A New Jersey decide gave U.S. Marshals the greenlight to take DJ Envy’s former enterprise companion Cesar Pina into custody, including to Pina’s authorized troubles. In keeping with courtroom paperwork obtained by AllHipHop, Choose Rosemary Gambardella ordered the arrest of Cesar Pina and his spouse Jennifer Iturralde Pina on Tuesday (February 20).
The decide discovered Pina and his spouse to be in contempt of a December 2023 courtroom order, which compelled them to provide paperwork in a chapter case. The Pinas ignored the order. DJ Envy seemingly complied as he was additionally hit with a subpoena associated to Pina’s chapter in December 2023.
Choose Gambardella directed U.S. Marshals to arrest the Pinas on or after February 23. The courtroom held a listening to on a contempt movement in January. A Chapter 11 trustee was “permitted to submit an order” for the arrest of Pina and his spouse for failing to show over paperwork requested in a subpoena. The courtroom decided the Pinas didn’t adjust to a contempt order after receiving “good and adequate discover,” paving the way in which for his or her arrests.
Choose Gambardella instructed U.S. Marshals to ship the Pinas to her courtroom in Newark. The decide stated authorities had been allowed to “use affordable pressure to execute this order” and “arrest any one who impedes its execution.”
Final yr, Pina filed for chapter amid Ponzi scheme allegations. He was charged by grievance with one depend of wire fraud in connection to a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.
“Pina exploited superstar standing and social media to develop a faithful following of potential victims,” U.S. Lawyer Philip R. Sellinger stated. “Promising returns that had been too good to be true, Pina allegedly defrauded dozens of individuals of tens of millions of {dollars}.”
DJ Envy was sued for his alleged function within the rip-off. He prevented legal prices regardless of his ties to Pina’s enterprise.