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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July 28, 2007
Four Star News RoundupAccording to the federal Bureau of Prisons website:
- On July 24th, authorities transferred Four Star executive Mark Cohn to Phoenix, Arizona where he’s now being supervised by a community corrections program. Cohn had been housed at The Federal Correctional Institution Terminal Island (San Pedro), California. In 2003, Cohn was convicted of telemarketing fraud and sentenced to nearly five years imprisonment. The Four Star executive's release date had originally been projected for January 18, 2008. Cohn has family in Arizona. His brother is a business partner and manager of a hotel in downtown Phoenix.
According to state and federal court records:
- Jack Garrett’s bankruptcy Trustee plans to put the Four Star President's California home up for sale later this year. The Trustee cut a deal with one of Garrett’s largest creditors – BizNiz, LLC – to divide the proceeds.
- The San Diego home of Four Star CFO Ronald Anson was foreclosed on and sold recently by Comerica bank. Comerica was Anson's mortgage lender. Anson’s bankruptcy estate abandoned a financial claim on the home because of numerous outstanding creditor liens on the property.
- Four Star President Jack Garrett and his wife recently settled with Garrett's bankruptcy Trustee over fraudulent avoidance claims asserted by the Trustee against the couple. Garrett and his wife agreed to pay more than $700,000 in the settlement.
- Anson and the Trustee in his bankruptcy case have ended a dispute over release of tax records of the Four Star CFO. Under a deal, an accountant hired by the Trustee will be allowed to review previously undisclosed tax records of Anson's.
- Several key defendants in the Four Star investor class action case have settled claims against them. Former Four Star exec Steven Wade and several banks caught up in the Four Star case reached a $2 million settlement with investor plaintiffs. However several members of the class action are objecting to the settlement deal. A “fairness” hearing to consider arguments has been scheduled October 12th.
- Four Star business partner and insider Robert H. Lipp of Georgina Asset Management reached a settlement agreement over claims against him in the investor class action case. Lipp has agreed to pay $155,000 to class members. Separately, Lipp also reached a settlement deal with several former clients (so-called "privity" plaintiffs Jeffrey Simon and Stuart Simon) over Four Star claims. The amount of the settlement was not disclosed in court papers.
