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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff, STIPULATION AND ORDER
- against - No. 13 Civ. 6326 (WHP)
PREVEZON HOLDINGS LTD., ECF Case
Prevezon Alexander, LLC,
Prevezon Soho USA, LLC,
Prevezon Seven USA, LLC,
Prevezon Pine USA, LLC,
Prevezon 1711 USA, LLC,
Prevezon 1810, LLC,
Prevezon 2009 USA, LLC,
Prevezon 2011 USA, LLC,
FERENCOT INVESTMENTS, LTD.,
KOLEVINS, LTD.,
Defendants,
ALL RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST
IN THE REAL PROPERTY AND
APPURTENANCES KNOWN AS THE 20
PINE STREET CONDOMINIUM, 20
PINE STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
10005, UNIT 1816 ("20 PINE
STREET, UNIT 1816"),
ANY AND ALL FUNDS ON DEPOSIT IN
BANK OF AMERICA ACCOUNT NUMBER
**********8293 HELD IN THE NAME
OF PREVEZON ALEXANDER LLC (THE
"PREVEZON ALEXANDER ACCOUNT"),
ANY AND ALL FUNDS ON DEPOSIT IN
BANK OF AMERICA ACCOUNT NUMBER
**********8084 HELD IN THE NAME
OF PREVEZON SOHO USA LLC (THE
"PREVEZON SOHO ACCOUNT"),
ANY AND ALL FUNDS ON DEPOSIT IN :
BANK OF AMERICA ACCOUNT NUMBER :
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**********6021 HELD IN THE NAME
**********6021 HELD IN THE NAME
OF PREVEZON SEVEN
OF PREVEZON SEVEN USA LLC (THE
USA LLC (THE :
“PREVEZON SEVEN
"PREVEZON SEVEN ACCOUNT”),
ACCOUNT"), :
ANY AND ALL FUNDS ON DEPOSIT IN
ANY AND ALL FUNDS ON DEPOSIT IN
BANK OF AMERICA ACCOUNT NUMBER
BANK OF AMERICA ACCOUNT NUMBER
**********8349 HELD IN THE NAME
**********8349 HELD IN THE NAME
OF PREVEZON
OF PREVEZON 1711
1711 USA, LLC (THE
USA, LLC (THE
“PREVEZON 1711
"PREVEZON 1711 ACCOUNT"),
ACCOUNT"),
ANY AND ALL FUNDS ON DEPOSIT IN
ANY AND ALL FUNDS ON DEPOSIT IN
BANK OF AMERICA ACCOUNT NUMBER :
BANK OF AMERICA ACCOUNT NUMBER
**********9102 HELD IN THE NAME :
**********9102 HELD IN THE NAME
OF PREVEZON
OF PREVEZON 2009
2009 USA, LLC (THE
USA, LLC (THE :
“PREVEZON 2009 ACCOUNT”),
"PREVEZON 2009 ACCOUNT"), :
ANY AND ALL FUNDS ON DEPOSIT IN :
ANY AND ALL FUNDS ON DEPOSIT IN
BANK OF AMERICA ACCOUNT NUMBER :
BANK OF AMERICA ACCOUNT NUMBER
**********8242 HELD IN THE NAME :
**********8242 HELD IN THE NAME
OF PREVEZON
OF PREVEZON PINE
PINE USA,
USA, LLC
LLC (THE
(THE :
“PREVEZON PINE ACCOUNT”),
"PREVEZON PINE ACCOUNT"),
ANY AND ALL FUNDS ON DEPOSIT IN :
ANY AND ALL FUNDS ON DEPOSIT IN
BANK OF AMERICA ACCOUNT NUMBER
BANK OF AMERICA ACCOUNT NUMBER
**********5882 HELD IN THE NAME
**********5882 HELD IN THE NAME
OF PREVEZON
OF PREVEZON 2011
2011 USA, LLC (THE
USA, LLC (THE :
“PREVEZON 2011
"PREVEZON 2011 ACCOUNT”),
ACCOUNT"), :
ANY AND ALL FUNDS ON DEPOSIT IN :
ANY AND ALL FUNDS ON DEPOSIT IN
BANK OF AMERICA ACCOUNT NUMBER :
BANK OF AMERICA ACCOUNT NUMBER
**********9128 HELD IN THE NAME
**********9128 HELD IN THE NAME
OF PREVEZON
OF PREVEZON 1810
1810 USA,
USA, LLC
LLC (THE
(THE
“PREVEZON 1810 ACCOUNT”),
"PREVEZON 1810 ACCOUNT"),
APPROXIMATELY $1,379,518.90
APPROXIMATELY $1,379,518.90
HELD BY THE UNITED STATES AS A
HELD BY THE UNITED STATES AS A
un.
