k. MR. RAISE: Your Honor, Gary Baise, Olsson Frank, Washington, D.C., for Mr. Steven Hoffenberg. I'm accompanied by Mr. Hoffenberg and counsel for Towers Investors and one of the investors, Mr. Ed Kramer, from Mintz & Fraade. THE COURT: Let me just be sure that we're all on the same page as to where we are an

k. MR. BAISE: Your Honor, Gary Baise, Olsson Frank, Washington, D.C., for Mr. Steven Hoffenberg. I'm accompanied by Mr. Hoffenberg and counsel for Towers Investors and one of the investors, Mr. Ed Kramer, from Mintz & Fraade. THE COURT: Let me just be sure that we're all on the same page as to where we are an

assisting us 24/7. After spending 18 years in Federal Prison his only mandate is to pay the 200,000 victims full restitution including interest. Towers Investors website (http://www.towersinvestors.com/category/towers-financial- updates°. In addition to the foregoing, Mr. Hoffenberg has been characterized by h