READ TRUMP AND THE 1013/16 FORBES.COM Original From: Gilbert, Adam Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 5:41 PM To: Julius Schwarz Felix Satter Subject: FW: Felix Henry Sater (Search) My skip tracer, Bob Meserve, is about the best there is. If Charles Bagli did a search on Felix Sater, this is what he would find. Please forgive Bob's penchant to editorialize. ABG Original From: Meserve, Robert Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 5:28 PM To: Gilbert, Adam Subject: Felix Henry Sater (Search) Adam -- If you Google the name Felix Satter, you'll find references to the owner of the Bayrock Group, who's been involved in various impressive-sounding real estate deals. But if you Google Felix Sater, you'll discover references to a former securities broker with alleged ties to the Russian mob. Yet Mr. Satter and Mr. Sater appear to be one and the same person. PrivateEye.com shows no one in the entire US named Felix Satter. And AutoTrack indicates that the SSN you provided -- - -- was issued in NYS, between 1977 and 1978, to a Felix H. Sater. Mr. Sater was born in March 1966 and is AKA Haim F. Sater and Hai Ying Sater. So it's hard not to conclude that Mr. Satter is, in fact, Mr. Sater. And, as Felix Sater, he was convicted of assault in 1993. Mr. Sater appealed that conviction, but was turned down by the First Department in February 1994, and by the Court of Appeals a month later: SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT 201 323; 608 836; 1994 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 1093 The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Felix Sater, Defendant-Appellant. 51120 February 10, 1994, Decided February 10, 1994, Entered JUDGES: Murphy, P.J., Sullivan, Ross, Rubin, Tom, JJ. OPINION [*323] Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (James Leff, J.), rendered March 31, 1993, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of assault in the first degree, and sentencing him to a term of 1 1/2 to 4 1/2 years, unanimously affirmed. The matter is remitted to Supreme Court for further proceedings pursuant to CPL 460.50(5) Since the only basis for defendant's request for a charge of assault in the second degree (Penal Law as a lesser included offense of assault in the first degree (Penal Law was that the jury could find physical injury as opposed to serious physical injury, the arguments now advanced, that second-degree assault should have been submitted on the theory that defendant intended to cause only physical injury or that he recklessly caused serious physical injury (Penal Law are unpreserved for appellate [*324] review as a matter of law, and we decline to review them in the interest ofjustice (CPL cf., People v. Chin, 67 22, 34, 499 638, 490 505). In any event, if we were to review these claims, we would find that no reasonable view of the evidence adduced at trial could support a finding that defendant acted other than with an intent to cause serious physical injury. We have reviewed defendant's argument that the court's rulings evinced judicial bias and deprived him of a fair trial and find it to be without merit. ENTERED: February 10, 1994 83 858; 634 991; 612 390; 1994 NY. LEXIS 935, People, Resp. v. Sater (Felix), App. NUMBER IN COURT OF APPEALS OF NEW YORK 83 858; 634 991; 612 390; 1994 NY. LEXIS 935 March 25,1994, Decided PRIOR HISTORY: NY County; AD lst,? order February 10, 1994. J. OPINION LEAVE TO APPEAL Denied So, in June of 1994, Mr. Sater was welcomed into the NYS correctional system, where he remained until September 1995, when he was released from the Edgecombe Correctional Facility to the NYS Department of Parole: NYS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL