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Nature of Suit Code: 290
Nature of Suit: Other Real Property Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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Letter of Request to Cayman Islands pursuant to Hague Evidence Convention i

ASPELIN & BRIDGMAN, LLP

JOHN ASPELIN, ESQ. S.B. #56477

220 Montgomery Street, Suite 1009

San Francisco, California, 94104

OFC: (415) 296-9812

FAX: (415) 296-9814

Attorneys for Plaintiff,

UNIVERSAL TRADING & INVESTMENT Co.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA (SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION)

UNIVERSAL TRADING & INVESTMENT

COMPANY, a Massachusetts corporation

Plaintiff,

vs.

PETRO MIKOLAYEVICH KIRITCHENKO,

an individual, et al.,

Defendants

Docket No. CV99-3073MMC/EDL

APPLICATION 

FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A LETTER OF

REQUEST 

FOR THE EXAMINATION OF

WITNESSES IN CAYMAN ISLANDS 

PURSUANT TO 

THE HAGUE EVIDENCE

CONVENTION

[F.R.Civ.P. 28(b)]

[Local C.R. 7-10]

Date: not set

Time: not set

Court: E, 16 Floor th

Judge: The Hon. Elizabeth D. Laporte

TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that plaintiff Universal Trading & Investment Co. (hereinafter

“UTICo”), by its attorneys, respectfully applies, pursuant to F.R.Civ.P. 28(b) and Local C.R. 710 for

the issuance by the Court of a Letter of Request in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, addressed

to the Central Authority in the Cayman Islands, for the examination of residents of the Cayman

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Letter of Request to Cayman Islands pursuant to Hague Evidence Convention ii

Islands, agents of defendant Brancross (Cayman) Ltd. This application is made pursuant to, and in

conformity with, The Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial

Matters, T.I.A.S. 7444, 23 U.S.T. 2555, reprinted in 28 U.S.C.A. #1781, (“Hague Evidence

Convention”), which is in force between the United States and the Cayman Islands. 

Issuance of the Letter of Request under the Hague Evidence Convention is a proper method

for the taking of testimony of persons residing abroad. Rule 28(b), F.R.Civ.P., Pain v. United

Technologies Corp., 637 F.2d 775, 788-90 (D.C.Cir.1980). 

Plaintiff respectfully requests that the Court approve and sign the attached Letter of Request.

Plaintiff further requests that after the Court would have signed the Letter of Request, the Clerk for

this Court authenticate the Court’s signature under the seal of this Court, and that the Letter of

Request be thereafter returned by the Clerk to undersigned counsel for Plaintiff. 

Plaintiff’s Counsel will transmit the Letter of Request to the Central Authority of the Cayman

Islands for execution in conformity with Art. 2 of the Convention. 

Dated: .........................., 2005 

ASPELIN & BRIDGMAN LLP

____________________________

John H. Aspelin, Esq.

Attorneys for plaintiff Universal Trading 

& Investment Co.

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Letter of Request to Cayman Islands pursuant to Hague Evidence Convention iii

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

(SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION)

UNIVERSAL TRADING & INVESTMENT

COMPANY, a Massachusetts corporation

Plaintiff,

vs.

PETRO MIKOLAYEVICH KIRITCHENKO,

an individual, et al.,

Defendants

Docket No. CV99-3073MMC/EDL

REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL

JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE 

PURSUANT TO 

THE HAGUE CONVENTION OF 18

MARCH 1970 

ON TAKING OF EVIDENCE ABROAD

IN CIVIL OR COMMERCIAL

MATTERS

1. Sender: Office of the Clerk

United States District Court

District for Northern California

450 Golden Gate Ave.

Clerk's office, 16th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94102, USA

2. Central Authority of the Requested

State

His Excellency the Governor

 Cayman Islands

4th Floor, Government Admin Bldg

George Town

Grand Cayman

Cayman Islands

3. Person to whom the executed

request is to be returned: The Hon. Elizabeth D. Laporte

Magistrate Judge

United States District Court

District for Northern California

450 Golden Gate Ave.

San Francisco, CA 94102.

