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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

UNIVERSAL TRADING & INVESTMENT CO., INC.

CIVIL ACTION DOCKET No. 11-cv-7877 (PAC)

Plaintiff -vs-

AMENDED COMPLAINT

YULIA TYMOSHENKO; ALEXANDER TYMOSHENKO; ANDREY VAVILOV and DOES from 1 to 10 Defendants

I. SUBJECT MATTER. 1.

The present Amended Complaint is for collection of two federal judgments. The

first judgment was entered by the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on July 7, 2005 and registered in this Court under 28 U.S.C. §1963 on July 19, 2011, Docket No.11mc249. The second judgment was entered by the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on April 9, 2012 and registered in this Court on May 15, 2012, Docket No. 12mc165. The present action is also for damages caused by the garnishees for withholding the judgment debtors’ corporate assets from collection (under the turn-over statutes) and for other causes. The first Defendant is currently serving a prison sentence, the second Defendant is wanted by Interpol to stand trial, and the third Defendant is a person of interest in several criminal investigations. II. PARTIES. 2.

Plaintiff Universal Trading & Investment Co., Inc. ("UTICo") is a corporation

organized under the laws of the State of Massachusetts in 1993. It has been in good standing ever since. UTICo is the judgment creditor for the judgment debt of $18,344,480 due from the 1

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assets of United Energy Systems of Ukraine, PFG ("UESU"), a Ukrainian corporation, whose president was Yulia Tymoshenko. Aided by her husband Alexander Tymoshenko, she had put the assets of UESU under her personal control. UTICo is also the judgment creditor under a sister judgment for $23,085,465 due from the assets of Bassington Inc. (“Bassington”), UESU’s offshore parent and holding company for Yulia and Alexander Tymoshenko. 3.

Defendant Yulia Tymoshenko, aka Yulia Timoshenko (“Tymoshenko”) is a

Ukrainian national, with a substantial nexus to New York. Having founded UESU in 1995, Tymoshenko has become a garnishee, unlawfully holding the assets of UESU and of its parent Bassington under her control. Apart from her business activities, Tymoshenko has been a politician in Ukraine, twice rising to the position of Prime Minister, while at the same time using the public offices to advance UESU’s interests. Both times Tymoshenko was fired amidst allegations of corruption.

Tymoshenko has faced numerous criminal charges in Ukraine,

including charges of bribery, conversion and fraud. She was convicted in October of 2011. In several cases awaiting trial, she was further charged with financial crimes as the principal of UESU, as well as with contract murders. Ukrainian law enforcement alleges that Tymoshenko has been effectively the owner of UESU.

As a member of the racketeering enterprise,

Tymoshenko has used agents in New York. Tymoshenko has made wire transfers through banks in New York for over $101 million, associated with UESU’s kickbacks.

Tymoshenko

furthermore directed an illegal $10 million payment to Andrey Vavilov in New York. Her present address is: c/o Karachanovskaya Prison No. 54, Vishnevy Per. 16, Kharkov, Ukraine. 4.

Defendant Alexander Tymoshenko, aka Alexandre Timoshenko, aka Olexander

Timoshenko (“Alexander”) is a Ukrainian national, with a substantial nexus to New York. Ukraine’s charges indicate that Alexander had been assisting Tymoshenko in money laundering to conceal the assets of UESU and Bassington and to transfer kickbacks. Alexander has faced 2

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In 2001-2002, Alexander was incarcerated in connection with

UESU’s kickbacks. Since 2011, having absconded from Ukraine, Alexander is a fugitive from justice, settling in Chechia. Alexander’s present address is: c/o Na Kohoute 804/14, 40010 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic. As a member of the racketeering enterprise, Alexander has had agents in New York. 5.