Information Department Identification Number 94R4254 Inmate Name SATER, FELIX Sex IVIALE Date of Birth Race Ethnicity WHITE Custody Status RELEASED Housing Releasing Facility EDGECOIVIBE Date Received (Original) 06/08/1994 Date Received (Current) 06/08/1994 County of Commitment NEW YORK Latest Release Date 09/15/95 PAROLE DIV OF PAROLE Crimes of Conviction Crime Class ASSAULT 1ST Aggregate IVIinimum Sentence 001 Years, 06 Months, 00 Days Aggregate Maximum Sentence 004 Years, 06 Months, 00 Days Parole Hearing Date 01/1996 Parole Hearing Type APPROVED DATE Parole Eligibility Date 09/14/1995 Conditional Release Date 03/14/1997 Maximum Expiration Date 09/14/1998 And it's interesting to note that, just one week before his release, the NYC DA's office purchased an index number for this action against Mr. Sater: SUPREME COURT CIVIL SUITS FOR NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK FOR WHICH AN INDEX NUMBER HAS BEEN PURCHASED CASE NAME: PEOPLE V. SATER FELIX PLAINTIFF: PEOPLE DEFENDANT: SATER FELIX INDEX NUMBER: 40695895 ACTION: OTHER INDEX NUMBER PURCHASE DATE: 09/08/1995 ATTORNEY: ROBERT MORGANTHAU 1 HOGAN PLACE NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10003 ATTORNEY: UNKNOWN But that action apparently resulted in nothing more than this judgment for $155: THE OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK DEBTOR: SATER, FELIX 2728 KINGS HIGHWAY F18 NY 11229 CREDITOR: SUPREME COURT, STATE OF NEW YORK 100 CENTRE STREET NEW YORK NY 10007 AMOUNT: $155.00 LIEN-TYPE: JUDGMENTS DOCKET DOCUMENT-TYPE: JUDGMENTS EFFECTIVE-DATE: 09/08/1995 EFFECTIVE-TIME: 08:15 EXPIRATION: 09/08/2015 DOCKET-DATE: 09/08/1995 DOCKET-TIME: 08:15 INDEX-NUMBER: 406958/95 COURT: SUPREME COURT ATTORNEY FOR CREDITOR: DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEW YORK TRANSACTION-NUMBER: 31000799126 Then, four months out of prison, Mr. Sater was caught speeding in Broward County, Florida, and fined $161: Broward County Traffic Citations (Non-Criminal) Driver Name: SATER FELIX DOB: Address: NEW YORK NY 10280 Age:41 License Type: REGULAR OPERATOR Sex: MALE Other State Lic#: NY 5017140904245193 Citation Date: 01/01/1996 Disposition Date: 02/05/1996 Citation Number: 083909C Actual speed of vehicle: 82 Posted speed: 55 Citing Agency: FHP Accident Involved: NO Charge: Commercial Vehicle: NO Statute Number: 316.1832 Carrying Hazardous Waste: NO Court: SOUTH BROWARD COUNTY COURT Disposition Date: 02/05/1996 Verdict: CONVICTED BY PLEA Fine: $161 Court Cost: $17 Some two years later, Mr. Sater was in trouble again, this time facing federal charges of stock manipulation and money laundering. And an article about his arrest from the Business Week of 11/9/1998 -- "The Case of the Bag That Squealed," by Gary Weiss -- suggested "the possibility that the FBI may be probing [his] ties to Russian organized crime": "It was the kind of oversight that is, usually, pretty harmless. A 'Marina Shap' failed to pay the rent on her cubicle at Manhattan Mini-Storage in the SoHo section of New York. When the manager opened the bin last January, however, he found an intriguing assortment of knickknacks: Two 9-millimeter pistols, a 12-gauge shotgun, and, the FBI asserts in a court filing, 'various documents in a box and bag.? "The fluke discovery of the guns was hardly earth-shattering in gun-happy New York. But the documents drew the attention ofthe FBI's Russian organized crime squad. According to a sealed criminal complaint filed with the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn and obtained by BUSINESS WEEK, the FBI maintains that the mini-storage document trove sets forth a tale of stock manipulation and money laundering. Allegedly involved are more than 30 foreign