SUBSTITUTE RES
SUBSTITUTE RES FOR
FOR ALL RIGHT,
ALL RIGHT,
TITLE AND INTEREST IN THE REAL
TITLE AND INTEREST IN THE REAL
PROPERTY AND APPURTENANCES :
PROPERTY AND APPURTENANCES
KNOWN AS THE 20 PINE STREET '
KNOWN AS THE 20 PINE STREET
CONDOMINIUM, 20
CONDOMINIUM, 2O PINE STREET,
STREET,
NEW YORK,
YORK, NEW YORK 10005,
10005, UNIT
2009 (THE
2009 (THE "20
“20 PINE
PINE STREET,
STREET, UNIT
UNIT :
2009 SALE
2009 SALE PROCEEDS"),
PROCEEDS”), :
APPROXIMATELY $4,429,019.44
APPROXIMATELY $4,429,019.44 :
HELD BY THE UNITED
UNITED STATES AS A :
W
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SUBSTITUTE RES FOR ALL RIGHT,
TITLE AND INTEREST IN THE REAL
PROPERTY AND APPURTENANCES
KNOWN AS ALEXANDER CONDOMINIUM,
250 EAST 49th STREET, NEW YORK,
NEW YORK 10017, UNIT COMM3 (THE
"250 EAST 49th STREET, UNIT
COMM3 SALE PROCEEDS"),
APPROXIMATELY $1,046,530.04
HELD BY THE UNITED STATES AS A
SUBSTITUTE RES FOR ALL RIGHT,
TITLE AND INTEREST IN THE REAL
PROPERTY AND APPURTENANCES
KNOWN AS THE 20 PINE STREET
CONDOMINIUM, 20 PINE STREET,
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10005, UNIT
2308 (THE "20 PINE STREET, UNIT :
2308 SALE PROCEEDS"),
APPROXIMATELY $894,026.21 HELD
BY THE UNITED STATES AS A
SUBSTITUTE RES FOR ALL RIGHT,
TITLE AND INTEREST IN THE REAL
PROPERTY AND APPURTENANCES
KNOWN AS THE 20 PINE STREET
CONDOMINIUM, 20 PINE STREET,
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10005, UNIT •
1711 (THE "20 PINE STREET, UNIT •
1711 SALE PROCEEDS"),
A DEBT OF 3,068,946 EUROS OWED
BY AFI EUROPE N.V. TO PREVEZON
HOLDINGS RESTRAINED BY THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE NETHERLANDS
ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 22, 2014
(THE "API EUROPE DEBT"),
and all property traceable
thereto,
Defendants in Rem.