Defendant Andrey Vavilov (“Vavilov”) is a Russian national, residing since 2007

in New York. Vavilov’s current address is: Time Warner Tower South, 10 Columbus Circle, Penthouse, 78th Fl., New York, NY, 10023. From October of 1992 to March of 1997, Vavilov was the Assistant Minister of Finance of Russia. In 1996-1997, Vavilov engaged in a conspiracy with the Tymoshenkos and others, to convert $450 million in UESU’s debt settlements. That scheme was intended to secrete UESU’s assets from creditors, most of the assets ending up on offshore accounts.

On information and belief, Vavilov received a $10 million bribe from

UESU’s assets, directed by the Tymoshenkos through New York, for which he acquired an apartment in New York for about $5 million. While that $10 million bribe was illegal, the title to such assets did not transfer from UESU. Vavilov is a garnishee of UESU’s assets for $10 million, which may be used to partially satisfy the UESU judgment. Vavilov is a Defendant herein because he was an agent for the racketeering enterprise. 6.

Judgment debtors UESU and Bassington are being notified of this action, though

neither has responded to the judgments at issue. The designation of Defendants herewith is without prejudice to joining any additional parties, John Does from 1 to 10. III. JURISDICTION. 7.

This Court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1963. Under the laws of New

York, a judgment debt may be collected from garnishees, NY CPLR §5201, et seq., such as the Tymoshenkos and Vavilov herein. 3

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This Court has subject-matter jurisdiction over the parties because of the diversity

of citizenship pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1332. For purposes of diversity, Defendants currently reside in, and are citizens of, Ukraine, Czechia and New York. Plaintiff, as a corporation under the laws of Massachusetts, is a citizen of Massachusetts. The claims exceed $75,000, the statutory minimum for diversity of citizenship. 9.

This Court also has jurisdiction pursuant to the Racketeering Influenced and

Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §1961, et seq., with particular reference to 18 U.S.C. §1965(a) et al., when Defendants have agents in New York. 10.

The facts herein show more than five such agents in New York, including Vavilov

and non-parties Alex Rovt, Imre Pakh, Igor Boyko and Alexandre Levtchenko. Reference is also made to jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. §1956 (“money laundering”). 11.

The Tymoshenkos have undertaken illegal business activities in New York,

including money laundering transactions using New York banks. The Tymoshenkos directed, as a part of UESU’s scheme, kickbacks and bribes for the total of about $101,078,339, through correspondent accounts in New York, to former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko (“Lazarenko”), convicted in the U.S. As mentioned above, the Tymoshenkos also made a $10 million wire transfer through a New York account as a bribe to Vavilov, who invested a portion thereof into New York real-estate. 12.

As a U.S. person within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. §1952, §1956, Tymoshenko

was named by U.S. prosecutors as Lazarenko’s unindicted co-conspirator related to UESU. Furthermore, according to Ukrainian law enforcement, Tymoshenko paid about $2,479,000 for contract murders, that passed accounts in New York banks. These activities fall within the prohibitions of 18 U.S.C. §1958, for which the statute of limitations does not apply.

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Apart from those kickbacks, the Tymoshenkos transacted business in New York

by directing numerous other transactions effected through New York bank accounts (Bank of New York, Chase, Bankers Trust, Citibank, Credit Suisse). The Tymoshenkos also engaged public relations and consulting firms in New York and elsewhere in the U.S. 14.

Additionally, the grounds for the judgments, being collected herewith, were

Tymoshenko’s actions and representations, as the president of UESU and individually, effecting UTICo in the U.S. IV. PRIOR ADJUDICATIONS AND FACTS CONCERNING UNDERLYING JUDGMENTS. 15.

The underlying action, UESU v. UTICo, Docket No. 97cv12180, was filed by

UESU in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 1997. UESU was involved in the distribution of natural gas in Eastern Europe and was controlled by Tymoshenko and Lazarenko, who was her undisclosed partner. UESU’s claims, aimed at enjoining UTICo’s cooperation with Ukrainian authorities at the time, were dismissed by the Court with prejudice. 16.

UESU’s submission to the jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court allowed UTICo

to bring a counterclaim, amended three times. 17.

