UPCOMING COURT HEARINGS & BASIC INFO
Presiding Judge in Mark F. Cohn criminal case:
Judge Philip S. Gutierrez
U.S. District Court - Central District California
Roybal Federal Building
255 E. Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA. 90012
(213) 894-1565
CASE NO.: 07-01104
Presiding Judge in Four Star investor civil class
action:
Judge Anthony Mohr
Los Angeles Superior Court
600 South Commonwealth Ave.
Dept. 309
Los Angeles, CA
(213) 351-8590
CASE NO.: BC 310846
Presiding Judge in Four Star, Anson, & Garrett bankruptcies:
Judge Thomas Donovan
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
255 East Temple St.
Los Angeles, CA
(213) 894-3728
CASE NOS.: LA 03-37579, LA 06-16126-TD, & LA 05-12488
Chap 7 Trustee Garrett Bankruptcy:
Alberta P. Stahl
221 North Figueroa St.
Suite 1200
Los Angeles, CA 90012
PH: (213) 580-7977
FAX: (213) 482-1647
CASE NO.: LA 05-12488
Chap 7 Trustee Anson Bankruptcy:
Heide Kurtz
2515 South Western Avenue
Suite 11
San Pedro, CA 90732-4643
PH: (310) 832-3604
CASE NO.: LA 06-16126-TD
Chap 7 Trustee Four Star Bankruptcy:
Richard Marshack
26632 Towne Center Drive, Suite 300
Foothill Ranch, CA 92610
EMAIL: RMarshack@shbllp.com
PH: (949) 340-3400
FAX: (949) 340-3000
CASE NO.: LA 03-37579
U.S. Attorney's Office:
Evan J. Davis
Assistant United States Attorney in charge of Four Star criminal case
The U.S. Attorney's Office - Central District of California
300 North Los Angeles Street
Room 7211
Los Angeles, California 90012
Phone: (213) 894-4850
EMAIL: Evan.Davis@usdoj.gov
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Carolyn Nakamura
Special Agent in charge of Four Star investigation
FBI - Los Angeles
11000 Wilshire Blvd., #1700
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Phone: (310) 996-3915
Disclaimer: The "Four Star Financial Services, LLC" entity referred to throughout this site is in no way associated with "Four Star Financial, Inc." - the Indiana mortgage broker.
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November 23, 2005
Trustee Files Numerous LawsuitsIn a flurry of activity, the Trustee has filed dozens of lawsuits against individuals, attorneys, investment advisory firms, limited partnerships, law firms, and "insiders" who allegedly participated in fraudulent activity by profiting from the alleged Four Star Ponzi scheme [To download files (each is a 5MB zip PDF file) of the lawsuits, click on the following:#1, #2]. The Trustee is also attempting to recoup commissions earned by at least four investment advisors and other individuals who put clients into Four Star.
Seeking "disgorgement", the Trustee's filings target several former Four Star investors. The Trustee's legal complaints state that these investors received back more than their principal investments in Four Star. Some investors, according to the Trustee, received between $5 million and $10 million in so-called "interest payments".
Hundreds of pages of documents were filed by the Trustee, who alleges that Four Star was a Ponzi scheme run by Mark Cohn from the time of its inception as 900 Capital.
The Trustee is expected to file more lawsuits in the near future.
[Update: Recent trustee filings not included in the zip file linked above are here -- Compass Benefits Club, LLC (Daniel Conner), & Wehner and Perlman, LLP (both PDFs)]