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Letter of Request to Cayman Islands pursuant to Hague Evidence Convention iv

Notation: mailing documents to Plaintiff’s counsel, 

per address below who shall promptly 

file the documents at the U.S. District Court, 

will be accepted:

c/o John H. Aspelin, Esq.

Aspelin and Bridgman LLP

220 Montgomery Street, Suite 1009

San Francisco, California, 94104; 

tel. (415) 296-9812, fax (415) 296-9814

4. In conformity with Article 3 of the Convention, the undersigned applicant has the honor to

submit the following request.

5. a. Requesting judicial authority:

U.S. District Court

District for Northern California

450 Golden Gate Ave.

San Francisco, CA 94102, USA

Tel. (415) 522 2000

b. To the competent authority of:

Cayman Islands

H.E. Governor of Cayman Islands

4th Floor, Government Admin Bldg

George Town

Grand Cayman

Cayman Islands

Tel. (345) 244-2401

6. Names and addresses of the parties and their representatives

a. Plaintiff: Universal Trading & Investment Co., Inc.

c/o Law Office of Stephen Reardon, Esq., 

454 Broadway Suite 205, Revere MA 02151

Litigation counsel: John H. Aspelin, Esq.

Aspelin and Bridgman LLP

220 Montgomery Street, Suite 1009

San Francisco, California, 94104; 

tel. (415) 296-9812, fax (415) 296-9814

b. Defendants: Petro Kiritchenko; Izabella Kiritchenko; Ludmila Kiritchenko

c/o Stan Roman, Esq., Michael Lisi, Esq., Tracy Clements,

Esq.

Krieg Keller Sloan Reilley & Roman LLP

114 Sansome St., Suite 400

San Francisco, CA 94104

tel. (415) 249-8330, fax (415) 249-8333

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Letter of Request to Cayman Islands pursuant to Hague Evidence Convention v

Pavlo Lazarenko; Tamara Lazarenko; Dugsbery Inc.

c/o Daniel Horowitz, Esq

Law Offices of Daniel Horowitz, Esq.

120 11 Street th

Oakland CA 94607

tel. (510) 444-4888; fax (510) 893-4451

Brancross U.S. Holdings,Inc.; BRC Property Holdings, LLC;

Xanadu Property Holdings LLC; ABS Trading Inc.; and

Michael Menko

c/o Jeffrey G. Knowles, Esq.; Marisa Chan, Esq.

Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass, LLP

One Ferry Building, Suite 200

San Francisco, CA 94111-4213

tel. (415) 391-4800; fax (415) 989-1663

Alex Liverant

c/o Garrick S. Lew, Esq.

Minami, Lew & Tamaki

360 Post Street, 8 Floor th

San Francisco, CA 94108

tel. (415) 788-9000; fax: (415) 398-3887

Eurofed Bank, Inc.

c/o Gordon Greenberg, Esq.

Fernando Aenelle-Rocha, Esq.

McDemott, Will & Emery

2049 Century Park East, 34 Floor th

Los Angeles, CA 90067-3208

tel: (310) 277-4110; fax: (310) 277-4730

Named defendants that have not appeared in the action and are unrepresented:

Johnny E. Johnson; 

c/o Eurofed Bank, 60 Nevis Street

St. John’s Antigua and Barbuda

Brancross (Cayman) Ltd., a Cayman Islands corporation; 

c/o International Corporation Services Ltd.,

Box 472, GT, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Brancross Ltd., an Isle of Man corporation;

c/o 19 Mount Havelock, Douglas, 

Isle of Man

Zeneta Foundation, a Liechtenstein trust corporation;

c/o Staedtle 7, Vaduz,

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Liechtenstein

Selective Assets Ltd., a British Virgin Islands corporation; 

