UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )
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Plaintiff, )
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v. ) Civil Action No. 04-0798 (PLF)
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ALL ASSETS HELD AT BANK JULIUS, )
Baer & Company, Ltd., Guernsey )
Branch, account number 121128, in the )
Name of Pavlo Lazarenko et al., )
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Defendants In Rem. )
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ORDER
For the reasons set forth in an Opinion issued this same day, it is hereby
ORDERED that the motion [Dkt. No. 970] of the United States for clarification or
partial reconsideration of the Court’s opinion of April 27, 2017, granting in part and denying in
part claimant Pavel Lazarenko’s motion for partial judgment on the pleadings, is GRANTED; it
is
FURTHER ORDERED on reconsideration that the allegations in the amended
complaint are sufficient to allege the following claims for relief in connection with the
PMH/GHP scheme: interstate transportation and receipt of property stolen or taken by fraud, in
violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2314 and 2315 (Claim One); foreign extortion and foreign bribery,
misappropriation, theft, or embezzlement, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(c)(7)(B)(ii) and (iv)
(Claim Four); and the money laundering claims in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956 and 1957
(Claims Five through Eight); the United States may pursue these claims at trial; and it is
FURTHER ORDERED that the Court’s opinion of April 27, 2017 is clarified to
hold that the allegations in the amended complaint are sufficient to allege, inter alia, the
following claims for relief in connection with the UESU and ITERA Energy schemes: foreign
extortion in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(c)(7)(ii) (Claim Four); and money laundering based on
foreign extortion under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956 and 1957 (Claims Five though Eight); the United
States may pursue these claims at trial.
SO ORDERED.
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PAUL L. FRIEDMAN
United States District Judge
DATE: April 23, 2018
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