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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:77 Securities Fraud

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[PROPOSED] ORDER DIRECTING WASHINGTON MUTUAL TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION TO RECEIVER 

CASE NO. CV 09-000665 LKK-DAD 

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FUTTERMAN DUPREE 

DODD CROLEY

MAIER LLP

FUTTERMAN DUPREE DODD CROLEY MAIER LLP

JAMIE L. DUPREE (158105) 

JAIME G. TOUCHSTONE (233187) 

180 Sansome Street, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 399-3840 

Facsimile: (415) 399-3838 

jdupree@fddcm.com

jtouchstone@fddcm.com

Attorneys for Receiver 

Stephen E. Anderson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION, 

Plaintiff 

 v. 

ANTHONY VASSALLO, et al, 

Defendants. 

Case No. CV 09-000665 LKK-DAD

ORDER DIRECTING 

WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK TO 

PRODUCE DOCUMENTS AND 

INFORMATION TO RECEIVER 

CONCERNING VIP ACCOUNTS 

Judge Lawrence K. Karlton

On April 30, 2009, this Court filed the Order Appointing Temporary Receiver for Equity 

Investment Management and Trading, Inc. (“EIMT”) and Order to Show Cause for Appointment 

of Permanent Receiver (“OAR”) and on July 31, 2009, the Court filed an Order permanently 

appointing Receiver. Pursuant to the OAR, for good cause shown, and in order to empower and 

authorize the Receiver to carry out his duties and obligations, 

THE COURT HEREBY FINDS AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS: 

EIMT transferred investor funds to various subfunds and various subfunds transferred 

funds to EIMT. Vastmann Investment Partners, LLC (“VIP”) was identified as an EIMT 

subfund in this Court’s August 10, 2009 Order Compelling Subfund Managers To Produce 

Documents and Information (Doc. No. 110), which remains in full force and effect. Receiver’s 

investigation has revealed that in or around July 2004, defendant Anthony Vassallo, Jarom L. 

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FUTTERMAN DUPREE 

DODD CROLEY

MAIER LLP

Dastrup and Jaren Ahlmann formed the Strategic Investment Group (“SIG”) and in or around 

September 2005, Vassallo, Dastrup and Ahlmann formed VIP. Vassallo and/or Dastrup and/or 

Ahlmann were signatories on one or more Washington Mutual bank account(s), possibly held in 

the name(s) of VIP, SIG, VDA Management, Dastrup Vassallo Investments, Links Lending, 

Links Capital Lending, Dastrup Assets Strategies, Crossroad Equity, LLC, JD Mann, LLC and 

JD One, LLC (the “VIP Washington Mutual Accounts”), all of which Receiver believes are 

related to VIP and/or SIG. Based on information obtained from Washington Mutual, Receiver 

believes it is likely that the VIP Washington Mutual Accounts may have been held in 

Washington Mutual’s Salt Lake City region. 

Receiver believes that EIMT money was comingled with VIP money and was used to 

redeem investments made by SIG and VIP investors. Receiver’s investigation has determined 

that in excess of $18 million was contributed to EIMT by VIP. In return, VIP, its principals 

and/or SIG/VIP investors received in excess of $29 million in EIMT investor funds, representing 

at least $10.7 million more than was originally deposited with EIMT. Receiver is endeavoring to 

track the investor money transferred to/from EIMT to/from VIP and/or SIG in order to recover 

these EIMT investor funds. 

To further assist Receiver’s investigation in tracing the EIMT funds transferred to/from 

VIP and/or SIG, the Court directs Washington Mutual Bank to provide information and 

documentation to Receiver concerning any and all VIP Washington Mutual Accounts and/or any 

accounts on which Jarom L. Dastrup, Jaren Ahlmann and/or Anthony Vassallo had signing 

authority from July 2004 through December 2008, including but not limited to statements and 

other documentation reflecting receipts by and disbursements from such accounts, account 

numbers and account holder information. 

Washington Mutual Bank is further directed to cooperate fully with Receiver in 

Receiver’s activities, investigation and inquiries on behalf of this Court. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 31, 2010 

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