The judgment in favor of UTICo, of July 7, 2005, followed litigation that lasted

almost 8 years. During that time, UTICo undertook discovery in a number of jurisdictions, including several offshore jurisdictions, using Letters Rogatory and otherwise. That discovery exposed numerous facts relating to fraudulent schemes and accounts, described below. 18.

In that litigation, UESU failed to respond to discovery requests. UESU’s default

was finally entered on February 22, 2005. After the Court assessed UTICo’s damages, a judgment was issued for $18,344,480. 19.

The judgment has not been satisfied. During the litigation, UESU’s assets were

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A related action against UESU’s offshore parent, captioned UTICo v. Bassington

Ltd., was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in December of 2011, Docket No. 11cv12212. Bassington was served in the British Virgin Islands pursuant to the 1965 Hague Convention for Service Abroad of Judicial and Non-judicial Documents in Civil and Commercial Matters, but declined to appear in the U.S. District Court. As a result, a default judgment was entered on April 9, 2012, for $23,085,465 and 22 cents. 21.

According to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, the aggregate amount of

proceeds fraudulently transferred from UESU under Tymoshenko’s illegal control amounted to approximately $2,271,221,873. To avoid creditors and frustrate the recovery of these assets, those assets, including the holdings through the Tymoshenkos’ Bassington, have been secreted in various jurisdictions, including New York. V. UNDERLYING FACTS. (A) UESU’s Predecessor Contracted with UTICo. 22.

The Tymoshenkos first contacted UTICo in July of 1993, when Tymoshenko

headed a Ukrainian company, Cube, Ltd. (“Cube”), which was UESU’s predecessor. Cube held a $113 million government contract with a Ukrainian agricultural agency for bartering exports of ferrous metals for imported oil. During their first shipment, which was transacted through Indian intermediaries whom the Tymoshenkos selected, Cube claimed a loss of approximately half the value of the first $2.6 million delivery of ferrous metals to China. 23.

In April of 1994, Tymoshenko signed for Cube an agreement with UTICo and

issued a power of attorney, to collect the alleged debt due from the Indian and Chinese buyers. 24.

In 1995-1996, UTICo was initially able to recover $661,000 from the Indian

intermediaries. The Tymoshenkos routed those recovered proceeds to the account of Somolli Enterprises, Ltd. (“Somolli”), a Cypriot entity, at the Bank of Cyprus. 6

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More specifically, on September 5, 1994 the Tymoshenkos received $74,985

recovered by UTICo, from Sayani Enterprises Ltd. at the American Express Bank in New York. On February 10, 1995, the Tymoshenkos received $100,000 recovered by UTICo, from the Philadelphia International Bank in Philadelphia. The Tymoshenkos’ Somolli Account received through UTICo’s collection efforts several more wire transfers, cleared through correspondent accounts at Chase Manhattan Bank and Citibank in New York, for the total of $661,000. 26.

As subsequently discovered, Tymoshenko actually controlled Somolli, with

Tymoshenko holding 33.4%, Alexander 33.3%, and the remaining 33.3% held in the name of their nominee, Alexander Gravets (“Gravets”). 27.

Unbeknownst to UTICo, Tymoshenko was arrested in Ukraine in March of 1995,

for smuggling undeclared cash (4 million karbovantsy, the Ukrainian currency, and $26,000). Tymoshenko was released through Lazarenko’s intervention. In July of 1995, the Tymoshenkos were arrested at a Moscow airport, again attempting to smuggle undeclared cash, $100,000. 28.

In September of 1995, Tymoshenko’s accomplice Lazarenko was promoted from

Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Region to First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine. Lazarenko’s responsibilities included energy supplies, mostly imported from Russia. Using his government position, Lazarenko assisted Tymoshenko in engineering the UESU scam. 29.

