Saturday, June 12, 2021

Silicon Valley Bank Sued Smerling For Fraud Now Receiver Appoints in Citizens Bank Case

 

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
BBC - Guardian UK - Honduras - ESPN

SDNY COURTHOUSE, June 3 –  Silicon Valley Bank has sued Elliot Smerling for $95 million, asserting fraud and deceit. 

    On March 26, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge John P. Cronan held a proceeding. Inner City Press covered it.  

Smerling was arrested by the FBI on February 26 and charged with wire fraud.

Judge Cronan took note of it, issued a TRO and set a hearing for April 7.

 On March 29 Judge Cronan held another proceeding; Inner City Press again covered it. Judge Cronan ordered that Silicon Valley Bank can now serve third party discovery on Canes Nineteen LLC, RIchard Annunziata, Adam Bleggi and Martin Nestares.

On June 1, Silicon Valley Bank  moved for an Order to Show Cause to attach, among others, a 2018 Alfa Romero, a 2021 Audi, a 2020 Cadillac, a 2017 Ferrari, a 1991 Harley and a 1996 Triumph.

On June 3, Judge Cronan held another proceeding, and Inner City Press again covered it. He was told about the appointment of a receiver, James Feltman of Kroll in Miami, in the Florida case Citizen Bank, N.A. v. JES & Elliot Smerling, 12-cv-80815 (Cannon).

This SDNY case is Silicon Valley Bank v. JES Global Capital GP III, LLC et al., 21-cv-2552 (Cronan) 

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