Orby International Ltd., a British Virgin Islands corporation;

c/o Registrar of Companies

Tortola, the British Virgin Islands

Lady Lake Investment Ltd.., an Antigua and Barbuda

corporation; Nemuro Industrial Group Ltd.., an Antigua and

Barbuda corporation; Fairmont Group Ltd.., an Antigua and

Barbuda corporation; Firstar Securities Ltd., an Antigua and

Barbuda corporation; Guardian Investment Group Ltd., an

Antigua and Barbuda corporation; 

all c/o 60 Nevis Street

St. John’s, Antigua,

Antigua and Barbuda

7. Nature and purpose of the proceeding and summary of the facts:

Plaintiff, Universal Trading & Investment Co., Inc. has been prosecuting since June 24, 1999

the proceedings in the present civil case in U.S. District Court for the District of Northern California

No. 99cv03073 MMC/EDL, at the center of which is recovery of certain real estate properties held

by the defendants in California. The claims for the real estate rights were secured by U.S. District

Court that issued the Writs of Attachment in favor of UTICo on real estate property (11 real estate

items in the State of California). In particular, Writs of Attachment were issued for plaintiff by the

U.S. District Court in Januaryof 2000 (respectively for 8 properties) and additionally in May of 2004

(for 3 more properties), for up to $40 million. The attached real properties include, in Marin County

in California: 185 Gilmartin Dr., Tiburon; 406 Paradise Dr., Tiburon, 100 Obertz Ln., Novato; three

joint plots of land for the total of about 79.5 acres in Tiburon; and in San Francisco County

multi-apartment houses at 3500 Fulton St. and 901 Pine St., condominium at 1901 Jackson Street;

and commercial building at 2001 Chestnut St. Additionally, the condominium at 10727 Wilshire

Blvd #1502, Los Angeles, California, was attached in May of 2004, and with the permission of the

court that latter property was sold in August of 2004, with the attachment transferred to the sale

proceeds in a trust account, per Court order, at First Bank & Trust Co. in San Francisco. The status

of title to the property currently attached in California: 5 titles for the real estate are allegedly in the

names of nominee California entities: Brancross U.S. Holdings Inc., BRC Property Holdings LLC,

Xanadu Property Holdings LLC, and Dugsbery Inc., allegedly held by offshore entities in the

Caribbean disguising alleged ownership interest of defendants Kiritchenko and Lazarenko. One

property is in the name of Ludmila Kiritchenko (key defendant’s daughter); and 4 properties are in

the name of defendant Petro Kiritchenko, two of which are held jointly with his wife defendant

Izabella Kiritchenko. The attached trust account at First Bank & Trust Co., upon the sale of the

above property in Los Angeles, CA, is also in the name of Petro Kiritchenko. The causes of action

include the allegations of violating federal anti-racketeering laws, conversion, unjust enrichment,

breach of fiduciary duties, fraud, civil conspiracy, money had and received, accounting, fraudulent

conveyances, declaratory relief. Plaintiff alleges to have rights to recovery arising from its

contractual rights with Ukrainian authorities since 1998. Additionally, Plaintiff holds a judgment

against United Energy Systems of Ukraine from U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts,

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in the amount of $18,344,380 in a civil action United Energy Systems of Ukraine v. Universal

Trading & Investment Co., Inc., 97cv10280 which Plaintiff asserts as being a related civil action.

Plaintiff intends to assert, under the Uniform Fraudulent Transfers Act, against the assets

fraudulently transferred from the judgment debtor to other entities, as appropriate subject to further

discovery on fraudulent transfers. Two key defendants in the present action are convicted felons.

Namely, defendant Pavlo Lazarenko was convicted in Switzerland (2000) and in the United States,

by jury trial (2004). Defendant Petro Kiritchenko pled nolo contendere to charges against him in

Switzerland (2000) and reached a plea bargain with law enforcement in the United States (2000).

