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O R l \ ~ ~
L
FLORENCE T.
NAKAKUNI
United
Sta t e s
Attorney
Di s t r i c t
of
Hawaii
JOHN
A. MICHELICH
Senior
Li t i ga t i on
Counsel
2286
Criminal Divis ion Fraud Sect ion
United
Sta t e s Department
of
Ju s t i c e
E-mail :
john.michel ich®usdoj
.gov
MARC A. WALLENSTEIN
Ass i s t an t
United
Sta t e s Attorney
Room 6-100, PJKK Federal Bldg.
300
Ala Moana Boulevard
Honolulu, HI 96850
Telephone: (808)
541-2850
Facs imi le : (808) 541-2958
E-mail :
marc.wallenstein®usdoj
.gov
Attorneys for
Pla in t i f f
UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA
FILED IN
THE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF HAWAII
JUL 2 2
2 15
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IN
THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF
HAWAII
UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
Pla in t i f f
v.
JENNIFER ANN MCTIGUE
Defendant .
01)
CR.
NO 14-00010
CBM
MEMORANDUM
OF PLEA AGREEMENT
DATE: Ju ly 21,
2015
TIME:
11:30 a.m
.
JUDGE: Consuela B. Marshal
MEMORANDUM
OF PLEA AGREEMENT
Pursuant
to
Rule
11
of
the
Federal
Rules
of Criminal
Procedure ,
the
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, by i t s a t torney
the
United
Sta tes
Atto rney fo r the Dis t r i c t of Hawaii, and the
Defendant , JENNIFER
ANN
MCTIGUE, and
her
standby counsel ,
Lynn
Panagakos, have agreed
upon the
fo l lowing
:
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1.
Defendant
acknowledges
t ha t she has been charged
in
the Indictment
wi th
v io la t ing Ti t l e 18, United Sta tes
Code,
Sect ion
371,
1956(h),
1343, 1341 and 1957.
Defendant
i s
ac t ing
as
her
own
a t to rney
in
these
proceedings . Stand-by counsel
has
been
appoin ted
but
does
not
represent Defendant . Accordingly,
any re fe rences to Defendant ' s a t torney in t h i s
Agreement
r e f e r
to Defendant herse l f ,
not
to her standby counsel .
2. Defendant has
read
the
charges
aga ins t he r
contained
in the
Indictment ,
and those charges have
been
fu l ly
explained
to
her
by
her
s tandby
counsel .
3. Defendant fu l l y
unders tands
the nature and
elements
of
the crimes
with which
she
has
been charged.
4. Defendant wi l l en te r
a
volun tary
plea
of gu i l ty to
Counts and
2
of
the
Indictment ,
which charge her with knowingly
consp i r ing and agreeing
with
others
to commit
federa l
offenses ,
to
wit:
wire fraud, mai l
f raud
and money
launder ing.
Defendant
w i l l a lso
en t e r
a
volun tary plea of
g u i l t y
to
Counts
4, 8 j
and
35, which charge
her
with wire fraud, mail fraud, and money
launder ing,
respect ively . In
exchange,
the
United Sta tes
Attorney s
Office in the
Di s t r i c t
of
Hawaii
agrees to dismiss
the
remaining
charges
in the Indictment aga ins t
the
Defendant a t
the
t ime
of
sentencing.
5. Defendant agrees t ha t t h i s Memorandum of Plea
Agreement
sha l l
be f i l e d and become
p a r t
of the record
in
t h i s
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case .
6.
