Document 299 Filed 1 of 13 PageID 4948 02/14 - Morgan. Lewis a tackles Lu 101 tut Avemte Morgan LEWIS COUNIILOIS a-r u- TII: 112.309.6000 Fax: 212.309.6001 R. CIIMII 212.300.0200 Kelly A. Moore Pam 212.000.0012 October 19, 2009 TO BE The Honorable 1. Leo Glasser United States District Court 225 Cadman Pleas Bast Brooklyn. New York 1 1201 Re: . . . Dearludge Glasser: We represent Felix Sater. the defendant in the above matter. who is scheduled to be sentenced by Your Honor an October 23. 2009. We wn?te to advise the Court of the unique and exn-anrdinarynatureofthiscase. andtoaskthattheComtsentence Mr. Sater. whopledguilty Introduction As set forth in the government?s letter to the Court pursuant to Section .1 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (the ?510.! Letter?), for a decade. Felix Saver has been an extraordinary asset to the United States government. in both the federal law enforcement and intelligence arenas. His cooperation has corned a stuming array of subject matter. ranging from sophisticated local and international criminal activity to matters involving the world?s most dangerous terrorists and rogue states. Unlike many defendants. Felix began to provide important and Valuable information to the us. government before being charged with criminal activity, at a time when he was living and working in his native Russia and had no assurance that he would receive any leniency whatsoever. Also unlike most defendants, Felix's cooperation continued and even widened well after he had far surpassed the obligations of his plea agreement and plainly wu eligible for a strong $141.1 motion for leniency at sentencing. As the government notes, Felix worked under the supervision of various FBI agents assigned to investigate a wide range of criminal conduct. including securities fraud, Italian and Russian organized crime, sophisticated identity theft. money laundering, and counterterrorisrn. Document 299 Filed 08/m90. Page 2 of 13 PageID COUHIILOII a1 Lg. October 19, 2009 Page 2 To a person, every agent and prosecutor with whom Felix worked considered him an ?exemplary cooperator? and, as the 5K1 .1 Letter states, Felix?s cooperation was ?above and beyond? even the most extraordinary government expectations. (SKIJ Letter at 10). Over the course of his c00peration, Felix was more than simply honest and forthcoming?he was proactive and in fact risked his life numerous times in ways not normally seen in the criminal 'ustice stem. but he also gathered sensitive Russian military intelligence data while in Russia, and traveled more than once to precarious regions of Central Asia, where he obtained closely- guarded intelligence information relating to America?s most dangerous enemies, including Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, and North Korea. Felix also participated in FBI undercover Operations during which he met with Russian criminals in Cyprus and Turkey. And after the attacks of September 11, 2001, Felix used his overseas contacts to obtain extensive information regarding Bin Laden and Al Qaeda, which he relayed to the FBI. In all, as the government's 5K1.1 Letter indicates, Felix?s exceptional efforts were ?of a depth and breadth rarely seen,? and not only involved important intelligence information, but led to nearly two dozen convictions and helped the FBI to attain a greater level of understanding of various SOphisticated fraud schemes. This extraordinary cooperation merits extraordinary recognition by the criminal justice system and the Court. lmportantly, Felix stopped engaging in criminal conduct in 1996, two years before the FBI investigation of this matter began, and has fully rehabilitated himself since. During the nearly 11 years since his guilty plea, Felix has worked steadily in several lawful businesses in the United States and Russia. He has maintained a strong and loving marriage and enjoys a healthy family life, raising three daughters who are now ages 11, 12 and 15. By virtue of his ongoing cooperation, Felix remained under FBI supervision pending sentencing for nearly 11 years, an unprecedented amount of time. During that period, prosecutors and FBI agents had suf?cient trust in Felix that they found it unnecessary to impose any travel restrictions or pre-trial reporting requirements. Under these circumstances, even a sentence of probation would be unduly harsh and unnecessary. To the contrary, to impose a period of probation with its associated restrictions nearly 11 years alter Felix?s guilty plea, when Felix has been fully rehabilitated, lawfully employed, and has worked diligently to help the government, would be counter-productive for Felix personally and otherwise would serve no useful purpose in the criminal justice system. Fe" at Felix was born in Moscow, Russia on March 2, 1966. His family moved several times during his early