The Tymoshenkos directed the transfers from Somolli to a Massachusetts

corporation, Boston Trade Connections, Inc. (“BTC”), for $5 million ($1.5 million on November 7, 1995 and $3.5 million on December 13, 1995). These two transfers were unauthorized in Ukraine. BTC was connected with certain high-ranking Ukrainian officials and, on information and belief, the $5 million represented a portion of an illegal payment to obtain UESU’s license.

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As the evidence shows, Lazarenko paid a bribe of $7 million to the then

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yevghen Marchuk, to license UESU for the natural gas business and distribution in Ukraine. (B) Conversion of Cube into UESU. 31.

Tymoshenko and Lazarenko were the masterminds of the UESU scheme. On

November 8, 1995, Lazarenko wrote to the Russian authorities proposing that UESU should become an intermediary for natural gas imports from Russia to Ukraine. Using his government position, Lazarenko obtained the consent from the Russian authorities. 32.

In November of 1995, the Tymoshenkos arranged for the creation of UESU that

she controlled. UESU was created after Lazarenko wrote to the Russian authorities proposing it. The conspiracy had already been in motion. 33.

The incorporation of UESU on November 20, 2005 involved fraud. The Minutes

No. 2-1/95 of the shareholders’ meeting stated that it was attended by Andreas Petrou (“Petrou”), a Cypriot, who represented 85% of the shares. 34.

In fact, Petrou never attended that meeting in Ukraine and was unaware that any

minutes were prepared citing his “presentation”. The Tymoshenkos fraudulently used Petrou’s name to conceal their own interest in UESU. 35.

According to Petrou’s testimony, the only time he saw the Tymoshenkos was in

1992, when the Tymoshenkos walked into his wife’s travel agency in Cyprus. Petrou referred them to an attorney and never saw the Tymoshenkos again or heard back from them. At Petrou’s deposition, Petrou declared that his signature on UESU’s documents was forged. 36.

In December of 1995, Lazarenko used his position as First Deputy Prime Minister

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Lazarenko and Tymoshenko negotiated a delivery contract for 1996 between the

Russian gas supplier OAO Gazprom (“Gazprom”) and UESU, via Gazprom’s chairman Rem Viakhirev (“Viakhirev”), to whom Lazarenko, as evidence shows, directed bribes. 38.

UESU was set up as a subsidiary of United Energy International, Ltd. (“UEIL”),

which was based in London, U.K. UEIL, as a shell entity, was established in October of 1995 and was controlled by the Tymoshenkos through Somolli. As a nominee shareholder, UEIL held 85 percent of UESU and employed a sole director in London, a Turkish national, Ekrument Aksoy (“Aksoy”). His duties were to transfer UESU’s proceeds to Somolli. (C) Proceeds Transferred by Rovt and Pakh Used to Fund the UESU Scheme. 39.

On November 25, 1995, two days after UEIL opened its account at National West

Bank in London, Alex Rovt (“Rovt”), a businessman residing in New York, and his partner Imre Pakh (“Pakh”), made the transfer of $2,222,988, to fund that account. Rovt is a Ukrainian national and Pakh, a Hungarian national (later becoming U.S. citizens), operated out of New York, using their entities IBE Trade Corp. (IBE being an acronym for ‘international barter exchanges”) and World Wide Chemicals, Inc. The payment was made to the Tymoshenkos through the Bank of New York (where Pakh’s wife worked as a vice president). 40.

The initial transfer was followed by subsequent transfers from Rovt and Pakh to

the UEIL Account: (1) $2,906,988 on December 4, 1995; (2) $999,988 on January 25, 1995; (3) $1,399,988 on February 1, 1996; and (4) $999,988 on February 14, 1996. Rovt and Pakh also made transfers to the Somolli Account: (1) $2,708,990 on March 1, 1996; (2) $1,178,586 on August 21, 1996; and (3) $1,599,986 on September 2, 1996. The total of these wire transfers to the Tymoshenkos, directed by Rovt and Pakh from New York, amounted to approximately $13,957,508, used for funding UESU, in violation of Ukrainian laws.