shell companies and bank accounts that, the complaint maintains, were used to launder the proceeds from illegal stock sales during 1994 and 1995. "The feds are charging that the stock scheme involves two individuals -- Gennady 'Gene' Klotsman and Felix Sater -- who they say ran a now-defunct micro-cap brokerage, White Rock Partners Co., which later changed its name to State Street Capital Markets. Both are charged with stock manipulation and money laundering. The lawyer listed in the court docket as Klotsman's attorney, Michael W. Kahn, did not respond to a request for comment. Klotsman was arrested in September and is in custody. Efforts to reach Sater were unsuccessful. "The stock targeted in the complaint was a Bala (Penn.) company called Holly Products Inc. The company makes electronic components for casino equipment, among other things, and was the subject of a public offering by White Rock in late 1994. Its share price was elevated through 1995 but swiftly plummeted, down 96% over the past year to a recent price of 3 cents. The feds do not charge any involvement by officials of Holly, whose most recent phone listing is inactive. According to the FBI, Sater and Klotsman manipulated Holly and other shares in a 'pump and dump' scheme, and then laundered the proceeds. "According to the complaint, the scheme began when Klotsman and Sater secretly acquired large blocks of stock for offshore corporations they controlled. The FBI maintains that the two men inflated share prices by under-the-table payoffs to brokers at White Rock and other firms, pegged to sales volume. The two men's profits, $10 million according to the complaint, then went through a trans-national money laundry. "According to the feds, the money that came in from hapless investors was sent on a round-the-world tour-?to the Netherlands Antilles and Switzerland, and then to Israel, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the U.S. The feds say that Sater and Klotsman sometimes used phony names -- and sometimes did not -- which evidently made the FBI'sjob easier. "The prosecution of Klotsman and Sater bears strong similarities to the prosecution of New Yorkjeweler Aleks Paul -- who is not charged in this case 10). Paul was arrested in July and charged with engaging in a money-laundering scheme for White Rock. Paul pleaded not guilty, and his lawyer says he is vigorously fighting the charges. "One issue raised by the Klotsman/Sater complaint is the possibility that the FBI may be probing ties to Russian organized crime -- which has long been believed to be enmeshed in the world of shady micro-cap brokers. The FBI agent handling the Klotsman/Sater case, Leo Taddeo, belongs to the FBI's Russian organized crime squad. Sources familiar with the Paul case say the FBI is also probing possible Russian and Italian mob links in the Paul (See htm.) It's a curious fact that, despite the above article, Mr. Sater is absent from federal criminal case records on PACER, the Federal Excluded Parties List, and the Federal Inmate Locator. Yet that last source indicates that his business partner, Gennady Klotsman, was only recently released from federal prison: Register Release Date Name Number Age Race Sex Actual Projected Location GENNADY KLOTSIVIAN 00982-748 42 White 03-31-2006 RELEASED One could speculate that Mr. Sater "rolled over" on Mr. Klotsman. One would expect that, at the very least, lVIr. Sater lost his broker's license over his involvement with White Rock. And he is, in fact, absent from licensing records on the NASD website. But those records don't date back far enough to cover the loss of his license. But a 3/2/2000 NASD press release -- Regulation Issues Complaint Against Former CEO and 11 Brokers of State Capital Markets Corporation" -- refers to Mr. Sater as "a statutorily disqualified individual": "Washington, D.C.