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, Trustee
Marshack Hays LLP
5410 Trabuco Road, Suite 130
Irvine, CA 92620
PH: 949-333-7777
949-333-7778
EMAIL: pkraus@marshackhays.com
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
FBI - Los Angeles
11000 Wilshire Blvd., #1700
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Phone: (310) 477-6565
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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June 12, 2008
Cohn Sentencing Moved To September 22The sentencing date for Four Star executive Mark F. Cohn has been moved again. It's now scheduled for September 22 at 10 am before Judge Philip S. Gutierrez, Courtroom 790, Roybal Federal building, 255 E. Temple Street, Los Angeles.
Reasons for the postponement were spelled out in newly filed court papers. Here’s an extended excerpt:
“… (rescheduled) to permit the parties to fully review recently obtained trial transcripts, trial exhibits, and financial records, to determine whether to object to the Pre-Sentence Report (“PSR”). The parties anticipate that the additional time will permit the parties to limit issues for the Court’s determination, including related-conduct issues of first impression.
The PSR was disclosed on March 13, 2008. Objections to the PSR would have been due on March 27, 2008, based on this disclosure date. The Court previously granted one extension of the sentencing date to permit the government sufficient time to obtain information related to possible PSR objections. The lengthy recommendation letter and PSR include a recommendation for reducing any sentence by the 57-month sentence imposed on defendant in a District of Maryland case. In addition, the PSR includes a 42-month recommended downward variance based on defendant’s health issues, caretaking issues for his children and wife, and post-offense rehabilitation.
This second requested delay is directed at obtaining and analyzing further information to determine whether the Maryland telemarketing scheme is related to the instant Ponzi scheme, which may turn, in part, on the financial connection between the two schemes. This means the factual record will have to be further developed so that the parties and the Court will have sufficient information to determine the schemes’ factual interrelatedness. The parties are working toward limiting or eliminating factual disputes before filing any objections to the PSR.
In the period since the Court granted the first continuance, the government has obtained hundreds of pages amounting to a partial transcript of defendant’s 20-day Maryland trial, plus trial exhibits. In addition, an IRS Special Agent has recently completed a weeks-long analysis of financial records. Defense counsel and government counsel met with the agent on June 6, 2008 and identified further possible financial analyses, which may necessitate obtaining additional exhibits from the Maryland trial.”
For more information, please contact:
Evan J. Davis, AUSA
phone: (213) 894-4850
email: Evan.Davis@usdoj.gov