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Lazarenko, as Prime Minister and Tymoshenko managing UESU secured, on

information and belief, that Rovt and Pakh obtained a licensed access to the port facilities of the City of Odessa in Ukraine. Rovt, assisted by Pakh, obtained the access to operating the terminal for bulk fertilizers, delivered through a pipeline from Togliatti, Russia. 42.

Using Lazarenko’s and Tymoshenko’s backing, Rovt’s entities raided the

fertilizers’ facilities in the port of Odessa, particularly on March 3-7, 1996, converting the title to the fertilizers stored by the Russian suppliers (located in Togliatti). Rovt, assisted by Pakh, directed the shipments of stolen goods worth over $8 million. 43.

On information and belief, a portion of the payments, paid by Rovt and Pakh into

the accounts in London and Cyprus, controlled by the Tymoshenkos, represented kickbacks for the sale of those bulk fertilizers, illegally taken from the port storage. (D) UESU Obtaining, through Conspiracy of Tymoshenko and Lazarenko, Contracts for Natural Gas Imports. 44.

Abusing his government position, Lazarenko enabled UESU to obtain contracts

with Gazprom, including Contracts Nos. 4GU and No. 70, both dated December 29, 1995. 45.

Consumers of natural gas in Ukraine were compelled to pay for the distributed

gas to UESU’s and UEIL’s accounts. The Tymoshenkos arranged for the proceeds of gas sales to be routed mostly to: (a) the UEIL Account at National Westminster Bank, 208 Picadilly, London, Nos. 140/0/04329791 and 06010644; (b) UESU’s Account at Golden Union (offshore) Bank, P.K. 466- Lefcosa, Mersion 10, Turkey, No. 1073601 LSCB, #59-13710; and (c) the Somolli Account at First Trading Bank, Nauru, No. 5005702948, 173899. 46.

Lazarenko, who became Prime Minister in May of 1996, was UESU’s principal

promoter, abusing his official power.

As the evidence shows, Lazarenko conspired with

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According to witness testimony, Lazarenko directed at least two bribes to

Gazprom’s chairman Viakhirev, through his nominees Lucky Star Enterprises, Ltd. ($1.4 million on June 5, 1996) and Eagle Enterprises, Ltd. ($1,280,000 on June 11, 1996), both accounts being at Barclays Bank in the Cayman Islands. 48.

Pursuant to the Tymoshenkos’ instructions, UESU’s nominees used fabricated

invoices in the name of Somolli.

They hired a Macedonian national, Donco Stojanovski

(“Stojanovski”), who was brought to Ukraine, to pose as Somolli’s Cypriot director.

Stojanovski testified, he was compelled, for free housing and a small salary, to sign blank pages on Somolli’s letterhead. Stojanovski did not know what then became of those blank documents. 49.

Aksoy, a nominee director of UEIL, who resided in London at that time, later

testified that he received payment instructions on Somolli’s letterhead, signed by Stojanovski. Most of the payment instructions were to transfer proceeds from UEIL’s account at National Westminster bank in London to the Somolli Account at the Bank of Cyprus. 50.

As various banking records show, the Tymoshenkos used U.S.-based banks to

make numerous transactions relating to their illegal schemes. For example, the Tymoshenkos directed transfers from UEIL to their Somolli Account through Chase Manhattan Bank in New York and Corestates Bank in Philadelphia. According to U.S. government experts, those transfers amounted to $148,498,982 in 1996 and $49,996,483 in 1997. 51.

As a part of the illegal market sharing, Lazarenko and Tymoshenko made

arrangements with Semion Mogilevich (“Mogilevich”), who had interest in the natural gas distribution in Ukraine. Mogilevich was a senior member of the Russian organized crime group, which materialized several illegal schemes in the USA (including a money laundering scheme through the Bank of New York with the turnover of over $7 billion).

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Taking care of Migilevich’s interest, Lazarenko appointed Mogilevich’s partner,

Igor Fisherman, holding a U.S. passport, who at some point resided in Buffalo, New York, as his official advisor.