WHEREAS, on September 10, 2013, the United States commenced
this action (the "Action"), upon the filing of a verified
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complaint (the "Complaint") seeking forfeiture of the above-
captioned Defendants in Rem, and other assets, in personam
claims against the above-captioned Defendants, and other relief,
and on September 11, 2033, this Court entered a protective order
restraining any and all assets of the Defendants;
WHEREAS, on December 3 and 20, 2013, Denis Katsyv
("Katsyv"), IKR, Martash Holdings ("Martash"), Prevezon
Holdings, Ltd. ("Prevezon Holdings"), Prevezon Alexander, LLC
("Prevezon Alexander"), Prevezon Soho USA, LLC ("Prevezon
Soho"), Prevezon Seven USA, LLC ("Prevezon Seven"), Prevezon
Pine USA, LLC ("Prevezon Pine"), Prevezon 1711 USA, LLC
("Prevezon 1711"), Prevezon 1810, LLC ("Prevezon 1810"),
Prevezon 2009 USA, LLC ("Prevezon 2009"), and Prevezon 2011 USA,
LLC ("Prevezon 2011," together with Prevezon Holdings, Prevezon
Alexander, Prevezon Soho, Prevezon Seven, Prevezon Pine,
Prevezon 1711, Prevezon 1810, and Prevezon 2009 the "Prevezon
Entities"), Ferencoi Investments, Ltd. ("Ferencoi"), and
Kolevins, Ltd. ("Kolevins") filed claims to certain property;
WHEREAS on or about January 22, 2014, the Government of the
Netherlands, pursuant to a request for legal assistance from the
United States in connection with this case, restrained the
Defendant in Rem AFI Europe Debt;
WHEREAS, on November 5, 2014, the United States filed an
amended verified complaint (the "Amended Complaint"), and the
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Court issued an amended protective order (the "Amended
Protective Order");
WHEREAS, on December 19, 2014, Denis Katsyv, IKR, Martash,
Prevezon Holdings, Prevezon Alexander, Prevezon Soho, Prevezon
Seven, Prevezon Pine, Prevezon 1711, Prevezon 1810, Prevezon
2009, and Prevezon 2011 (the "Claimants") filed certain claims;
WHEREAS, on September 9, 2015, Defendants and Claimants
gave notice pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2672, 2675 and 28 C.F.R.
Part 14 of potential administrative claims against the United
States, and they further assert that they may have rights to
additional claims under the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of
2000 (P.L. 106-185);
WHEREAS, on October 23, 2015, the United States filed a
second amended verified complaint (the "Second Amended
Complaint");
WHEREAS, pursuant to Supplemental Rule G(4)(a) (iv) (C), the
Complaint and Amended Complaint were published for at least 30
consecutive days on an official government internet site, and
pursuant to Supplemental Rule G(4) (b)(i), notice was sent to all
persons who reasonably appeared to be potential claimants on the
facts known to the Government, and no other parties filed claims
to any of the Defendants in Rem in the Complaint or Amended
Complaint, and all time to do so has expired;
WHEREAS, on May 15, 2017 the Court so ordered a Stipulation
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and Order, Document Number 716 (the "Settlement Agreement"),
that, among other terms, (a) required Prevezon to make a payment
of $5,896,333.65 to settle this case (the "Payment"); (b) made
the Payment due 15 days after the release by the Government of
the Netherlands of the API Europe Debt (the "Netherlands
Release"); (c) provided that following the Government's receipt
of the Payment, the Government would make certain communications
to foreign countries as specified in Settlement Agreement 1 4;
and (d) provided that following the Government's receipt of the
Payment, the Amended Protective Order shall be vacated as to all
Restrained Properties, the Court shall order the Restrained
Properties returned to the Claimants, and the Action shall be
dismissed against all Defendants with prejudice;
WHEREAS, following a dispute between the Government and
Prevezon regarding whether the Netherlands Release had occurred,
on February 2, 2018 the Court issued an Opinion and Order (the
"Enforcement Order") ruling, among other things, that the
Netherlands Release had occurred on October 10, 2017 and that
the Payment had thereby come due on October 31, 2017; and that
the Government was entitled to pre-judgment interest at 9
percent per annum dating back to October 31, 2017, and directing
the Clerk of Court to enter judgment in favor of the Government
and calculate pre-judgment interest at a rate of 9 percent per
annum;
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WHEREAS, on February 6, 2018 the Clerk of Court issued a
judgment in favor of the Government (the "Judgment"),
calculating pre-judgment interest on the Payment to be
$142,481.27, for a total amount (consisting of the Payment
together with pre-judgment interest) of $6,038,814.92 (the
"Judgment Payment"); and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to modify the Settlement
Agreement to allow for the payment of the Judgment Payment from
the Restrained Properties;
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the
United States, by its attorney, Geoffrey S. Berman, United
States Attorney, of counsel, Assistant United States Attorneys
Paul M. Monteleoni, Cristine I. Phillips, and Tara M. La Morte,
of counsel, and the Defendants and Claimants, by their
attorneys, Kevin Reed, Esq., Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
LLP, that:
1. The Settlement Agreement continues in full force and
effect except as expressly modified herein, and all terms
defined in the Settlement Agreement have the same meaning herein
unless specifically redefined herein. In addition, the
following definitions apply:
1. The terms "20 Pine Street, Unit 1816," the "Prevezon
Alexander Account," the "Prevezon Soho Account," the
"Prevezon Seven Account," the "Prevezon 1711 Account,"
the "Prevezon 2009 Account," the "Prevezon Pine
Account," and the "Prevezon 2011 Account," the
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"Prevezon 1810 Account" have the definitions set forth
in paragraph 4 of the Amended Protective Order,
Document Number 173.