Plaintiff alleges both convicts are declared wanted by Interpol on charges brought against them

outside of the United States and both await sentencing by U.S. District Court as of the time of the

issuance of the Letter of Request. As it is relevant to the present Letter of Request, plaintiff has

alleged that Brancross (Cayman) Ltd. was used by those two and several other defendants for fraud,

unjust enrichment, perpetrating civil conspiracy, money laundering and other illegal activities to

conceal their beneficial interest in the real properties in California and for evading creditors. All

defendants that have appeared in the present civil action have denied substantially all allegations of

Plaintiff, with the exception of the admissions made on judicial record by way of transcribed

testimony of certain defendants in this U.S. District Court, which plaintiff contends are admissible

as proof against certain defendants as a matter of law. 

8. Evidence to be obtained or other 

judicial act to be performed: 

It is requested that the Cayman Islands central

authority propound to the resident agents of Brancross

(Cayman) Ltd. the list of questions, with presentation

of documents when applicable, appended hereto.

9. Identify and address of any person 

to be examined:

Persons most knowledgeable of Brancross (Cayman)

Ltd., incorporated in Cayman Islands

10. Questions to be put to the persons 

to be examined or statement of

the subject matter about which he

is to be examined.

Please see attached list.

11. Documents or other property to be

inspected:

Please see attached list. The judicially certified copies

of all presented documents requested.

12. Any requirement that the evidence 

be given on oath or affirmation

and any specific form to be used:

The witnesses should be examined under oath or

affirmation, or in the alternative, should be instructed

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Letter of Request to Cayman Islands pursuant to Hague Evidence Convention viii

of the consequences for the giving of untruthful and

false answers under the laws of your jurisdiction.

13. Special methods or procedure 

to be followed:

It is requested that: (1) only the witness being deposed

and his or her counsel, the judicial officer conducting

the deposition, the parties and/or their counsel,

interpreters, and a stenographer be permitted to be

present during the examination and all other persons

excluded; (2) the parties and/or their counsel be

permitted to submit additional questions for

presentment to the witnesses following their

answering of the questions set forth in Section 10

above; and (3) a stenographer be permitted to record

verbatim the examination of the witnesses or

alternatively the testimony be tape recorded for

subsequent verbatim, if permitted under the law of

your jurisdiction.

14. Request for notification of the time

and place for the execution of the

Request and identity and address

of any person to be notified: 

Please notify Brancross (Caymen) Ltd. and plaintiff,

in writing, twenty-five (25) days before the scheduled

examination dates. Plaintiff will immediately notify

all other parties to the action.

15. Request for attendance or

participation of judicial personnel 

of the requesting authority at 

the execution of the Letter 

of Request:

None.

16. Specification of privilege or duty

to refuse to give evidence under

the law of the State of origin:

Witnesses may refuse to answer any question

propounded pursuant to Section 13(3) above if such

answer (1) would subject him (her) to a real and

appreciative danger of criminal liability in the United

States, or (2) would disclose a confidential

communication with his (her) attorney and/or attorney

work product to the extent allowable under local law.

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17. The fees and costs incurred which 

are reimbursable under the second 

paragraph of Article 14 or under 

Article 26 of the Convention 

will be borne by:

Universal Trading & Investment Co., Inc.

c/o its attorneys, see paragraph 6.

18. Date of Request:

........................................., 2006

19. Signature and seal of requesting authority:

________________________

The Hon. Elizabeth D. Laporte

Magistrate Judge

United States District Court

Attachment: Questionnaire:

March 30

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte

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QUESTIONNAIRE DUCES TECUM

to Person Most Knowledgeable of Brancross (Cayman) Ltd.,

Incorporated in Cayman Islands

Latest known contact address: c/o International Corporation Services Ltd.,

Box 472, GT, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

1.. Produce the following corporate records from the date of incorporation to the present of

Brancross (Cayman) Ltd.: Articles of Incorporation, Certificate(s) of Incorporation,

Agreement of Shareholders, Shareholders Register from the incorporation in approximately

March of 1997, Lists of Directors, By-Laws, corporate resolutions and decisions, and board

meetings’ minutes and memoranda if applicable. 