childhood and he lived in low-income housing in Moscow, a refugee camp in Austria, Israel, and Italy, all before immigrating to the United States with his parents and sister in 1973. The family ?rst resided in Baltimore, Maryland and moved to Brooklyn three months later. Felix began working at a young age, selling newspapers at age eight and working part-time during high school at retail sports and clothing stores. He lived at home until age 18 and he cease-twa?uttbtant?Rtb Document 299 Filed O8/2M9louPage 3 of 13 PageID 4950 04/14 at raa Combat 19,2009 Page3 attended Pace University in New York City for several semesters before withdrawing to take a job on Wall Street' 1985. Felix started as an assistant to an account executive at Bear Stearns Felix quickly became successful on Wall Street, holding positions at a number of prominent ?nancial institutions between 1985 and 1994. By 1991. he was a managing director at Shearson Lehman Brothers, and likely would have continued along this path had it not been for an impulsive act inside a New York City bar. Regrettably, a combination of excess alcohol consumptionandaverbal altereationoverawoman led toabarroom ?ght, rcsultingina March 1993 assault conviction for Felix. who was 25 at the time of the fight. Felix was sentenced to state prison, and lost his Series 7 license. To this day. Felix is deeply remorse?rl tint his immaturity allowedhis life?to take such a dramatic downward turn. convicted felon. Felix foolishly joined with a boyhood friend who was engaged in ?pump and dump? securities fraud. They and others formed the brokerage ?rm (eventually lrnown as State Street Capital Partners) that was at issue in this neurities fraud case. Felix does not dispute the government's description of his role in criminal conduct relating to his brokerage activity- However, Felix worked at State Street for less than two years (he was in New York state custody ?-orn June 1994 through September 1995), and left the ?rm in 1996, well before the 1998 discovery of the cactus of doetmtents that spawned this investigation. Inc is The Government?s 510.1 Letter includes a detailed description of Felix?s extraordinary cooperation. We also include the following summary. 9 . Illil'l I!!li Felix learned in 1998 that the FBI was looking for him in connection with an investigation into the activities of State Street. At the time, Felix was in Russia. where he was working as a consultant for Without any assurance that his efforts would result in any leniency from the U.S. government, Felix immediately began to cooperate. Through a Russian contact, Felix arranged to meet a high ranking U.S. military intelligence of?cer and former military attache at the U. S. embassy tn Moscow (the At the Of?cer' request. Felix began to gather sensitive intelligence information for the U. S. government. Speci?cally,the Officer asked Felix to help the U. S. purchase a particular high-end anti-missile system from Russia. Through Russian contacts. Felix was able to enter covertly a closed Russian military installation, where he located the missile system. and provided details to the O?icer. Again at the Of?cer's request. Felix assisted in the U.S. Central intelligence Agency's efforts to repurchase U.S.?manufactwed Stinger missiles from members of the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan. Felix traveled to Central Asia and obtained the location and serial numbers of approximately 10 Stinger missiles, which he provided to U.S. authorities. On a separate Ogilabb-aihh?g?c??itill?e Document 299 Filed Page 4 of 13 PagelD #:4035109 14 counsstoas at Law Octoberl9.2009 I Page4 occsn'on, again at the request of U.S. intelligence authorities, Felix made another trip to" Conn-ii" Asia, where he obtained and supplied to the Of?cer information regarding North Korea?a?nucl?ear capabilities. Remarkably. Felix also provided speci?c. credible information about Osama Bin Laden. including Bin Lsden?s satellite telephone numbers and information regarding Bin Laden-?s supply of weaponry. Felix delivered Bin Laden's satellite phone numbers to the FBI in September 1998, after he voluntarily ?ew from Russia to the United States to surrender to authorities. Felix was latertoldbyan FBI . Following the attacks of September I 1, Felix was able to make contact with an individual who was in contact with Bin Laden. Using a satellite phone provided by the FBI through Felix, that individual provided Felix with a steady stream of details regarding Bin Laden and Al Qaeda. Arnong the intelligence Felix relayed to the FBI was information on Bin Laden?s location following the attacks. a list of Al Qaeda members, names and locations of people who handled security for Bin Laden. secret meetings that Bin Laden planned to attend, a list of Sudanese banks where Bin Laden held cash reserves. and the identity