IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
Plaintiff, 
v. 
RAPHI JOSEPH,  
Defendant. 
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Case No. 3:23-cr-0029 
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ORDER 
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Report and Recommendation of the 
United States Magistrate Judge dated July 17, 2023, recommending that the Defendant’s 
plea of guilty to Count One of the Information be accepted and the defendant be adjudged 
guilty. (EF No. 14.) After careful consideration and review, and there being no objection, it 
is hereby 
ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation, ECF No. 14, is ADOPTED; it is 
further 
ORDERED that Defendant Raphi Joseph’s plea of guilty as to Count One of the 
Information is ACCEPTED, and that Joseph is adjudged GUILTY on that count; it is further 
ORDERED that, pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 32(c)(1)(A), the U.S. Probation Office shall 
conduct a presentence investigation for the preparation of a presentence report; it is further 
ORDERED that the U.S. Probation Office shall disclose the preliminary presentence 
report to the parties no later than September 1, 2023; it is further 
ORDERED that the parties shall submit any objections or corrections to the 
preliminary presentence report to the U.S. Probation Office no later than September 15, 
2023; it is further 
ORDERED that the U.S. Probation Office shall disclose the final presentence report to 
the parties and the Court no later than September 29, 2023; it is further 
ORDERED that the parties shall file their sentencing memoranda no later than 
October 13, 2023; and it is further 
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ORDERED that a sentencing hearing shall be held on October 27, 2023, at 9:30 A.M. 
in STT Courtroom No. 1.       
 
Date: August 2, 2023 
 
/s/_Robert A. Molloy_________ 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
ROBERT A. MOLLOY 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
Chief Judge 
 
 
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