-NASD Regulation, Inc., today announced that it has issued a complaint charging the former Chief Executive Officer and 11 former brokers of now defunct State Capital Markets Corporation with fraudulent sales practices, supervision deficiencies, and the failure to cooperate with an NASD Regulation investigation. "The complaint charges State Capital's former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, John Doukas, with several violations committed while at State Capital. Specifically, Doukas is alleged to have put in place or enforced a 'policy' that prevented some customers from selling specific securities from their accounts. When Doukas imposed and/or enforced a 'no net sell' policy at the firm, brokers were not allowed to sell certain securities unless another customer could be found to buy them. The complaint further alleges that as a result of this policy, customers in certain instances had their sales delayed or could not sell securities from their accounts. "Doukas violated NASD rules by permitting Felix Sater, a statutorily disqualified individual, to play a significant role in the firm's securities-related activities. Doukas allowed Sater to conduct meetings with the firm's brokers, hold sales contests, and award cash to brokers who sold the firm's securities despite the fact that Sater was disqualified from the securities industry as a result of a prior felony Regulation further alleges that 11 brokers engaged in improper sales practices in their sale of low-priced, highly speculative securities to retail customers, including: trading without customer authorization; failing to execute customer orders; failing to execute orders and making improper price and performance "Three of the individuals named are also charged with providing false or inaccurate information to the NASD Regulation staff about a number of matters including Sater's presence and involvement at the firm. Previously, six individuals associated with State Capital agreed to be suspended or barred from the securities industry as a result ofthe investigation of State Capital by NASD Regulation's New York District Office." (See In addition to his problems with the criminal justice system, Mr. Sater has been a regular party to civil actions, invariable as a defendant. To begin, PACER reports a pair of cases from 1988 and 1990, the first of which is a "securities/commodities" action: United States District Court Middle District of (Scranton) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE Case Name: Scotch v. Moseley Hallgarten E, et aI Assigned to: Honorable James F. McClure, Jr Demand: $0 Cause: 28:1331 Fed. Question Date Filed: 07/07/1988 Date Terminated: 04/05/1991 Jury Demand: Plaintiff Nature of Suit: 850 Securities/Commodities Jurisdiction: Federal Question Plaintiff: Scotch Represented by: James A. Doherty, Jr. Scanlon, Howley, Scanlon Doherty 1000 Bank Towers 321 Spruce Street Scranton, PA 18503 717-346-7651 Email: LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Plaintiff: Scotch Motor CO Inc Represented by: James A. Doherty, Jr. (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED V. Defendant: Felix Sater TERMINATED: 01/09/1991 Represented by: Thomas I. Vanaskie Elliott, Bray Riley 600 Penn Security Bank Bldg. Scranton, PA 18503 717-346-7569 TERIVIINATED: 01/09/1991 LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Defendant: Gruntal Company, Inc. TERIVIINATED: 04/02/1991 Represented by: Howland W. Abramson Fox, Rothchild, O'Brien Frankel 2000 Market Street Tenth Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 (215) 