Opinion ID: 174447
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Heading: DOL’s Subsequent Interviews

Text: On June 22, 2007, Eichholz sent the DOL a document that purported to detail the plans’ outstanding loans. The list included loans to Eubanks, Delta Building Systems, Greg Hirsch and Richard Crose. In subsequent DOL interviews, Hirsch and Crose denied receiving loans from the plans. Yet, in a second interview on August 2, 2007, Eichholz reiterated that Eubanks, Hirsch, 4 Crose and Cole had received loans from the plans and that Cole had repaid his loan. Eichholz also stated that Hirsch had repaid his loan by transferring stock to the plans. On December 10, 2007, DOL investigators interviewed Eichholz a third time and asked about plan checks issued to Crose, Joseph Benefield and Endermology Associations, a company owned by Eichholz’s wife. Eichholz told DOL investigators the checks represented loans. However, the endorsements revealed that the checks were deposited into accounts controlled by Eichholz. In a fourth interview on January 8, 2008, Eichholz again denied any interest in Delta Building Systems and claimed that another plan check to Delta Building Systems represented a loan. However, this check was also deposited into an account controlled by Eichholz.