2. Identify the client(s) who ordered registration or acquired the corporate entity Brancross

(Cayman) Ltd., accompany your answer with all correspondence with such client(s),

annexing payment records associated with that registration or acquisition of that corporate

entity, and payment records of associated with the registering or acquiring agent’s services

in Cayman Islands. 

3. Identify the beneficiaries of Brancross (Cayman) Ltd. from its incorporation. Specifically

disclose if Pavlo Lazarenko and/or Petro Kiritchenko have been at any times the beneficiaries

of Brancross (Cayman) Ltd., and if so, what has been their interest and the respective time

period(s) thereof since the incorporation of Brancross (Cayman) Ltd. in about March of 1997.

Produce any respective documents.

4. In the event Brancross (Cayman) Ltd. has issued shares in a ‘bearer’ form, identify when,

where and to whom those shares or any part of them has been first transferred in any known

instances of the transfers ofsuch shares. Produce any documentsthat reflect those transfers’

transactions. 

5. Identify corporate holdings in which Brancross (Cayman) Ltd. has been involved as a parent

or subsidiary, or was controlled by means of a “guarantee membership” (if that term is

recognized by you.)

6. Specifically disclose if Brancross (Cayman) Ltd. has been a parent of Brancross U.S.

Holdings, Inc., incorporated in the United States, and if so, identify the holding structure and

respective stock holdings at all relevant times. 

7. Identify all subsidiaries or affiliates of Brancross (Cayman) Ltd. In any jurisdiction, in

addition to and other than allegedly the above Brancross U.S. Holdings Inc., in which

Brancross (Cayman) Ltd. has interest in excess of 5% of stock or in which it acts as a director

or any other corporate officer. 

8. Specifically disclose if Brancross (Cayman) Ltd. has been a subsidiary of Brancross Ltd.,

incorporated in Isle of Man, and if so, identify the holding structure and respective stock

holdings at all relevant times. 

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9. Specifically disclose if Brancross (Cayman) Ltd. has been a subsidiary of Zeneta Foundation,

a trust foundation set up in Liechtenstein, and if so, identify the holding structure and

respective stock holdings at all relevant times. 

10. Identify who and where holds the stock certificates or other documents representing

ownership rights identified in questions 4-7 above and produce copies of those that you have

in your possession or under your control. 

11. Produce any trust deeds or trust documents that mention Brancross (Cayman) Ltd., regardless

of who is the settlor, protector or beneficiary of such trusts. 

12. Identify all banking accounts of Brancross (Cayman) Ltd. and produce all banking records

in your possession or control, including but not limited to, the account at Royal Bank of

Scotland, such as the accounts opening documents, signature cards, monthly statements, wire

transfers orders and records, checks, withdrawals, any notices from the bank(s). 

13. In the event you have in your possession or control banking records of your alleged

subsidiaries or parents, including Brancross U.S. Holdings Inc., Brancross Ltd., and Zeneta

Foundation, produce those records, including the accounts opening documents, signature

cards, monthly statements, wire transfers orders and records, checks, withdrawals, notices

from banks. 

14. Produce all documents relating to your participation in judicial proceedings and relating to

international requests for judicial assistance and disclosure of banking and other records,

with allegations of money laundering or misappropriation or of fraud, in Cayman Islands, in

Switzerland, United Kingdom, and elsewhere if applicable, including: complaints, pleadings,

affidavits, orders, transcripts, judicial decisions. In the event of interviews by law

enforcement from any jurisdiction visiting in person, identify such interviews and produce

any records prepared after such interviews. 

