Free Status Report - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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DIANE J. HUMETEW A United States Attorney District of Arizona RICHARD W EBER Chief Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section SCOTT PACCAGNINI Trial Attorney Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section U.S. Department of Justice 1400 New York Avenue, NW W ashington, DC 20005 Telephone: (202) 514-8171 [email protected]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA United States of America, CV 04-363-PHX-JWS Plaintiff, v. STATUS REPORT Lear Jet, Model 31A, Serial Number 31A224, U.S. Registration # N224LJ; Defendant.

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Plaintiff, United States of America, by and through the undersigned, and Claimants Alberto Abed Schekaiban, ScotiaBank Inverlat, and Bombardier Capital, Inc., through their respective counsel, respectfully file this Status Report with regard to the above action. On January 31, 2008, Plaintiff transferred $4,057,686.63 in sales proceeds into the Registry of the Court as the substitute res in this case. The parties have recently exchanged written correspondence and Plaintiff and Claimants Alberto Abed Schekaiban, Calezar, Ltd., and Uptongrove, Ltd., have reached a resolution in principle. Additionally, the parties anticipate meeting within thirty (30) days of the date of this Status Report, with all necessary principals on hand, to further settlement //

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negotiations in the hopes of bringing a prompt global resolution to this matter. Respectfully submitted this 29 th day of February, 2008.

DIANE J. HUMETEWA United States Attorney District of Arizona RICHARD WEBER Chief, Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section S/Scott Paccagnini

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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By: Scott Paccagnini Geoffrey Young Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, P.A. 150 2nd Avenue, Suite 1700 St. Petersburg, FL 33701 I hereby certify that on February 29, 2008, I electronically transmitted the attached document to the Clerk's Office using the CM/ECF System for filing, and served the attached document by U.S. mail, on the following: Cynthia Orr Goldstein, Goldstein and Hilley 29th Floor Tower Life Building 310 South St. Mary's Street San Antonio, Texas 78205 Lawson Pedigo Miller, Keffer, & Pedigo 8401 North Central Expressway, Suite 630 Dallas, Texas 75225 [email protected] Douglas F. Behm Jennings, Strouss & Salom, P.L.C. The Collier Center, 11th Floor 201 East Washington Street Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2385 hereby certify that on February 29, 2008, I electronically transmitted the attached document to the Clerk's Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF registrants:
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