Defendant en te r s these p leas because
she i s in
fac t
gu i l t y
of conspir ing to commit wire and mail
fraud
and
consp i r ing to launder
proceeds
from
wire and mail
f raud
offenses
in
v io la t ion
of
Ti t l e
18,
United Sta tes Code, Sect ions 371 and
1956(h), and committ ing wire f raud, mail f raud, and money
l aunder ing in
v io la t ion
of
Ti t l e
18,
Uni ted
Sta tes
Code, Sect ions
1343,
1341, and 1957,
and agrees
t h a t
t h i s plea i s voluntary and
not
the
r e s u l t of force o r t h rea t s
7. Defendant unders tands
t ha t the maximum
pena l t i e s
for
the o f fenses to
which
she
i s pleading
g u i l t y
include:
a
Count 1:
a per iod
of
imprisonment of
not
more
than
f ive
(5)
years ;
a f ine of up to 250,000; a te rm of
superv ised
r e lease o f not more
than
three years ; r e s t i t u t i on
in
an amount
t ha t w i l l be determined
by the
Court
a t sentencing;
and
a
100
spec ia l
assessment .
b. Count 2: a per iod of imprisonment of not more
than
ten (10)
years ;
a f ine
of
up to 250,000; a
te rm
of
superv ised
r e lease of not more
than
three
years ;
r e s t i t u t i on in an
amount
t ha t w i l l be determined by
the
Court
a t sentencing;
and
a
100
spec ia l
assessment .
c
Count 4:
a
per iod of
imprisonment
of not more than
twenty (20) years ; a f ine of up to 250,000; a term
of
supervised
r e lease
of
not
more
than
three
years ;
r e s t i t u t i on
in an
amount
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t h a t
wi l l
be
determined
by
the Court
a t
sen tenc ing i and a
100
spec ia l
assessment
d. Count 28: a per iod of imprisonment
of
not more
than
twenty
(20)
years i
a
f ine
of
up
to
250,000i
a
term
of
superv ised
re l ea se
of not
more than
three
years i
r e s t i t u t i on
in an amount
t ha t wil l
be
determined by
the
Court a t
sen tenc ing i and
a
100
spec ia l
assessment
e . Count 35:
a per iod
of imprisonment
of
not more than
t en (10) years i a
f ine of
up to
250,000i
a term
of superv ised
re l ea se
of not
more
than
three
years i
r e s t i t u t i on
in
an
amount
t h a t w i l l be determined
by
the Court
a t
sen tenc ing i and a
100
spec ia l assessment
c . Defendant agrees to
pay 500
to
the
Di s t r i c t
Cour t s
C l e rk s Office , to
be
c red i t ed to sa id spec ia l
assessment ,
before
the
commencement
of any
por t ion
of
sentencing
Defendant
acknowledges
t ha t fa i lu re
to
make
such
f u l l
advance
payment
in a form
and manner
acceptable to
the
prosecu t ion wil l
al low,
though not requi re ,
the
prosecu t ion
to
withdraw
from
t h i s
agreement
a t
i t s opt ion.
8. Defendant
admits
the fo l lowing fac ts and agrees
t ha t they are not a
d e t a i l ed
rec i t a t ion , but merely
an
out l ine
of
what
happened
in
r e l a t i o n
to
the charge
to
which
Defendant
i s
plead ing g u i l t y :
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a . During the per iod of the
charged
scheme, McTigue
worked
in con junct ion
with Marc Melton
and Sakara
Blackwell to
r e lease r e a l e s t a t e mortgages
encumbering
proper ty in Hawaii fo r
the purpose of market ing
and
se l l i n g
the
proper t i e s
as
mortgage-
f ree . In ear ly Apri l ,
2011,
McTigue secured a
Sat i s fac t ion
of
Mortgage form used by mortgage companies t o re l ea se mortgages a t
the Hawaii Bureau of Conveyances. McTigue 's purpose
in securing
an au then t ic ,
working
mortgage re l ea se form
was
to assure the
success o f the p rocess
McTigue,
Melton and Blackwell
were
applying
to re lease
the
mortgages
by
i nsu r ing
t ha t
the
r e lease
forms appeared genuine
and
. would be accep ted by the Hawaii
Bureau
of
Conveyances.