of companies that were controlled by Bin Laden in various parts of the world. Through another source, Felix learned and gave to the FBI the name ofa Washington, D.C. restaurant with ties to Al Qaeda and the locations of U.S. embassies targeted by Al Qaeda. Felix also relayed to the FBI names, descriptions. and locations of the organizers of the attacks on the USS Cole and the U.S. African embassy attacks. During the U.S. offensive in Afghanistan in October 2001 Felix relayed information on the locations of weapons held by Taliban and Al Qaeda forces. He provided the location of Taliban leader Mullah Omar and supplied groundreports detailing who had been killed by U.S. air-strikes in Afghanistan. Additionally. Felix relayed the details of an assassination plot against President Bush. as well as a plot to shoot down a plane carrying Secretary of State Colin Powell. While Felix of course has no knowledge what use was made ofthe information he provided, FBI agents eagerly received the information. which Felix understands was passed on to intelligence authorities. Also, in 2002 following the information regarding the Bush assassination plot. Felix was send to and did arrange a meeting overseas between his source and agents of the U.S. Secret Service. Felix's cooperation enabled the govemment to make cases not only against those involved in State Street and other corrupt brokerage time, but also enhanced the FBI's . of complicated securities fraud schemes popular in the 1990s. As stated in the 510.1 Letter. Felix's ?information proved to be. in all respects. and highly use?rl in explaining and corroborating the evidence gathered up to that time. (510.1 Letter at 3-4). Between 1993 and 2000, Felix spent hundreds of hours with FBI agents and prosecutors, explaining other-wise documents and describing the roles played by the various participants not only in the State Street ?rm. but in other similar ?rms. This included among Document 299 Filed 5 of 13 PageID 495p; 05/14 Thei-lonorableI.LcoGlasser 4r Lu October19, 2009 Pages others the organized crime ?gures who were used to threaten violence against rivals, industry participants who received kickbacks for inducing unwitting customers to urchase bogus securities, and individuals who laundered ille a1 roceeds. Felix?s cooperation also led to guilty pleas and cooperation by others, including Bonanno Family captain Frank Coppa Jr., whose own subsequent cooperation led to the convictions of several others, including Joseph Massimo, the head of the Bonanno Family, who himself subsequently cooperated. vvi'o neLderin 'ceud From 2004 through 2008, Felix helped the FBI bring down two separate international money laundering and cyber-fraud schemes that originated in Russia. In the ?rst instance, Felix worked under the supervision to in?ltrate the scheme by pretending to offer money laundering services. For over a year, Felix received money transfers that had been siphoned from banking, brokerage and credit cards in the United States using personal information that had been stolen over the internet. After establishing a relationship with the Russian criminals behind the scheme, Felix traveled to Cyprus under the supervision and arranged a meeting with the suspects. Felix's cover came dangerously close to being blown during the operation, when the Russians unexpectedly directed Felix to get in a car with them and drive to another area. As stated in the SKl.l Letter, Felix "played a crucial role in this investigation and the government would not have sought or obtained an indictment without his assistance." (5K1 .1 Letter at 7). In the second instance, which involved a similar scheme, Felix traveled to 'hirkey with FBI agents to meet the identi?ed leader of the scheme. Again, without Felix?s assistance, neither the indictment nor the arrest of that suspect would have been possible. Bus'g Felix also provided information to both U.S. and Russian authorities concerning Russian organized crime. He provided a signi?cant amount of historical data about the Russian ma?a in the U.S. and abroad, including which Russian oligarchs had ties to organized crime ?gures and what their business interests were in the U.S. He also explained to the FBI how the Russian ma?a in the U.S. used accident insurance scams to generate revenue. Felix Is Forgg to End gin Cooperation Following Exgognre by the dew York Times Felix?s cooperation with the government likely would have continued had it not been for a December 2007 article in the New York Times, under the headline ?Real Estate Executive With Hand in Project Rose From Tangled Past" (the The Article disclosed the existence of a pending case against Felix. although the case was under seal. The Article A copy of the Article is attached hereto as Exhibit Document 299 Filed Page 6 of 13 PageID 49?5307/14 Morynlewrs Thelionorabch.LeoGlasser ?Wilson as us Octoberl9,2009 PageG outlined the scheme at State Street and' its ties to organized crime ?gures. At the time Felix was working for Bayrock Group, LLC, a real estate development ?rm that was a partner in the Trump Soho project in Lower Manhattan and Trump International Hotel and Tower in Fort Lauderdale, among others. Felix had been with the Bayrook Group since 2003. and had successfully promoted and managed projects in partnership with Donald Trump. Following publication of the Article. Bayroclt severed ties with Felix. In addition to disrupting his professional and personal life. the Article also destroyed Felix': ability to continue cooperating with the government. The Article revealed that Felix had been cooperating since 1998 and described the Operations he undertook with the CIA, including assisting in the purchase of Stinger missiles. These disclosures not only jeOpardized Felix?s. safety. but also meant that he could no longer serve as an effective informant. . While ,Felix was brie?y unemployed as a result ofthe Article, and Suffered from depression, he soon bounced back. Since February 2008, he has served as an adviser to Mirax Group, a large real estate development company in Russia, and has been involved' In several Mirax projects in Europe. Also. since August 2009, Felix has been employed at the Converse Group, and has been hired to develop Converse Precious Medals, which will re?ne raw gold, silver and platinum for resale. Felix also has since early 2008 been working as a real estate consultant tn New York. nel Felix': criminal conduct ended in 1996. thirteen years ago. And it has been nearly 1 1 years since his guilty plea. Between 1998 and 2008, Felix was under the continuous supervision of numerous FBI agents with whom he worked closely; and each of these agents considered Felix's work with thorn to be ?exemplary." At the same time. Felix was working full-time in lawful businesses in both the United States and Russia, and living with and supporting his wife of 15 years and their three school-age children. In short. Felix has gotten his life back on track. And he has dedicated nearly a decade of his life to give back for the wrong he committed, going ?above and beyond? what could reasonably have been expected of any cooperating defendant. Meanwhile, Felix's most similarly situated oo-defendant. Salvatore Laurie, who also cooperated, albeit ?ts less reliably and expansively than Felix. was sentenced tn February 2004 to a term of ?ve years ofprobation. including 12 months of home con?nement, and a $20, 000 fine. Several other tic-defendants also were sentenced to probation. We ask the Court recognize the value of Felix' extraordinary efforts. and his full rehabilitation. by' imposing a sentence of no jail and no probation. Document 299 Filed 08/237919 Nmage 7 0f 13 PageID #3 495% 03/14 Duel-InnonblelleoGlasser coumuou u- Octoberl9.2009 Page? cc: Todd Kamimky, Esq. Document 299 Filed 8 of 13 PageID 493.5 09/ 14 4 EXHIBIT A Document 299 Filed Page 9 of 13 PageID 45560/14 Real Estate Executive With Hand in Projects Rose From Tangled Past - New Page of 5 ?name It ?can Real Estate Executive With Hand in Trump Projects Rose Morn Tangled Past 37W Whenhewasa and at inveetore. Along the vrayhe became embroiled in a plan to buy antiaircrait miuilee on the black market for the Wain either ?Afghanistan. depending on which ofhie former associates in telling the story. But in deter has reetn'iaadwith a di?erentname and a card realeatate executive he maynothee household name, ie: Mr. Sater? who now goea by the name Setter - has been jetting to Denver. Phoenix. Port Ieuderdale. Fla., and elaewhare ainoe zoos. promoting potential project: in partner-hip with Mr. Trump and others. in New York, thecompanylir?aterworh for. Baymckamup, partnerinthe?l?rump Sol-lo. asleek. tie-story Street. But much remains Imlmown about Mr. Sater. 41. and determining the truth about hie poet is hit like unraveling the plotofa epy novel: Almoat eveiycharactertella a different tale. A federal complaint brought agaimt him in a 1998 money laundering and stock manipulation core was ?led in mm and remains under real. Amheequent indictment in March 2000 stemming from the some investigation deecn'hed Mr. Sate:- no on ?unindicted maepirator? and a key ?gure in :40 million scheme involving 19 and organised crime ?gure from four Made Mother. The indictment aaeetted that Mr. Sater helped create fraudulent stock brokerage that were used to defraud investors and launder money. Mr. Seter and hia lawyer, Judd Buntein. repeaudly refused to diecun in detail his role in the stock eeam. But a onetime ii-iend. Gennady Heathen. who is known a Gene and who was teamed with Mr. Sater as a co- conepintor. contende that they both pleaded guilty in 1998, and that Mr. eater began cooperating with the authorities. Prosecution are unwilling to dtactue either the 1998 complaint or the once indictment. 