Unites States v. Pokerstars, et al

Filing 118

STIPULATION AND ORDER: Raymond Bitar shall have until 12/19/2011, to file an answer to the Amended Complaint. (Signed by Judge Leonard B. Sand on 11/23/2011) (cd)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

CHAMbERS OF
lEONARJ B. SAND

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,

STIPULATION AND ORDER

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11 Civ. 2564
POKERSTARS, et al,;

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Defendants;
ALL RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST IN
THE ASSETS OF POKERSTARS, et al.,
Defendants-in-rem.

USDSSDNY
DOCUMENT
ELECTRONICALLY FILED
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WHEREAS, on or about September 21, 2011, an amended
forfeiture and civil money laundering complaint (the "Amended
Complaint") was filed in this matter seeking the forfeiture of
certain properties (the "Subject Property") pursuant to Title 18,
United States Code, Sections 1955 (d),

981 (a) (1) (A), and

981 (a) (l) (C), and seeking civil money laundering penal ties
pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956 against,
among others, Raymond Bitar;
WHEREAS, on or about September 28, 2011, claimant
Raymond Bitar filed a Verified Claim asserting an
ownership/possessory interest in certain Subject Properties;
WHEREAS, Raymond Bitar had twenty days from that date
to file an answer regarding the forfeiture aspects of the Amended
Complaint.

WHEREAS, Raymond Bitar, through counsel, has agreed to
waive service in regard to the in personam aspects of the Amended
Complaint and his in personam answer is due no later than
December 19, 2011;
WHEREAS, Raymond Bitar has requested additional time to
answer the forfeiture aspects of the Amended Complaint and to
harmonize that deadline with his deadline to answer the
personam aspects of the Amended Complaint;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by
and between the United States of America, by its attorney Preet
Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New
York, Jason H. Cowley, Assistant United States Attorney, of
counsel, and Raymond Bitar, by his attorney, Richard Ware Levitt,
Esq. of Levitt & Kaizer, that:
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Raymond Bitar shall have until December 19, 2011,

to file an answer or otherwise respond to the Amended Complaint.

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2.

The signature pages of this Stipulation and Order

may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will
be deemed an original but all of which together will constitute
one and the same instrument.

Signature pages may be by fax and

such signatures shall be deemed as valid originals.
AGREED AND CONSENTED TO:
PREET BHARARA
United States Attorney
Southern. istric~ of New York
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R chard Ware Levitt, Esq.

Levitt & Kaizer, Attorneys at Law

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New York, NY 10038-5077

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