McTigue,
working with Melton and
Blackwell ,
re l ea sed
mortgages encumbering
a t o t a l
of seven
prope r t i e s
in
Hawaii, inc lud ing t h ree p rope r t i e s t ha t McTigue herse l f purchased
a t forec losure auc t ion .
b.
Upon
gaining titl
to
a
proper ty , or iden t i fy ing
a
prope r ty
with coopera t ing
owners, Mctigue
and/or Melton de l ivered
documents by U.S.
mail to
the f inanc ia l i n s t i t u t i o n s holding
mortgage
l i ens aga ins t
the proper t i e s . The
mailed mater ia l s
se t
fo r th
te rms
in a
document
i d e n t i f i e d by McTigue
and
/ o r Melton a t
var ious
t imes
as a
Note Tender
Agreement NTA) , EFT
Tender
Agreement,
o r Mortgage
S a t i s f ac t i o n
Agreement MSA). The EFT
Tender Agreement,
NTA
and /or MSA represen ted t h a t
a
va l id
nego t iab le inst rument o r promissory note had
been
sent
to the
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l ender in the approximate
amount
of the
outs tanding
mortgage
l i ens .
The documents
con ta ined language s t a t i n g t h a t i n the
event the mortgage company f a i l e d to acknowledge and respond to
the
cond i t ions
in
the
agreement
within
a
shor t
per iod
of
t ime,
usua l ly th ree (3)
days,
Melton and /or McTigue, or o the rs , would
become au thor ized
to
ac t as rep re sen ta t ive s of the f inanc ia l
i n s t i t u t i o n s holding the mortgages, and the bank
would
acquiesce
to them performing ac t s on behal f of
the
lender , including
the
r igh t to execute and record a s a t i s f a c t i on of Lien fo r
mortgages.
o
lending
i n s t i t u t i o n
rece iv ing
these mate r i a l s
ever
express ly
agreed to permi t
Melton
o r McTigue to ac t
as
i t s
agent
fo r
purposes of
r e leas ing
a
mortgage o r mortgages.
c . Once
no response
was
rece ived from
the
lending
i n s t i t u t i o n , McTigue and /or Melton
crea ted
and f i l e d with the
Hawaii Bureau
of
Conveyances a
Sat i s fac t ion
of Mortgage
form
purpor t ing to
be
from
the lend ing
i n s t i t u t i ons
holding the
mortgages. These S a t i s f ac t i o n s of Mortgage
were
s igned by Melton
represent ing himsel f to
be
a
bank
o f f i c i a l , such as
Vice-
Pres iden t , o r the bank ' s au thor ized r ep resen ta t ive . McTigue
f i l e d
the f a l se sa t i s f a c t i o n of
mortgage
documents ~ t the
Bureau
of Conveyances. Melton ' s
s igna ture represent ing
himself
to
be
a
lending
i n s t i t u t i on
o f f i c i a l or rep re sen ta t ive
was
n o t r i z e d
Once accep ted by and
f i l e d
with the Hawaii Bureau of Conveyances,
the S a t i s f ac t i o n
of Mortgage re f l ec ted
t h a t the
outs tanding
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mortgage s) encumbering
the
proper ty
had been
sa t i s f i ed Because
the Bureau of Conveyances
i s the
o f f i c i a l publ ic record fo r
recorda t ion of a l l i n t e r e s t s
a f f ec t i n g
rea l e s t a t e in Hawaii, the
publ ic
record
then o f f i c i a l l y r e f l e c t e d
the
proper t i e s
to
be
mortgage-f ree .
d. Following the
f i l i ng
of the
f a l se
s a t i s f a c t i on of
mortgage
forms
with
the
Bureau of Conveyances, Blackwell then
marketed
and
sold the
proper t i e s .
