Federal Trade Commission et al v. Worldwide Info Services, Inc. et al

Filing 117

ORDER granting in part and denying in part 115 Motion for approval and payment of fees and expenses; Adopting Report and Recommendations re 116 Report and Recommendations. Signed by Judge Carlos E. Mendoza on 6/29/2015. (DJD)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
ORLANDO DIVISION

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION and
STATE OF FLORIDA, OFFICE OF
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,
DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS,
Plaintiffs,
v.

Case No: 6:14-cv-8-Orl-41DAB

WORLDWIDE INFO SERVICES, INC.,
ELITE INFORMATION SOLUTIONS
INC., ABSOLUTE SOLUTIONS GROUP
INC., GLOBAL INTERACTIVE
TECHNOLOGIES, INC., GLOBAL
SERVICE PROVIDERS, INC., LIVE
AGENT RESPONSE 1 LLC, ARCAGEN,
INC., AMERICAN INNOVATIVE
CONCEPTS, INC., UNIQUE
INFORMATION SERVICES INC.,
MICHAEL HILGAR, GARY MARTIN,
JOSEPH SETTECASE, NATIONAL
LIFE NETWORK INC. and YULUISA
NIEVES,
Defendants.
/
ORDER
THIS CAUSE is before the Court on the Receiver’s, Robb Evans & Associates LLC (the
“Receiver”), Final Motion for Approval and Payment of Fees and Expenses (Doc. 115). United
States Magistrate Judge David A. Baker submitted a Report and Recommendation (Doc. 116),
which recommends: (1) that the Receiver’s motion be granted in part and denied in part; (2) that
the Receiver be permitted to withdraw $26,949.61 from the Receivership estate for its fees, its

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expenses, and its counsel’s fees and expenses 1; and (3) that the remaining funds be disbursed to
Plaintiffs. (Id. at 11).
After an independent de novo review of the record and noting that no objections were
timely filed, this Court agrees entirely with the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the Report
and Recommendation.
Therefore, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED as follows:
1. The Report and Recommendation (Doc. 116) is ADOPTED and CONFIRMED
and made a part of this Order.
2. The Receiver’s Final Motion for Approval and Payment of Fees and Expenses
(Doc.115) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.
3. The Receiver shall disburse $26,949.61 from the Receivership estate, in accordance
with the Report and Recommendation and this Order.
4. Following that disbursement, the Receiver shall disburse all remaining proceeds
from the Receivership estate to Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission, in accordance
with the Court’s November 13, 2014 Order and Permanent Injunction (Doc. 102,
at 13) and March 6, 2015 Order and Permanent Injunction (Doc. 109, at 10–11).
5. Following those disbursements, the Receiver shall be discharged of its obligations,
(see Doc. 102 at 13; Doc. 109 at 10–11), and the Receivership shall be terminated,
without further Order of the Court.

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This amount includes: $7,240.15 for the Receiver’s fees; $4,709.46 for the Receiver’s
expenses; and $15,000.00 for the Receiver’s counsel’s fees and expenses.

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DONE and ORDERED in Orlando, Florida on June 29, 2015.

Copies furnished to:
Counsel of Record

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