'l'm not proud ofeome of the things that happened in my am," Mr. Sater said in an interview. am proud of .- O?aw?Z?wmm?M-MG Document 299 Filed 08/m9l0- Page 10 of 13 PageID 49511/14 Real Estate Executive With Hand in Project: Rose From Tangled Peat - New Page 2 of 5 the thinge the doing now.? Mr. Seter. whoheeanundtledpoeition at Baymcheaidheatartedspellinghia narneaa Satterto "distance Buthecontinueetoucethenarne Mr. Buntein added. 'iie dare not hide his peat. and di?cnltiaa he had. from anybody he don business with.? But Alex Sapir. president of the aapir Organiaation. a pernier in Trump Sol-lo. raid he wee 'not happy" to havcjuet learned oer. Seter'a peat on 1huraday. ?Thia in all new: to me.? he raid. Mr. Trump alaonidhe wee aurpriredtolearn of Mr. Sater'a peat. 'We never knew that." he raid of Mr. Sater. ?Wedoaa much Mr. Trurnp raid that mat ofhia deelinge with Bayroa had beenwith its founder. ?i'ev?ltArit?. and that his son Donald and bk daughter Ivanh were playing active mice in managing the project. Neither Bayroclt nor Mr. Mr. Setuhugeneraliyheptalowpro?le on although he mingledwith guest: and the owners at the September party introducing 'n'utnp Sol-lo. Mr. Trump and Mr. Sater were also together in Lovelend. Coin. in 2005. where they were interviewed by a reporter for The Rocky Mountain News? about potential development deala in nearby Denver. Mr. Trump said he did not recall Mr. sater's being there.w .. "they reamed to get along juat iine.? said Justin Henderson, a Denver developer who worked with Mr. Trump and Mr. Satercn an ultimatelyunauccaefnl deal to build the talleet towers in Colorado. 'It seemed that Mr. 'n-urnp relied heavilyon Mr. Seter'a opinion uncertain marinate.? Mr. Eater's lateet u-enetonnatlon could prove to be a cautionary tale for Mr. 'n-untp. who has care?rlly molded hie image into an international brand thathae extended from real estate to bottled water. men's mite. atealte. vodka, a televiaion chow end. in hie latest invention. the Trump Hotel Collection. The hotel collection. a hotel management company. includes two projects with Baynoclc ?Trurnp Sci-to and - Trump international Hotel and Tower in Port Leududale. A third joint project. in Phoenix. in also in the . worlu. "trump is a name aeeociatedwitha certain cachet and bravado. auppoee. thatwill attract certain kinda of people.?I raid Rite Rodriguez, chief moutive ofthe Brand Union. a corporate branding and identity agency. ?The brand ie a strategic and ?nancial enact.? the said. ?it her to be taken care of very similarly to any other you have on your balance sheet. Anything that would detract item that could jeopardize the brand the brand trachea." Mr. Satel- wee born in the Soviet Union. the can of Rachel and Mikhail Sater. according to public records. court testimony and the federal indictment. Ha her said hie perenta. who are Jewish, moved ?rst to lsracl, then to Baltimore and ?nally to New York in the early 1970: to cecape ?reiigioue persecution." Mr. Saterwaa born Heint Fella Seter. but he once testi?ed in court that he ?Arneticeniaed' hie name to Felix? oc?q$zg?a8?onmml?lli6 Document 299 Filed Page 11 of 13 PageID 495E114 Real Estate Executive With Hand in Projects Rose Prom Tangled Past - New Page lot 5 HenrySaterintheearlytogoa. Mr. Sater took classes at am but dropped out at 18 to work at Bear Steams. Like Mr. ldctaman. he rose quickly. mon'ng from ?rm to ?rm selling stock. Mr. Sater's ?rst brush with the law came in 1991. Mr. Sater and Mr. laotsrnan were at Rio Grande, a - . Midtown watering hole. celebrating with a triend and eventual Salvatore Laurie.- who had just passed his atockbroler?a mm. Mr. Sate: later told sludge that he was in a good mood. having made a quick tn commissions that day. Buthegotintoanargurnent witha commoditieahroheratthehar. and it quickly escalated. According to Satergrabhedalsrgemargarita laceration on hie face. Mr.Satersaidinanintenriew. ?Mylifespimtedoutof control.? Mr. Wm? But according to the 2000 federal indictment in the fraud use, Mr. Eater. Mr. Klotsman. Mr. Laurie. and their partners gained control in 1993 ofWhite Rock- Partners. which later changed its name to State Street Capital Marketa. Although the companies ?held themselves out as legitimate brokerage firms." the indictment states. ?they were in fact operated for the primary purpose of earning money through fraud involving the manipulation of the prices cfsecurities.? The trio would secu?y gain control ofiarge blocks ofetoclr and warrants in four companies through offshore accounts. the indictment said. In an illegal ?pump and dump? scheme. they would in?ate the value of the shares through underbthe-tahie payo?s to brokers who sold the securities to unsuspecting investor: by spreading false information