2. The "250 East 49th Street, Unit Comm3 Sale Proceeds"
refers to $4,429,019.44 held by U.S. Customs and
Border Protection under Fines Penalties & Forfeitures
Office ("FP&F") ID Number 2013-1001-900047-01 as a
substitute res for all right, title and interest in
the real property and appurtenances known as Alexander
Condominium, 250 East 49th Street, New York, New York
10017, Unit Comm3;
3. The "20 Pine Street, Unit 2009 Sale Proceeds" refers
to $1,379,518.94 held by U.S. Customs and Border
Protection under FP&F ID 2013-1001-900051-01 as a
substitute res for all right, title and interest in
the real property and appurtenances known as the 20
Pine Street Condominium, 20 Pine Street, New York, New
York, 10005, Unit 2009;
4. The "20 Pine Street, Unit 1711 Sale Proceeds" refers
to $1,046,530.04 held by U.S. Customs and Border
Protection under FP&F ID 2013-1001-900049-01 as a
substitute res for all right, title and interest in
the real property and appurtenances known as the 20
Pine Street Condominium, 20 Pine Street, New York, New
York, 10005, Unit 1711;
5. The "20 Pine Street, Unit 2308 Sale Proceeds" refers
to $894,026.21 held by U.S. Customs and Border
Protection under FP&F ID 2013-1001-900048-01 as a
substitute res for all right, title and interest in
the real property and appurtenances known as the 20
Pine Street Condominium, 20 Pine Street, New York, New
York, 10005, Unit 2308;
2. Upon entry of this Stipulation and Order, any authorized
agent of U.S. Customs and Border Protection having custody of
the Restrained Properties shall use portions of the Restrained
Properties to make Substitute Payments to the U.S. Treasury to
total the amount of the Judgment Payment, in the amounts and
from the assets set forth in paragraph 3, below, and under the
procedures set forth in paragraph 4, below.
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3. The Substitute Payments shall be drawn from the
following assets in the following amounts:
1. From the 250 East 49th Street, Unit Comm3 Sale
Proceeds, a Substitute Payment in the amount of
$4,429,019.44 shall be made under the procedures set
forth in paragraph 4, below.
2. From the 20 Pine Street Unit 2009 Sale Proceeds, a
Substitute Payment in the amount of $1,379,518.94
shall be made under the procedures set forth in
paragraph 4, below.
3. From the 20 Pine Street, Unit 1711 Sale Proceeds, a
Substitute Payment in the amount of $230,276.54 shall
be made under the procedures set forth in paragraph 4,
below.
4. The Substitute Payments shall be deposited into the U.S.
Treasury pursuant to the Miscellaneous Receipts Act, 31 U.S.C.
3302, which authorizes deposits of public money into the U.S.
Treasury.