After Mogilevich and Fisherman were declared wanted by the FBI,

Tymoshenko developed market-sharing conflict with Mogilevich (on the FBI’s Top Ten list). (E) Conversion by Defendants of $450 Million in UESU Proceeds as Part of Racketeering Enterprise; Bribe of $10 Million Wire Transferred to New York. 53.

Tymoshenko and Lazarenko conspired with Vavilov to obtain personally UESU’s

assets using a fictitious settlement scheme, later declared criminal. As the Assistant Minister of Finance of Russia, Vavilov master-minded a scheme involving UESU, that entailed a $10 million bribe that came under his control to a New York account. 54.

On November 26, 1996 Vavilov and Tymoshenko, among others, signed the first

illegal protocol on the settlement of UESU’s debt to Gazprom, for $250 million. Under that scheme, instead of paying Gazprom for natural gas deliveries, UESU converted its debt into an obligation to supply the Russian Army with various goods, including construction materials and foodstuffs, to be exported by UESU to Russia. 55.

The funds, $250 million, were transferred within one day among the several

accounts in Moscow. That scheme resulting in the cancellation of UESU’s debt in exchange for UESU’s obligation to supply goods to the Russian Army, which proved to become unenforceable. At the beginning, UESU started to deliver those goods to the Russian Army. 56.

Vavilov was involved in numerous other suspect deals. On February 3, 1997,

Vavilov’s car was exploded by a bomb, but he was not in it. That crime has remained unsolved. 57.

On March 3, 1997, the second protocol concerning UESU’s debt was signed by

Vavilov and Tymoshenko, among other parties, for a second installment of cancellation, $200 million, with the same fictitious transfers passing through the accounts in Moscow.

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The total of the transactions, effectively canceling of UESU’s debt to Gazprom

for the natural gas, already delivered, was now $450 million. UESU’s debt was canceled against promises, without guarantees, of future barter deliveries to the Russian Army. 59.

On March 30, 1997, within weeks of the second Gazprom settlement deal, the

Tymoshenkos directed $10 million from the UEIL Account in London, through Aksoy, to account No. 608211194, at Republic National Bank in New York, maintained by Louis D’Or Investment Bank (“Louis D’Or”), a Barbados entity. 60.

The nominal recipient of that transfer was Angora Management Ltd. (“Angora”),

registered in the Bahamas. Angora’s beneficiary was, on information and belief, Vavilov. 61.

As investigation has shown, Louis D’Or was controlled by Vavilov’s co-

conspirator, Ashot Egiazaryan (“Egiazaryan”), who managed Unikombank in Russia. Vavilov’s friend, Nadezhda Kossareva, managed Louis D’Or, with a nominee office at Musson Bldg, 2nd Floor, Hincks St., Bridgetown, Barbados. Louis D’Or was owned by nominee Titan (Isle of Man) Ltd, which was controlled by Vavilov’s agent, the vice chairman of Unikombank, Andrey Gloriozov (“Gloriozov”), who is currently at large wanted by Interpol. 62.

Shortly after that bribe was paid to Angora’s sub-account at Republic National

Bank in New York, on information and belief, Vavilov bought a $5 million apartment in New York. As a government official, Vavilov was prohibited from obtaining any income other than his salary. Title to the $10 million bribe did not transfer to Vavilov, the title still vests in UESU. 63.

Within a few weeks of Vavilov’s ouster from the Russian government, UESU

slowed down the deliveries of goods to the Russian Army. After Lazarenko was removed from the position of the Prime Minister in July of 1997, UESU stopped all further deliveries.

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As a result, the natural gas supplies were converted by UESU’s principals, the

Tymoshenkos and Lazarenko. The net result that out of $450 million, $327 million became missing, from which the Tymoshenkos, Lazarenko and Vavilov benefitted. 65.