about the companies. Brokers were prohibited from acting on sell orders from investors unless they found another buyer. the indictment said. The partner: would then call large blocks ofetoclr at a steep pro?t. investors suffered substantial losses as share prices plummeted. Despite the prohibition against selling securities. a subsequent complaint by regulators at the NASD. recounted how Mr. Sate:- ?cursed. yelled and screamed? at the ?rm's brokers in an attempt to motivate them. He also offered cash rewards to brokers who sold the largest block of house stocks. At the same time. Mr. Sater. Mr. Laurie and others sought protection and help from members of the Malta in resolving disputes with ?pump and dump? ?rms operated by other organised crime groups. in 1995. for inatance. W. a eoldierin die maxim sought to extort money from Mr. Sater Mr. Sater. in turn, got Emeet Montevecchi. a soldier in the Genovese crirne tamily. to persuade Mr. Gsrafcla to beckoi'f. according to the indictment. The denouement cfur. Satar's career on Wall Street began in 1998 at a locker at a Manhattan Mini Storage in Sol-lo. where investigators discovered two pistols. a drotgun and a hag sniffed with a trove of documents outlining the money laundering scheme and o?'shore accounts of Mr. Sater and his partners. According to a law enforcement as well as Mr. idotarnan and another defendant in the case. Mr. Sate:- Document 299 Filed O8/25hii9NOPage 12 of 13 PageID 49?5913/14 Real Estate Executive With Hand in Trump Projects Rose From Tangled Past - New Page-tom had rented the locker and then neglected to pay the rent. Mr. Sater denied having anything to do with the locker or the guns. At the time invutigatora opened the storage locker. Mr. Sater and Mr. lactatnan had gone to Russia. Where their wheeling and dealing continued, they aaid. Their moat interesting stories. however. are hard to were.? Mr. Sater and Mr. Riotunan tried to out a deal with the C.I.JL, according to a book co-written by Mr. Laurie. ?The Scorpion and the Frog: High Time and High Crimea." In exchange for leniency. the book said. they offered to buy a doaen micelles that Wu had placed on the black market. The deal later collapsed. Mr. Laurie has aince renounced hia book. which also details the false atoelt brokerage scheme, calling it largely a work of ?ction. He even tried to block publication. However, hie co-author, David 3. Saw, eaidhedocutnentodalltbertoriea in the bookwith recordaandotherinterviewa. Mancunian aid that Mr. Eater did obtain information for the United States about another set of black- tnaritct micelles. and that thoae efforts 'bought Felix hia freedom" from prison. - Mr. Sater. Mr. mm and Mr. Iauria eventually returned to New York. Mr. ?otarnan' and Mr. Laurie 4 agreed to cooperate with the United States attorney?s o?ce in Brooklyn and pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in connection with the thudulent stock brokerages, other defendanta and lawyer: in Mr. Sater?e case said. The information they provided helped proaceutotn obtain guilty plea from all 19 of their iorrner cohorts, including nix with tiea to the mob. Mr. IGotarnan and hia lawyer aacett that Mr. Sater alao pleaded guilty and cooperated. ?Felix was one of the signi?cant participant: in the fraud." the lawyer. Alexi M. Schacht. acid. Mr. Klotaman. who grew up with Mr. Sater. now livea in a Seoo-a-month apartment in Moscow. In an interview, he said he waa paying the American government $695 a month in restitution for the $40 million loat by investora. He queationed whether Mr. Sater waa paying a dime. But Mr. Sater and hia lawyer. Mr. Buntein. avoided many questions concerning hia legal problems involving the Wall Street acam. including whether he pleaded guilty and cooperated. challenge you to ?nd any of?cial government document anywhere hia indictment or conviction for any crime other than the Mr. Buntcin said. Mr. Seter aaid hejoined ?awed: in 2003 at the urging of the company'a founder, Mr. Arif. A neighbor of Mr. Sater?a in Sande Point. on Long Island. Mr. Arifia a former eeonomiat for the Soviet government who built a chain of ?ve luxury hotela In thy and Kazakhstan alter the collapae of the Soviet Union. Within a atone'a throw of the Manhattan Mini Storage building, the Trump Sol-Io is rising rapidly at the corner of Spring and Vatielt smote. another new tower amid the somewhat grubby industrial buildings of what had been the city'a printing dun-let. The tower haa generated opposition from some local residents and preaervntioniata. It in. for Mr. Sater. an emblem ofhia new life. "l'm trying to lead an exemplary eldnence,? he said. ?Old. bad" Document 299 Filed 08/533130. Page 13 of 13 PagelD Real Estate Executive With Hand in Trump Projects Rose From Tangled Past - New Page 5 of luggage in not something anyone wants to remember.? - . .-