15. Produce all documents that you have received or originated to date, concerning the litigation

in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Case Number 040798 specifically

including the Summons and the Certificate of Service under the Hague Service Convention,

Amended Complaint, any correspondence with other defendants and with other parties. To

the extent that correspondence includes exchanges with your attorney, produce a respective

Privilege Log of such exchanges with your attorney. 

16. Identify any other instances when Brancross (Cayman) Ltd. and its agents have been subject

to a subpoena or questioning in Cayman Islands and elsewhere, including under the process

originated in Cayman Islands, to date. Produce such subpoenas to Brancross (Cayman) Ltd.,

and documents produced by its agents, transcripts of testimony if applicable. 

17. Produce any records and documents of Brancross (Cayman) Ltd. that have been disclosed in

criminal proceedings in any jurisdiction, involving in particular alleged money laundering

and/or fraud. 

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18. Produce any contracts concluded by, or on behalf of, Brancross (Cayman) Ltd. with

Brancross U.S. Holdings, Inc., and/or Brancross Ltd., and/or Zeneta Foundation, and/or Petro

Kiritchenko, Pavlo Lazarenko, or any of their agents.

19. Produce any contracts relating to acquisition or ownership, or rental operation of the real

property in the United States or related to the mortgage(s)recorded in the United States. That

specifically should include the mortgages and other documents reflecting proprietary or

beneficial, or any indirect interest in the real properties situated at 901 Pine Street, San

Francisco, CA, and 1901 Jackson St., San Francisco, CA, USA. 

20. Produce any records of any loan(s) provided to, or received from, any defendants identified

in this action as indicated above, such as loan agreements, loan disbursements, and any

repayments of such loans. 

21. Produce any corporate filings and tax statements filed by Brancross (Cayman) Ltd. in

Cayman Islands and in any other jurisdiction from its incorporation in 1997. 

22. Identify any and all employees of Brancross (Cayman) Ltd. and produce records evidencing

their employment by said entity. 

23. In the event alleged principals and/or beneficiaries of Brancross (Cayman) Ltd. Petro

Kiritchenko and/or Pavlo Lazarenko, and/or agents of either defendant have visited the

purported offices of Brancross and/or have met with the agents of Brancross (Cayman) Ltd.,

including but not limited to Elizabeth Schwiff and Graham Taylor, identify the dates, the

places of their visits to Cayman Islands and of such meetings, as well as describe the issues

discussed. If at such meetings documents were passed or exchanged, produce their copies.

24. In the event local agents of Brancross (Cayman) Ltd. have traveled outside of Cayman

Islands to meet with its alleged principals and/or beneficiaries Petro Kiritchenko and/or

Pavlo Lazarenko, and/or agents of either defendant, including but not limited to Elizabeth

Schwiff and Graham Taylor, identify the dates, the places of such meetings, as well as

describe the issues discussed. If at such meetings documents were passed or exchanged,

produce their copies. 

25. In the event you have received from or exchanged any correspondence with, any defendants

identified in the present Letter of Request, or their agents, aiming at interfering with the

execution of the Letter Request or for any other purpose regarding the Letter of Request,

produce any such correspondence and documents. 

26. Identify any professional licenses, permits, authorizations of agent(s) of Brancross (Cayman)

Ltd., used for conducting offshore services associated with Brancross (Cayman) Ltd. at any

relevant times, issued or granted to such agent(s) in Cayman Islands and/or elsewhere. 

27. With reference to a Memorandum annexed, addressed by Graham Taylor to defendant

Kiritchenko, with regard to alleged setting up Brancross (Cayman) Ltd., indicate if you are

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familiar with that Memorandum and/or if you aware of any of the issues in said

Memorandum and/or you are in possession of any related documents. Produce such related

documents in your possession or control. See Appendix A. 

Enclosure: 

Appendix A. 

Copy of Memorandum entitled “Structure”, dated March 11, 1997

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