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75a occurred. The indictment adequately describes the time and place of the charged conduct. Maxwell next contends that allegations of noncriminal conduct render the charges impermissibly vague. The Court disagrees. Rule 7 requires only that the language of the indictment track the language of the statute and provide a rough account of the time and place of the crime. Tramunti, 513 F.2d at 1113. The language of the S1 superseding indictment does so. The Government’s decision to provide more details than those strictly required does not hamper Maxwell’s ability to prepare a defense. Maxwell’s argument that some of the con- duct alleged is not inherently criminal goes to the merits of the Government’s case, not the specificity of the charges. Finally, Maxwell argues that the indictment is vague because the government does not provide the names of the alleged victims. The Court sees no basis to require that the alleged victims’ names be included the indictment. The names of victims, even if important, generally need not appear there unless their omission would seriously prejudice the defendant. See United States v. Stringer, 730 F.3d 120, 127 (2d Cir. 2013); United States v. Kidd, 386 F. Supp. 3d 364, 369 (S.D.N.Y. 2019). Maxwell likely knows the identity of the alleged victims described in the indictment at this point because the Government has provided extensive discovery on them. Moreover, the Government has agreed to disclose their names in advance of trial. There is thus no unfairness here. See Stringer, 730 F.3d at 126. As discussed below, the Court will require the parties to negotiate and propose a full schedule for all remaining pretrial disclosures. DOJ-OGR- 00000138

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