299-2000 TERIVIINATED: 04/02/1991 LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Foley Square) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE Case Name: van Dijk, et al v. Esman, et al Assigned to: Judge Robert W. Sweet Demand: S0 Date Filed: 10/05/1990 Date Terminated: 02/21/1991 Jury Demand: None Nature of Suit: 190 Contract: Other Jurisdiction: 0 Plaintiff: Pablo van Dijk Plaintiff: Frits de Knegt V. Defendant: Abigail Esman Defendant: Richard Mellen Defendant: Felix Henry Sater Plus LEXIS reports a long list ofjudgments, tax liens, and lawsuits against Mr. Sater, stretching back almost 20 years. You'll mote that the plaintiffs in the 1990 Southern District case, Messrs. Van and De Knegt, reappeared as plaintiffs in a 1992 action in New York County. And Mr. Sater's co-defendant in the 1988 case, Gruntal Company, surfaced as plaintiffs in a 1994 action: JUDGMENT CIVIL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK - BROOKLYN DEBTOR: HAIM SATER BROOKLYN, NY 11224 CREDITOR: BANK LEUMI TRUST CO NUMBER: 2621486 FILING DATE: 11/22/88 AMOUNT: $861 STATUS: SATISFIED STATUS DATE: 10/16/89 ATTORNEY: HALPERN AXELROD AND PHILLIP Debtor: SATER, FELIX NEW YORK CITY, NY 10012 DEBTOR: SATER, HAIM 532 LAGUARDIA PLACE NEW YORK NY 10012 Creditor: NYS TAX COMMISSION Filing Date: 3/15/1991 Type: JUDGMENT Amount: $3,598 Status: SATISFIED Status Date: 11/6/1991 SUPREME COURT CIVIL SUITS FOR NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK CASE-NAME: VAN DIJK, PABLO FRITS DE KNEGT V. ESMAN, ABIGAIL, RICHARD MELLEN, FELIX HENRY SATER TONY SEIDEN STATUS: DISPOSED ON 04/22/1996; SETTLED BEFORE TRIAL ACTION: CONTRACT RJI: 03/19/1992 NOTE OF ISSUE FILED: 10/15/1993 INDEX-NUMBER: 0071921992 JURY REQUESTED BY: NON-JURY JUDGE: YORK, LOUIS B. PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: CAREY S. BERNSTEIN, ESQ. 26 COURT STREET - 2003 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11242 1-718 852-8800 DEFENDANT ATTORNEY: ALTER 8: GOLDMAN 4 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10016 212 545-8600 SUPREME COURT CIVIL SUITS FOR NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK FOR WHICH AN INDEX NUMBER HAS BEEN PURCHASED CASE NAME: SHTURMINA MARINA, et aI. V. FELIX SATER, et aI. PLAINTIFF: SATER FELIX SHTURMINA MARINA DEFENDANT: FELIX SATER MARINA SHTURMINA INDEX NUMBER: 07365592 INDEX NUMBER PURCHASE DATE: 12/23/1992 NOTE OF ISSUE (NOI) FILED: 12/23/1992 SUPREME COURT CIVIL SUITS FOR NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK CASE-NAME: GRUNTEL 8L CO., INC. V. SATER, FELIX STATUS: DISPOSED ON 09/19/1994; CASE ORDER ACTION: ARTICLE 75 (ARBITRATION) RJI: 08/31/1994 INDEX-NUMBER: 1225001994 JUDGE: OMANSKY, PAULAJ. PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: EMILIA M. DE MEO 14 WALL STREET-15TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY. 10005 212-225-4937 SUPREME COURT CIVIL SUITS FOR NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK CASE-NAIVIE: FRIEDMAN, STEVEN V. EL RIO GRANDE RESTAURANT FELIX SADER FELIX SATER STATUS: DISPOSED ON 02/11/1997; BEFORE TRIAL ACTION: OTHER TORTS NEGLIGENCE RJI: 04/30/1993 NOTE OF ISSUE FILED: 04/11/1995 INDEX-NUMBER: 0261581992 JURY REQUESTED BY: PLAINTIFF JUDGE: COHEN, BEVERLY S. PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: BARRY IVIONTROSE, P.C., 654 IVIADISON AVENUE - 19TH FL. NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10021 212 980-9660 DEFENDANT ATTORNEY: THURIVI HELLER, LLP 261 IVIADISON AVENUE, 6TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10016 (212) 682-7000 THE OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK DEBTOR: SATER, FELIX 333 RECTOR PL NY NY 10280 CREDITOR: GRUNTAL 8: CO 14 WALL ST 15 FL NY NY 10005 