Firing Roger Petersen, Esquire

Roger, below is the fax I sent yesterday in response to yours in case you did not receive it. The only thought in hindsight that I did not include was that I had tried in my fax to express to you that I was not reaching a firm conclusion, but just describing what I could tell from my file and asking for an explanation. But I may not have done that well. Regardless, the solution you proposed is probably best. I would like to stress though that agreeing to it assumes you will help bring this to closure quickly so we can move forward, which certainly is also in your interest.

I'd appreciate it if you could fax copies of what you give Arnold so I know he is good to go, and just let me know that you received this or the fax. Also, if you could try just one email to hbaskin@att.net, if it works it would be so much more efficient in concluding the work if we found we were able to email. Thanks very much.

TO: Roger Petersen FROM: Howard Baskin RE: Final Arrangements DATE: 3-10-04

Roger, thank you for the fax that arrived last night. In similar spirit of compromise and bringing the matter to closure, I will accept the proposal you made. Just to make sure we are on the same page, below is a summary I made of the various dollar items. If I made any errors or omissions please let me know.

SUMMARY OF AMOUNTS

Obviously you are suggesting I seek other counsel. Given our communication difficulties both physically and perhaps at times in understanding each other, that is probably best and I will seek to do so in the next few days. Once that is in place, I will appreciate your working with that person to transfer the files and any loose ends they may require once they review the files. I’m not sure if they might want to come by and review the files prior to transfer to make the transfer more complete and efficient, but if so I would appreciate your working with them.

Regarding Arnold, if at all possible I would very much appreciate your getting his authorizations to him in the next day so we can get as much money into the account as we can as quickly as possible. Your fax has a remark about “no mention of our payment”, but please do understand that I did explain to Arnold that all amounts after his fee and minor repairs were to be deposited to the account to go toward your fees. And as you request, any balance not covered by the rents at the time the work is complete and transfer made will be brought current so you are paid in full. If Arnold receives checks, I will appreciate your paying him out of the account. I also understand that work outside the scope will be billed as you have been doing, and I do have a couple questions below that I would appreciate your help with.

Please give Arnold two separate documents. One to show tenants, that just names him as authorized to collect the rents. The other is his authorization to deduct his fee, which the tenants do not need to see. I would appreciate your also including authorization to spend up to $200/month on repairs and a requirement to contact me for approval of any amount over that. Lastly, I would appreciate your giving him a copy of the rent roll sheet you attached to your fax, and the water bill information which is not readable in my fax so we can redirect where that is sent. Thanks, by the way, for paying it out of the account. Arnold’s cell again is 386-2787 good before 3 p.m.

I would appreciate it if you could help me with a couple of quick questions:

1) Do we have copies of the commercial property leases? I recall you were going to try to obtain them but am not clear on if you were able.

2) On Mytruf you mention registering a new Board, and on Witco resignation of the current directors. I’m not sure how we select a new Board. Can Carole initially be sole director? If we need local Board members, do we need the new counsel to provide you with names? Or can the current Board simply resign, and Carole as sole shareholder appoint them after the transfer of the files?

3) From the cover of the Triplex mortgage document, where it says “A FAVOR DE CAROLE LEWIS” I am assuming this mortgage is in Carole’s name and no other action other than delivering the file is needed. Could you just confirm that?

4) Could you provide contact information on the neighbor complaining about the fence? I’m a little confused about whether she is complaining about her cows getting onto our property (I would think it is her responsibility to fence in her own cows) or whether our caretakers have cows that are getting onto the neighbor’s property, if you happen to know.

5) If you have a name and contact info for the person who made the low offer on the farm I would appreciate having that. It may have been in the email I never received. I doubt if it would lead to anything given the amount, but it would be helpful to know who it was.

6) If the water bill itself does not have contact info for the water company and you have any, or if you have any not on the bill, I would appreciate your providing that.

7) Last, could you advise when you think you could have the work in your letter completed? Obviously, I would like to do this as quickly as you are able. I would appreciate your faxing me copies of the documents as things are completed so I know where we are.

I am sorry we were not able to make better progress together, but appreciate your professional handling of the closure and transfer.

Sincerely, Howard Baskin Advisory Board Chairman

Remember the Helicopter Brothers Don Invested With in Costa Rica?

This was translated from Spanish to English using Google Translate so it’s a little hard to read.

The San José Trial Court ordered the payment of $ 20.2 million in favor of dozens of victims of Osvaldo Villalobos Camacho, recently sentenced to 18 years in prison for aggravated fraud and illegal financial intermediation. Villalobos attracted - according to the ruling - dozens of foreign investors, whom he offered to pay high interest rates in exchange for their money. They lost their funds after the sentenced today and his brother, Luis Enrique Villalobos (a fugitive from justice), closed the firms Ofinter and The Brothers after the intervention of the Prosecutor's Office, in July 2002. This caused dozens of people material and moral damage, the Court estimated.

According to Ewald Acuña, legal representative of a group of investors, the money frozen in the Villalobos' accounts, as well as property and assets of their companies, are enough to answer for the economic damage. However, we must wait for the ruling to be final. Corporate lawsuit. Those affected not only sued Villalobos, but also a group of public limited companies and companies related to him. These include Casa de Cambio Bulevar, Corporación Platino, Inmobiliaria Platino, Inversiones Hass, Framagra, Casa de Cambio Ofinter, Tourism Support Services, West Pack Marketing, Dorado Internacional and Compañía Mercantil El Desierto.

Of the reparations for the economic damage, those of Dana Webster and Patricia Fleming stand out, to whom Villalobos must return $ 2.5 million and $ 1.2 million, respectively. “The judgment showed that, under no circumstances, did the State of Costa Rica conspire to leave the people who were defrauded by Mr. Villalobos without money. “The court made public the existence of a group of people outside the process who engaged in interfering, obstructing, demanding and even threatening. I am referring to people who thought that the way to help the Villalobos was to harass, ”said Acuña.

Once the sentence is final, a civil process will be established. In bank accounts $ 12 million are frozen. The rest of the amount would be covered by goods that must be auctioned. Unconventional case. During the sentencing - on May 16 - the judges highlighted that the Villalobos brothers mobilized more than $ 400 million before being discovered. In his defense, Osvaldo Villalobos tried to separate his foreign exchange activities from those of his fugitive brother.

The judges were convinced that the firms were one and that they were dedicated to raising money. "We are facing an unconventional crime," said Judge Carlos Pérez. https://www.nacion.com/sucesos/tribunal-ordena-pago-de-202-millones-a-victimas-de-ofinter/4OJKVWRC6ZE43OMTOQFSXYOPFA/story/

Luis Enrique Villalobos Comacho and his brother were purported to me by Roger Petersen to be the head of the Costa Rican mafia. Who knows if that was true, but it’s obvious they were con men who made millions off people like Don Lewis who were out to get rich quick and who relied on the verbal recommendations of others without doing any real due diligence.

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