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e 20 that seemed quite diligent. Yes, sir. 21 Q So A.J. came on the scene and he was going to 22 create sort of this new feeder fund under the Clockwork 23 umbrella, right? 24 A Correct. 25 Q And he ended up doing two transactions, one United Reporting, Inc. (954) 525- 2221 EFTA00314943 P

7 Bekkedam had brought Von Allmen into? 8 A I don't recall. 9 Q That basically Razorback was lending -- that 10 A.J.'s group lent money to a Banyon entity for a fixed 11 rate of interest plus a small percentage of the equity 12 piece. 13 A Now I understand what you're asking me. My 14 un

eral 12 hours with Mr. Szafranski, took him through the whole 13 thing. 14 Q They met him through you? 15 A Yes, through me and through the Banyon group, 16 sure. 17 Q Clifford Chance, that was the law firm that 18 Discala brought down prior to Morgan Lewis. Do you 19 remember that? 20

e 20 that seemed quite diligent. Yes, sir. 21 Q So A.J. came on the scene and he was going to 22 create sort of this new feeder fund under the Clockwork 23 umbrella, right? 24 A Correct. 25 Q And he ended up doing two transactions, one United Reporting, Inc. (954) 525- 2221 EFTA_R1_00015702

7 Bekkedam had brought Von Allmen into? 8 A I don't recall. 9 Q That basically Razorback was lending -- that 10 A.J.'s group lent money to a Banyon entity for a fixed 11 rate of interest plus a small percentage of the equity 12 piece. 13 A Now I understand what you're asking me. My 14 un

eral 12 hours with Mr. Szafranski, took him through the whole 13 thing. 14 Q They met him through you? 15 A Yes, through me and through the Banyon group, 16 sure. 17 Q Clifford Chance, that was the law firm that 18 Discala brought down prior to Morgan Lewis. Do you 19 remember that? 20

discussions led Discala to incorporate Clockwork Capital Advisors, LW ("hereinafter, Clockwork"), with an eye towards planning for the creation of a Clockwork fund. 140. On September 8, 2009, Discala and Levin memorialized their understandings by executing a Letter of Intent (hereinafter, "LOI") prepared

rs' inner-circle of facilitators (TD Bank, Spinosa, Kerstetter, Caretsky, Gibraltar Bank, Berenfeld, Weintraub, Berkowitz, Leitstein, Levin, Preve, Banyon entities, Szafranski, Onyx, Villegas, Boden, Barnett, Stay, Platinum, and Centurion) and promoters (TD Bank, Spinosa, Kerstetter, Caretsky, Gibralta

ties are hereinafter collectively referred to as "the Banyon Investors." 114. Logistically, the Banyon Investors were Limited Partners in BIF while Banyon 1030-32, served as the General Partner and Levin as the Managing Partner. 115. Notably, at no time during his courtship of Mr. Von Allmen, did Bek

09-062943 (19) Third Amended Complaint cause the Ponzi scheme to come crumbling down even sooner than it did. Accordingly, Levin and Preve devised Clockwork as the former classic car fraudster's getaway vehicle from the Ponzi scheme. Instructively, Levin and Preve masterminded an alluring financial trap

cipation; m. in late November, TD Bank fired Spinosa; B. Levin, Preve and Banyon 309. Plaintiffs have discovered, relative to Levin, Preve, and Banyon, that: a. an $8,000,000.00 wire transfer confirmation used by Levin, Preve, and Rothstein to induce Razorback's $32,000,000.00 payment was never

exceed two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000.00). 38 Leitstein even joked with other Berenfeld employees who toyed with the idea of telling "the Banyon investors we can do better than the 20% return they are getting, lol." Page 146 of 2210 CONRAD & SCHERER, LLP, 633 SOUTH FEDERAL HIGHWAY, FORT LAU

ocuments attached to the lawsuit is an October 6, 2009 email that Rothstein sent to Discala, who was running a hedge fund called Clockwork Capital. Clockwork purportedly dumped $30 million into Rothstein's scheme. Here's the email, which was cc'd to Banyon's Frank Preve. Hey AJ ... if you want to do some

unning a hedge fund called Clockwork Capital. Clockwork purportedly dumped $30 million into Rothstein's scheme. Here's the email, which was cc'd to Banyon's Frank Preve. Hey AJ ... if you want to do something nice for one of your big funders (and for you and frank [Prevej and dean [Kretschmar] and dou

ocuments attached to the lawsuit is an October 6, 2009 email that Rothstein sent to Discala, who was running a hedge fund called Clockwork Capital. Clockwork purportedly dumped $30 million into Rothstein's scheme. Here's the email, which was cc'd to Banyon's Frank Preve. Hey AJ ... if you want to do some

unning a hedge fund called Clockwork Capital. Clockwork purportedly dumped $30 million into Rothstein's scheme. Here's the email, which was cc'd to Banyon's Frank Preve. Hey AJ ... if you want to do something nice for one of your big funders (and for you and frank [Prevej and dean [Kretschmar] and dou