federal statute relates to…
Continue reading ›Extradition is the process by which a person wanted for (or convicted of) a crime in another country is seized by local law enforcement and delivered to the nation seeking to prosecute. The United States has extradition treaties with most of the other nations of the world. See 18 U.S.C. 3181. Each of these treaties…
Continue reading ›If you or a loved one have been charged with a federal crime in Connecticut, you need an experienced and aggressive criminal defense attorney to assist you as soon as possible. Matthew Galluzzo, a former Manhattan prosecutor with over twenty years of experience, has lived in Connecticut for a decade. He specializes primarily in defending…
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