McTigue, Melton,
and
Blackwell
u l t ima te ly conveyed titl
to good
f a i t h
purchasers
with a
warran ty deed t ha t represen ted
the
proper t i e s were
f ree
and c l e a r
of encumbrances. Because the mortgage
l i ens
were shown as
sa t i s f i ed on
the publ ic
record wi th
the Bureau of Conveyances,
escrow
o f f i c e r s
c los ing
the sa le t r ansac t ions
did
not pay
the
ou t s tand ing mortgage balances . McTigue, Melton,
and
Blackwell
mate r i a l l y omit ted
from di sc losure
to
buyers
of r e a l
e s t a t e
t ha t
they had
appl ied
t h i s process
to
r e lease ex i s t ing mortgages
on
proper t i e s . As a r e s u l t , McTigue and Melton were paid
h a l f
the
ne t proceeds
from
the
sa le
of
the proper t i e s , which
were
then
div ided amongst them through a
se r i e s
of wire t rans fe rs .
e . Mater ia l mis represen ta t ions were made with respec t
to each of the seven proper t i e s , in
tha t
Melton was represen ted
to
be
a lending i n s t i t u t i o n o f f i c i a l or au thor ized
r ep resen ta t ive , when in f ac t t ha t was not t rue , and McTigue wel l
knew
t h a t
no cour t
of law
had l eg i t imized the
process
used by
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McTigue, Melton and Blackwel l to r e lease the
unsa t i s f i ed
mortgage
l i ens .
Simi la r ly
McTigue,
Melton and Blackwell a l so made
mater ia l misrepresenta t ions
to buyers of proper t i e s by conveying
warranty deeds
represent ing the
proper t i e s
to be f ree and c lea r
of encumbrances
without
di sc los ing the
process
u t i l i zed
by
them
to r e lease ex i s t ing mortgage l i ens .
f . Funds wired
i n t e r s t a t e
to fund the t r ansac t ions
were sent to titl companies loca ted in the Sta te of Hawaii for
the
purpose of
c los ing
r e a l e s t a t e t r ansac t ions .
g. McTigue,
Melton,
and Blackwell , in agreement
with
each othe r and in fu r therance of
t he i r
scheme, deposi ted funds
der ived from
t he i r a c t i v i t i e s charged
in
Counts 3-29
i n to bank
accounts under
t he i r
con t ro l
in
amounts
g r ea t e r than 10,000
per
monetary t r ansac t ion .
The Bank
of Hawaii, Pac i f i c
Rim Bank,
Fi r s t
Hawaiian
Bank
and
Bank
of America
are
f inanc ia l
i n s t i t u t i o n s
doing
bus iness
in
i n t e r s t a t e
and
foreign commerce.
h. In fu r therance of the
scheme
ou t l ined above,
McTigue, Melton
and
Blackwell caused mult ip le
i n t e r s t a t e
wire
communications to occur . The wire
communications
more fu l l y
descr ibed
in Counts
3
through
3
of the Indictment are
here in
acknowledged
and
admit ted by Defendant .
i .
In
fur therance
of the
scheme
ou t l ined
above,
mul t ip le
mail ings occurred.
The
mai l ings
more
fu l l y
descr ibed
in
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Counts
24 through
29
of the
Indictment
are here in
acknowledged
and admit ted
by
Defendant .
9. Pursuant to CrimLR32.1(a) of the Local Rules of
the United
Sta tes D is t r i c t
Court for the
D i s t r i c t
of Hawaii,
the
pa r t i e s agree t ha t the charges to
which
Defendant
i s
pleading
gu i l t y
adequate ly
r e f l e c t
the ser iousness of
the
ac tua l
offense
behav ior and t ha t
accept ing t h i s Agreement
w i l l not undermine
the
s t a t u t o ry purposes
of
sentencing.
10. Pursuant to
CrimLR32.1(b)
of the Local Rules of
the United Sta tes D is t r i c t
Court
for
the
D i s t r i c t of Hawaii
and
Sect ion 681.4
of
the Sentencing
Guidel ines , the
pa r t i e s s t i pu l a t e
to the
fo l lowing
for the
purpose
of the sentencing
of Defendant
in connect ion
with t h i s matter :
a .