5. The transfer of each of the Substitute Payments shall be
in partial satisfaction of, and the transfer of the total amount
of the SubstituLe Payments shall be in full satisfaction of, the
Judgment Payment. The Defendants, Claimants, Denis Katsyv,
Alexander Litvak, and Timofey Krit hereby relinquish all right,
title, and interest in the portions of the Restrained Properties
used to make the Substitute Payments, but continue their
obligation from the Settlement Agreement to hold harmless the
Government Released Parties from any and all third-party claims
of ownership of any of the Defendants in Rem, including those
portions'used to make the Substitute Payments.
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6. The Amended Protective Order is hereby vacated.
7. U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall expeditiously
return the 20 Pine Street, Unit 2308 Sale Proceeds (i.e.,
$894,026.21 held under FP&F ID 2013-1001-900048-01) and those
portions of the 20 Pine Street, Unit 1711 Sale Proceeds not used
to make the Substitute Payments (i.e., $816,253.50 of the funds
held under FP&F ID 2013-1001-900049-01) to the Claimants.
8, The Government shall transmit a copy of this Stipulation
and Order to Bank of America, which shall expeditiously release
the Prevezon Alexander Account, the Prevezon Soho Account, the
Prevezon 1711 Account, the Prevezon 2009 Account, the Prevezon
Pine Account, the Prevezon 2011 Account, and the Prevezon 1810
Account to those properties' respective Claimants.
9. The Government shall provide to Claimants a cancellation
of the us pendens applied to 20 Pine Street, Unit 1816.
10. The Action is dismissed against all Defendants with
prejudice.
11. Notwithstanding paragraph 10, above, this Court shall
retain jurisdiction to enforce the Settlement Agreement, the
Enforcement Order and the Judgment, and this Stipulation and
Order.
12. Each Party to this Stipulation and Order will bear its
ck-LvA/1/
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own costs and attorneys' fees.
13. All Parties agree to waive all rights to appeal or
otherwise challenge or contest the validity of this Stipulation
and Order.
14. The Defendants, Claimants, Denis Katsyv, Alexander
Litvak, and Timofey Krit hereby waive any right to appeal or
otherwise challenge the Enforcement Order.
15. The signatories to this Stipulation and Order each
represent that they are duly authorized to sign this Stipulation
and Order.
16. This Stipulation and Order and the Settlement Agreement
together represent the complete agreement of the Parties hereto.
17. The signature page of this Stipulation and Order may be
executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be
deemed an original but all of which together will constitute one
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and the same instrument. Facsimiles or electronic copies shall
be treated as originals.
GEOFFREY S. BERMAN
United States Attorney for
the Southern District of New York
Attorney for Plaintiff
By: 3/7
AUL M. MONTELEONI DATE
CRISTINE I. PHILLIPS
TARA M. LA MORTE
Assistant United States Attorneys
One St. Andrew's Plaza
New York, New York 10007
Tel.: (212) 637-2219
Fax: (212) 637-0421
PREVEZON HOLDINGS, LTD., PREVEZON ALEXANDER, LLC, PREVEZON SOHO
USA, LLC, PREVEZON SEVEN USA, LLC, PREVEZON PINE USA, LLC,
PREVEZON 1711 USA, LLC, PREVEZON 1810, LLC, PREVEZON 2009 USA,
LLC, PREVEZON 2011 USA, LLC,
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DENIS KATSYV, OWOR DATE
KOLEVINS LTD.
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FERENCOT INVESTMENTS, LTD.
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DENIS KATSYV, OWNER DATE
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP
By:
KEVIN REEK ESQ. DATE
Counsel to PREVEZON HOLDINGS, LTD., PREVEZON ALEXANDER, LLC,
PREVEZON SOHO USA, LLC, PREVEZON SEVEN USA, LLC, PREVEZON PINE
USA, LLC, PREVEZON 1711 USA, LLC, PREVEZON 1810, LLC, PREVEZON
2009 USA, LLC, PREVEZON 2011 USA, LLC, DENIS KATSYV, MARTASH
HOLDINGS, IKR, FERENCOI, and KOLEV1NS
March 8, 2018
DATE