AMOUNT: $137,701.93 LIEN-TYPE: JUDGMENTS DOCKET DOCUMENT-TYPE: JUDGMENTS EFFECTIVE-DATE: 01/03/1995 EFFECTIVE-TIME: 03:22 EXPIRATION: 01/03/2015 DOCKET-DATE: 01/03/1995 DOCKET-TIME: 03:22 INDEX-NUMBER: 94/122500 COURT: SUPREME COURT SATISFACTION DATE: 08/20/1996 SHERIFF EXECUTION: YES ATTORNEY FOR CREDITOR: DE MEO, EMILIA 14 WALL ST NY NY 10005 TRANSACTION-NUMBER: 31000716905 SUPREME COURT CIVIL SUITS FOR NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK FOR WHICH AN INDEX NUMBER HAS BEEN PURCHASED CASE NAME: BERNSTEIN GEROGE L, et aI. V. SATER FELIX PLAINTIFF: BERNSTEIN GEROGE DILWORTH PAXSON KALISH KALIS DEFENDANT: SATER FELIX INDEX NUMBER: 11570595 ACTION: OTHER INDEX NUMBER PURCHASE DATE: 06/22/1995 ATTORNEY: BRIAN J. OBERMAN 160 EAST 56TH STREET - 10TH FL NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022 1-212 751-7480 ATTORNEY: UNKNOWN SUPREME COURT CIVIL SUITS FOR NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK FOR WHICH AN INDEX NUMBER HAS BEEN PURCHASED CASE NAME: MARCUS BRUCE V. SATER FELIX, et aI. PLAINTIFF: MARCUS BRUCE DEFENDANT: HYDE PARK PARTNERS REGENCY CAPITAL GROUP LLC SATER FELIX INDEX NUMBER: 10169998 ACTION: OTHER INDEX NUMBER PURCHASE DATE: 01/30/1998 ATTORNEY: UNKNOWN ATTORNEY: UNKNOWN DISTRICT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF NASSAU FIRST DISTRICT: HEMPSTEAD CASE NAME: GINSBERG ADVERTISING INC v. SATER, FELIX, et aI. PIaintiff:J GINSBERG ADVERTISING INC Defendant: SATER, FELIX 0 PORT WASHINGTON, NY 11050 LAURIA, SALVATORE 0 PORT WASHINGTON, NY 11050 Docket Number: 1444097 Filing Date: 11/1/1999 Type: CIVIL SUMMONS Amount: $3,800 Attorney: HOFFMAN AND BEHAR NASSAU COUNTY CLERK, NEW YORK Debtor: SATER, FELIX SANDS POINT, NY 11050 Debtor: SATER, VIKTORIA SANDS POINT, NY 11050 Creditor: KRESO AND NERINA BEZMALINOVIC Docket Number: JT00018527 Filing Date: 7/18/2000 Type: JUDGMENT Amount: $56,289 Attorney: SCIACCA Perfected Date: 6/27/2000 CASE-NAME: V. 27 WEST 24TH ST. CORP. ARENA J.H. MANAGEMENT COMPANY, JOHN P. HEFFERNAN, 27 WEST 24 ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, ARENA, M.L.R.R. ENTERTAINMENT CORP., ARENA 3RD PTY: 27 WEST 24 ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, M.L.R.R. ENTERTAINIVIENT CORP. AND RAYMOND R. RAPAGLIA V. MITCHELL LOW, MARIO RANA, KAREN A. GRUPINSKI, WALTER W. JOSEPH J. ALIOTTA, EDWARD J. STANKO, FELIX H. SATER, DAVID B. NICHOLS, SALVATURE MORREALE, NICHOLAS A. LOBASSO, ROBERT A. DIMINICO, JONATHAN E. LARKIN, DAVID LARKIN, MICHAEL L. APPELBAUM, ABDEL AL MOHAMED, FRANK L. POLK, CHRISTOPHER KINGLEY, STEPLHEN G. KING, ANNA YORK AND RUBEN v. SERRANO 3RD PTY: SECURITY DEFENDANTIS) STATUS: DISPOSED ON 03/07/2002; BEFORE TRIAL ACTION: OTHER TORTS NEGLIGENCE RJI: 02/26/1996 NOTE OF ISSUE FILED: 04/03/2001 INDEX-NUMBER: 0206991995 JURY REQUESTED BY: PLAINTIFF JUDGE: ARIEL E. BELEN PLAINTIFF ATTORNEY: BARR ROSENBAUIVI 664 SOUTH MAIN ST PO BOX 664 SPRING VALLEY, NY 10977 (914) 352-4080 DEFENDANT ATTORNEY: JACOBOWITZ, GARFINKEL LESMAN 110 WILLIAM STREET NEW YORK, NY 10038 212-809-8000 In light of all this past activity, I was surprised to find only one case under Mr. Sater's name in the NYC OCA's WebCivil Supreme database. A pair of documents from that action which are attached to this e-mail in PDF format: WebCivil Supreme - Case Detail Court: Nassau Civil Supreme Index Number: 000879/2005 Case Name: THIERIOT, ELIZABETH vs. SATER, FELIX Case Type: Contract Track: Standard Disposition Date: 08/11/2006 RJI Filed: 11/14/2005 Justice Name: ROY S. IVIAHON Attorney/Firm For Plaintiff: BARRY MANSON 310 NORTHERN BLVD., STE. GREAT NECK, N.Y. 11021 Attorney Type: Attorney Of Record Status: Active Attorney/Firm For Defendant: HANTMAN ASSOCIATES 432 PARK AVENUE SOUTH NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10016 212-228-2600 Attorney Type: Attorney Of Record Status: Active Mr. Sater's co-defendant in Ms. Thieriot's action, as in the earlier one filed by Kreso and Nerina Bezmalinovic, is Viktoria Sater. AutoTrack identifies her as the former Viktoria Gutsko, born 1968, whose SSN was issued in California in 1984. And she's undoubtedly Felix Sater's wife. LEXIS reports that MS. Sater owed her own judgment, from 2000, which she paid in 2002: NASSAU COUNTY CLERK, NEW YORK Debtor: SATER, VIKTORIA SSN PORT WASHINGTON, NY 11050 Creditor: SELECT EXTERMINATING CO Docket Number: JT00015344 Filing Date: 6/13/2000 Type: JUDGMENT Amount: $843 Status: SATISFIED Status Date: 1/9/2002 Attorney: A WEINBERG Perfected Date: 5/17/2000 But unlike her husband, Ms. Sater is registered to vote. So we may assume that she's a US citizen: NEW YORK VOTER REGISTRATIONS Name: SATER, VIKTORIA Address: PT WASHINGTN, NY 11050 County: NASSAU Date of Birth: Gender: FEMALE Party Affiliation: REPUBLICAN Registration Date: 6/3/2003 Congressional District: 05 State Senate District: 07 State House District: 16 Precinct: 416039 Village: 04 The NYS BOE's address for Ms. Sater is an old one, however, as AutoTrack shows the couple now at Port Washington, NY 11050. And, sure enough, Nassau County reports that, in 2004, Mr. Sater paid $1.75 million for his home at that address and financed the purchase with a $1.4 million mortgage from Power Express: Parcel Number: 04095 Situs Address: SANDS POINT NY 11050-1606 County: NASSAU Transaction Type: RESALE Mortgage Deed Type: MORTGAGE DEED Document Type: GRANT DEED Seller Name(s): RODES LEONARD A DEBORAH Primary Buyer: SATER FELIX Buyer Address: HICKS LN SANDS POINT NY 11050 Recording Date: 07/28/2004 Sale Date: 07/17/2004 Sale Price: $1,750,000 Property Type: SINGLE FAMILY Resale/New Construction: RESALE Loan Type: CONVENTIONAL Loan Amount: $1,400,000 Lender: POWER EXPRESS Mortgage Date: 07/14/2004 Mortgage Term: 30 YEARS Cash Sale/Mortgage: MORTGAGE Lot Size: 3,345 SQFT Block: 3011 Land Use: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Tract Number: 301102 It was at this point that I ran out of time, without having conducted a proper NEXIS search of news stories, or even a thorough check of Internet sources. I know that you asked me to do what I could on a rushed basis, and you know that I do not like to provide incomplete workproduct.l do hope that something here proves useful. The printouts from my database searches should reach your desk on Monday. Please let me know if you have any questions. Bob From: Meserve, Robert Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 12:37 PM To: Gilbert, Adam Subject: RE: Search I will get you something by the end of the day. But I have to warn you that I'm tied up in a project with Rob Calihan, so mytime will be very limited, and the result will not be complete. From: Gilbert, Adam Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 12:32 PM To: Gilbert, Adam; Meserve, Robert Cc: Clancy, Mary Subject: RE: Search Bob -- I know Sater was convicted of an assault charge and went to jail. Lost his brokerage license in the securities industry. Some indication he may have been indicted in the EDNY, but I can't find it. Can you do somehting on a rush basis for me? From: Gilbert, Adam Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 12:05 PM To: Meserve, Robert Subject: Search Felix Sater or Felix Satter Adam B. Gilbert, Esq. Nixon Peabody LLP 437 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10022-7001 Direct Tel: 212.940.3004 Mobile Tel: 917.886.5013 Direct Fax: 866.780.0178 E-mail: agilbert@nixonpeabody.com Vlain Tel: 212.940.3000 Main Fax: 212.940.3111