Defendan t s
agreement
here in
to en te r in to a gu i l ty
plea
i s en te red
l e ss than one
week before
t r i a l
i s se t
to begin,
and t he re fo re i s not not i ce
of
i n t en t
to
plead gu i l t y
in
a
t imely
manner, because t
has
not permi t t ed
the
government
to
avoid
prepar ing
for t r i a l as to Defendant. Accordingly, the United
S ta t e s
Attorney
w i l l not
move in
the
Government s Sentencing
Statement
for
a
one- leve l
reduc t ion in
the sentencing offense
l ev e l pursuan t
to Guide l ine§
3 El . l b ) .
b.
Res t i tu t ion :
The Defendant
unders tands
t ha t
the
Court may Order the Defendant to
be
j o in t l y
and severa l ly l i ab le
for re s t i tu t ion
in
th i s
case. ~ h e ~ e f e f t ~ ~ n t a ~ r e e s ~ a t
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USS §3Cl. 1.
13. Defendant i s
aware t h a t she
has the r igh t to
appeal the sentence imposed
under Ti t l e
18, United Sta t e s
Code,
Sect ion
3742(a) .
Defendant
knowingly
waives the r igh t to appeal ,
except as
i nd ica t ed in subparagraph b below, any
sentence
with in
the
m ximum
provided in
the
s t a t u t e s ) of
convict ion
o r
the
manner
in
which tha t sentence
was determined
on
any of
the
grounds
se t
fo r th in
Sect ion
3742,
o r
on any ground whatever , in
exchange fo r
the
concess ions made by
the
prosecu t ion
in t h i s
p lea
agreement .
a .
Defendant a l so
waives
her
r i gh t to
chal lenge
her sentence
o r
the manner
in which
t was
determined
in any
co l l a t e ra l
a t tack , including, but not l imi ted to ,
motion
brought under
Ti t l e
28, United Sta tes
Code,
Sect ion
2255,
except
t h a t
Defendant may
make
such chal lenge (1)
as
indica ted
in
subparagraph
b
below,
o r (2) based on cla im of ine f fec t ive
as s i s tance of counsel .
b. I f
the
Court imposes sentence
grea te r
than
spec i f i ed in
the
gu ide l ine range determined by the Court to be
app l i cab le to
Defendant, Defendant
re t a ins the
r i g h t
to
appeal
the por t ion of her
sentence
g re a t e r than
spec i f i ed in tha t
guide l ine range and
the
manner in
which
t ha t por t ion was
determined under
Sect ion 3742 and to chal lenge
t h a t
por t ion
of
her
sentence
in c o l l a t e r a l a t t a ck .
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c . The prosecu t ion re t a ins i t s r i g h t
to
appeal
the
sentence and the manner in which t was
determined on
any
of
the grounds s t a t e d in Ti t l e 18 United Sta tes Code Sect ion
3742 b) .
14.
The Defendant
unders tands
t ha t
the
D i s t r i c t
Court
in imposing sen tence w i l l
cons ider
the prov i s ions of the
Sentencing Guidel ines .
The Defendant
agrees t h a t
the re
i s no
promise o r guaran tee
of
the a p p l i c a b i l i t y or nonapp l i cab i l i t y of
any Guidel ine
o r
any
por t ion the reof ,
notwi ths tand ing any
rep re sen ta t ions o r p red ic t ions from
any source.
15.
The
Defendant unders tands t ha t t h i s Agreement wil l
not
be accepted
o r
r e j ec t ed by
the Court un t i l the re
has been an
oppor tun i ty
by
the Court to consider
presen tence
repor t ,
unless
the
Court
decides
t h a t
presen tence repor t i s unnecessary . The
Defendant unders tands t ha t the
Court
w i l l not accep t an agreement
unless
the
Court determines t ha t
the
remaining charges
adequately
r e f l ec t
the ser iousness
of the
ac tua l offense
behavior
and accep t ing the agreement wil l not undermine
the s t a tu to ry
purposes
of
sentencing.
