Kristina Chiteishvili v. Vertifx LLC et al

Filing 74

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION by Judge John F. Walter. (iv)

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GHERMAN LEGAL PLLC
Sergiu Gherman, Bar No. 37031
[e-mail]
25 SE 2 Avenue, Suite 808
Miami, Florida 33131-1603
Tel/Fax: [phone]
NOTE: CHANGES MADE BY THE COURT
Admitted Pro Hac Vice
Attorney for Plaintiff
KRISTINA CHITEISHVILI

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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WESTERN DIVISION

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Case No.: 2:17-CV-8711 JFW (RAOx)

KRISTINA CHITEISHVILI,

Honorable John F. Walter
United States District Judge

Plaintiff,
v.

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VERTIFX LLC, a California limited
liability company; EDUARD AKOPIAN
a/k/a EDWARD HAKOBYAN, an
individual; GAYANE OVSEPYAN, an
individual; ANAIDA OVSEPYAN, an
individual; VERTIFX LIMITED, a
United Kingdom company; and KEVIN
KACHATURIAN, an individual,
Defendants.

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants Vertifx LLC and Vertifx Limited,

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and their officers, directors, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, servants, employees,

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attorneys-in-fact, and those persons in active concert or participation with them who

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receive actual notice of this order, within twenty-four hours of receiving notice of this

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order: (a) take such steps as are necessary to repatriate to the territory of the United

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States of America $1,000,000.00, the monies described in the First Amended

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Complaint, which are held by Defendants Vertifx LLC and Vertifx Limited or are

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under their direct or indirect control, jointly or singly; and (b) provide the Court and

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the Plaintiff a written description of the funds so repatriated.
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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that once within the jurisdiction of this Court, any

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financial or brokerage institution or other person or entity located within the territorial

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jurisdiction of the United States courts and holding any funds or assets in the name of,

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for the benefit of, or under the control of Defendants Vertifx LLC and/or Vertifx

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Limited, shall hold within their control without withdrawal, removal, transfer or other

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disposal of any assets of up to $1,000,000.00 known to have been received from

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Plaintiff.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants Vertifx LLC and Vertifx

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Limited, and their officers, directors, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, servants,

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employees, attorneys-in-fact, and those persons in active concert or participation with

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them who receive actual notice of this order, are enjoined from dissipating and

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alienating at least $1,000,000.00, which represents the amount known to have been

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transferred from Plaintiff to Defendants Vertifx LLC and Vertifx Limited and that is

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the amount under their control or over which they exercise actual or apparent

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investment or other authority.

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SO ORDERED, this 1st day of March, 2018

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JOHN F. WALTER
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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