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Passing of SDNY Convicted Albert Vilar
Traceability Oct 15 Amid Corrupt UN Echo
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 1 – The saga of Alberto
Vilar in the Southern District
of New York has been well
known, including his
re-sentencing to ten years for
refusing to pay his victims,
and more recently claims he
can't, living off a $2,200 a
month Social Security check.
On September 8,
the Court was informed that
"Defendant Albert Vilar passed
away in his sleep on September
4, 2021 at his home in Queens
County, New York." Noted. And
now on September 27, more:
"MEMO ENDORSEMENT as to
Alberto William Vilar on re:
[970] LETTER by Alberto
William Vilar addressed to
Judge Richard J. Sullivan from
Michael K. Bachrach, Esq.
dated September 8, 2021 re:
Informing Court and the
Government of the passing of
Alberto Vilar. ENDORSEMENT: IT
IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT defense
counsel shall submit a status
letter to the Court by October
4, 2021 regarding the impact
of Mr. Vilar's passing on the
various matters pending before
this Court and the Second
Circuit."
Now docketed on
October 1: "ORDER as to
Alberto William Vilar, Gary
Alan Tanaka: IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED THAT the motions to
dismiss the third-party
petitions are GRANTED as to
petitions filed by Shevitz and
Christov, but are DENIED with
respect to the remaining
third-party petitions. In
light of this determination,
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT, by
October 15, 2021, the
government and the remaining
petitioners shall submit a
joint letter indicating
whether any party intends to
request discovery in order to
assess the traceability of the
petitioners' funds to the
Additional Assets, as well as
proposing an updated schedule
for next steps in the
litigation on the Second
Preliminary Forfeiture Order."
The United
Nations connections, we had
not known until
now. And now we
know yet more.
First, the
present, Judge Richard J.
Sullivan's order of July 30:
"Minute Entry for proceedings
held before Judge Richard J.
Sullivan: Oral Argument as to
Alberto William Vilar, Gary
Alan Tanaka held on 7/30/2021.
The Court held oral argument
via ZoomGov videoconference on
the government's motion to
dismiss several third-party
petitions filed in connection
with the Court's August 2,
2019 and December 9, 2019
Preliminary Orders of
Forfeiture as to Substitute
Assets...The Court reserved
decision on the pending motion
to dismiss. The Court directed
the Pension Scheme and the
government to submit a joint
letter by August 13, 2021
proposing a schedule for
discovery, summary judgment,
and an ancillary
hearing."
Docketed on
August 20 is a letter from
Laurie Christov, amplifying
what she said in the July 30
proceeding: "I feel my oral
arguments at the hearing on
July 30 feel woefully short...
the condition the arbitrator
put on my husband's award was
the worst case of unjust
enrichment, leaving the burden
of removal to Vilar and
Tanaka, which of course they
did not do, why would they?"
Why indeed.
Digging
back through the docket, Inner
City Press came upon Judge
Sullivan's order (Docket
Number 537) denying bail to
Vilar, and specifically
declining to credit the
declaration of of Walter
Pfaeffle "asserting that
Defendant Vilar is not a
flight risk."
The underlying
declaration by Walter
Pfaeffle, a United Nations
correspondent when Inner City
Press was there and apparently
still there, in the
unresponsive UN Correspondents
Association, said that
"I am a
German-born freelance
journalist... Early on I
invested successfully in
residential properties. I live
in one and rent out the
other... I met Alberto Vilar
for the first time in June
2005 following his release
from the MCC. At the time,
Alberto's then lady-friend
helped arrange his $4 million
bail package, to which I
contributed... We often had
dinner together and sometimes
attended the opera... I was,
somewhat by default, left in
charge of emptying his
apartment at 860 United
Nations Plaza."
But now on
August 10, still awaiting the
August 13 filing (and staring
at a BOP site saying "ALBERTO
VILAR Register Number:
57828-054 Age:
80 Race:
White Sex:
Male
Released On: 09/10/2018,"
here's more on Pfaeffle, from
another
case, Ackermann v.
Levine, 610 F. Supp. 633
(S.D.N.Y. 1985) -
"present at
the meeting was a friend of
Mr. Bauer's, Walter Pfaeffle,
a West German journalist
living in New York who spoke
both German and English and
who Mr. Bauer referred to as
his "financial consultant," a
status not supported by the
proof. (Tr. 463) At the
conclusion of the meeting, Mr.
Bauer agreed to keep in touch
with defendant after he
returned to West Germany; the
two were to communicate
through Mr. Pfaeffle (he
possessed a Telex machine).
(Tr. 306; 308) It was
defendant's understanding that
Mr. Pfaeffle would share in
the commission. (Tr. 334)."
On
September 27 we add: Pfaeffle
is listed, somehow, as a
lawyer - while Inner City
Press understands he took
paralegal courses to stay in
with Vilar. How did this UN
"journalist" get the house and
sort of law firm on the
Hamptons? We'll have more on
this.
Ah, the UN -
where the correspondents are
supported by real estate
speculation, as landlords, and
bail out fraudsters who refuse
to pay their victims. We'll
have more on this. The
case is US v. Vilar, et al.,
05-cr-621 (Sullivan).
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