16. Defendant unders tands
t h a t
by plead ing g u i l t y she
surrenders
c e r t a i n
r igh t s , including
the fo l lowing:
a . I f Defendant pers i s t ed in plea of not gu i l ty
to the
charges aga ins t her
she would have the r i g h t
to
publ ic
and
speedy t r i a l . The t r i a l could
be
e i the r ju ry t r i a l or
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t r i a l
by
a
judge
s i t t i n g
without
a
ju ry .
The
Defendant has
a
r i g h t to
a j u ry t r i a l .
However in
order
t ha t
the t r i a l
be
conducted by
the
judge s i t t i n g without a jury , the Defendant the
prosecu t ion and the judge a l l must agree t ha t the t r i a l be
conducted by
the judge
without a jury .
b. I f the
t r i a l i s a j u ry t r i a l ,
the ju ry
would
be
composed of
twelve laypersons se l ec t ed
a t
random.
Defendant
would
have a say in who
the ju ro r s
would
be by removing
prospec t ive ju ro r s fo r cause where ac tua l b i a s o r other
d i sq u a l i f i c a t i o n i s shown
o r without
cause by
exe rc i s ing
peremptory
cha l l enges .
The
j u ry would
have
to agree
unanimously
before t
could
r e tu r n
a
verd ic t of e i the r g u i l t y
or not
gu i l ty .
The ju ry
would
be i n s t r u c t ed
t ha t
the
Defendant i s
presumed
innocen t , and
t h a t
t could not
convic t
her un less , a f t e r
hear ing
a l l the
evidence
t was
persuaded of her gu i l t beyond a
reasonab le
doubt.
c .
I f
the t r i a l i s held by
a
judge without
a
jury ,
the
judge
would f ind
the
f ac t s and determine
a f t e r
hear ing
a l l the evidence whether o r not he o r she
was
persuaded of
the
Defendan t s g u i l t beyond
a
reasonab le doubt .
d. At
a
t r i a l ,
whether
by
a j u ry
o r
a judge
the
prosecu t ion would be requ i red to presen t i t s
witnesses and
other
evidence aga ins t the Defendant.
Defendant
would be ab le
to
confron t those prosecu t ion
witnesses and
she would
be
ab le to
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cross-examine
them. In turn ,
Defendant could
present
witnesses
and o ther
evidence
on her
own beha l f .
I f
the wi tnesses for the
Defendant would not appear vo lun ta r i ly , she could
requi re
t he i r
at tendance through
the subpoena
power
of the
Court .
e. At a t r i a l , the Defendant would
have
a
p r iv i l eg e
aga ins t se l f - inc r imina t ion so t h a t she could decl ine to
t e s t i fy ,
and no
in fe rence
of g u i l t
could
be
drawn
from her
r e fusa l to
t e s t i fy .
17.
Defendant
unders tands t h a t by
pleading
gu i l ty ,
she
i s waiving
a l l of the
r i g h t s
se t
fo r th
in the
preced ing
paragraph.
Defendant
unders tands those r igh t s ,
and
the
consequences of the
waiver
of those r igh t s
18. Defendant acknowledges t ha t no t h rea t s ,
promises
o r
representa t ions have
been
made
nor agreement reached other
than
those
s e t fo r th in t h i s Agreement to induce Defendant to
plead
gu i l t y .
19.
Should
the
Court
re fuse to accept t h i s
Agreement
t
i s
n u l l
and void
and ne i the r
par ty
sh a l l be
bound there to .
The pa r t i e s unders tand t h a t the
Cour t s
r e j e c t i o n of
any
s t i pu l a t i on
between
the
p a r t i e s does not cons t i tu t e
a
r e fusa l to
accept
t h i s Agreement
s ince the
Court
i s
express ly not bound by
s t i p u l a t i o n s between
the
pa r t i e s .
20. Defendant unders tands t ha t
the p rosecu t ion
wil l
appr i se the Court
and
the
United Sta tes
Probat ion Off ice
of the
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natu re ,
scope
and
extent
of Defendant s
conduct regarding the
charges
aga ins t her , re l a t ed mat te rs , and
any
matters in
aggrava t ion o r mit iga t ion
re levant
to
the i ssues
involved in
sentencing.
21.
In
the event tha t Defendant
does
not breach any
of
the
terms
of t h i s Agreement but
the Court nonetheless
re fuse s
to
accept the Agreement
a f t e r
Defendant has
made
s ta tements
to
law enforcement a u t h o r i t i e s o r r ep resen ta t ives
of
the
United
Sta tes Attorney s Office pursuant to t h i s
Agreement,
the
prosecut ion
agrees not
to
use
s a id
s ta tements
in
i t s case
in
ch ie f in the
t r i a l of the
Defendant
in t h i s mat te r .
Defendant
understands t ha t
t h i s
does not bar
the use
of
information and
evidence derived from sa id s ta tements o r
p r o h ib i t
the
use
of
the
s ta tements by
the prosecut ion
in
cross-examinat ion
o r rebu t t a l .
22.
The Defendant
unders tands t h a t
the p rosecu t ion
wil l
not move the Court Pursuant to
Guidel ine
§5Kl 1 and
Rule 35(b) ,
Federa l Rules of
Criminal Procedure, to
depar t
from
the
Guidel ines , because the re i s no
bas i s
for Defendant to
provide
su b s t a n t i a l ass i s tance to au thor i t i e s in the inves t iga t ion o r
prosecut ion
of
another
person
who has
committed
an offense .
23. For fe i tu re : The Defendant
agrees
to en t ry of
an
order
o f fo r f e i t u re
fo r
any and a l l
funds loca ted
in
the
fol lowing
accounts
:
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Financial
ns t i tut ion
ccount or Pol icy umber
Mass Mutual
21016084
Northwestern
Mutual
1638642
Northwestern Mutual 12953801
Northwestern
Mutual
13777171
Northwestern Mutual
20249890
Pac i f i c Rim
Bank
1013003031
MTL
Insurance
001139725A
MTL
Insurance
001141329A
US Federa l
Savings Bank 00256-3939-0
US
Federa l Savings Bank 00256-3938-2
McTigue fur ther
agrees t ha t such
by
Defendant
as
a r e s u l t of her p a r t i c i p a t i o n
/ tW
r e e i v e
in
the
wire and
mail f raud conspiracy charged in Count of
the
Indictment . The
United Sta tes agrees
to
make
a res to ra t ion reques t to the
Attorney
General o r her de lega te , so t h a t proper ty fo r fe i t ed in
t h i s case may be
used
to compensate
vic t ims .
The United Sta t e s
At to rney s Office makes no rep re sen ta t ions as to when o r whether
such a res to ra t ion reques t may be granted by
the
Attorney
General
o r her
de lega tes . McTigue
unders tands t ha t the dec i s ion
to grant
o r deny such a reques t i s a t
the
d i sc re t ion of the
Attorney
General .
The
United
Sta t e s fu r the r
agrees not
to reques t fo r f e i t u re
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of
i tems
in her s f e ty
depos i t
box
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DATED
Honolulu
Hawaii
AGREED
FLORENCE
T.
NAKAKUNI
United
Sta tes Attorney
Dis t r i c t
of
Hawaii
fyHN MICHELICH
Senior Li t iga t ion Counsel
Fraud Sect ion
MARC
A WALLENSTEIN
ss i s tant
U.S.
Attorney
18
d
r
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ER
ANN MCTIGUE
De
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