The Tymoshenkos’ and Lazarenko’s conspiracy allowed UESU to generate over

$11 billion in turnover in 1996, its first year of operations. As banking records show, UESU’s proceeds were secretly distributed to Tymoshenko, who directed 50% as kickbacks to Lazarenko. 66.

On December 31, 1996, Lazarenko, abusing his position as Prime Minister,

compelled a member of his cabinet to sign a state guarantee, primarily to secure Gazprom’s deliveries of natural gas to UESU, for $200 million per month in the event of UESU’s default, thereby allowing UESU to receive further deliveries of natural gas. (F) The Bassington Scheme to Conceal UESU’s Assets. 67.

Somolli was no longer adequate for the Tymoshenkos’ concealing their offshore

assets. In December of 1996, the Tymoshenkos approached Credit Suisse Trust AG. Credit Suisse established for the Tymoshenkos the BL Trust in Guernsey. 68.

To frustrate their creditors’ claims, in December 1996, 90% of UEIL stock was

transferred to Bassington, Ltd. (“Bassington”), a shell company established in the British Virgin Islands (“BVI”), IBC No. 203394, administered by an agent, Mossack & Fonseca in the BVI. 69.

Bassington was set up by Credit Suisse’s employees in Guernsey, the Channel

Islands, namely Pamela Le Cheminant, Julia Church and Denise Corbet. These trust officers operated Bassington in the BVI. 70.

The Tymoshenkos directed two separate wire transfers to New York, for a total of

$460,000 on January 21-22, 1997, from the Somolli Account to Bassington’s sub-account in New York. These wire instructions, signed by Alexander, were for $270,000 and $190,000 on the next day. Both instructions said: “Credit Suisse New York, Tower 49, 12 East 49th St., New 14

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York, 10017, SWIFT Code: CRESUS 33, a/c Credit Suisse (Guernsey) Limited, Number 192260-01, for further credit to Bassington Limited a/c 4127". 71.

The Tymoshenkos’ holdings through Bassington involved the increase of

Bassington’s authorized capital from 50,000 to 1 million shares. That increase was paid for by check No. 6270 in the name of Credit Suisse (Guernsey) Ltd, showing the Federal Reserve’s ID, 1-260/917/01; the routing No. 026009179, registered by Credit Suisse First Boston. 72.

The Tymoshenkos’ trustees at Credit Suisse directed the agent for Bassington in

the BVI, Mossack & Fonseca, to increase Bassington’s authorized capital to 1 million shares, at $1.00 each. The Tymoshenkos’ trustees wrote to Mossack & Fonseca, that Bassington’s 451,872 shares were issued in bearer form on April 8, 1997. 73.

As indirect evidence shows, the Bassington’s sub-account at Credit Suisse in

Guernsey existed only as paper records of the Tymoshenkos’ trustees, without the actual transfer of that money, $460,000 from New York. 74.

The $460,000 that was transferred by the Tymoshenkos to Credit Suisse in New

York, continues to be located in New York, with accrued interest since 1997, available for collection by UTICo for partially satisfying the judgment debt. (G) Money Laundering Transactions in New York Involving UESU Proceeds. 75.

As mentioned above, according to banking records, the Tymoshenkos used banks

in New York to transfer kickbacks and bribes to Lazarenko for about $101,079,339. Alexander signed, on the Somolli letterhead, most of those transfer instructions to New York. 76.

The Tymoshenkos’ bribes to Lazarenko were in part transferred through New

York, from Somolli/UESU to the account in the name of Orphin S.A. (“Orphin”) at a Polish bank, called American Bank in Poland (“ABP”). Orphin, a dissolved Bahamian entity, was controlled by Lazarenko’s assistant Petro Kiritchenko (“Kiritchenko”), residing in California. 15

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The total of those wire transfers in 1996 amounted to $49,929,347. As an investigation showed, ABP effected its U.S. dollar transactions through its correspondent account at Bankers Trust Co. in New York, and in reality these proceeds were not transferred from New York to Poland. 77.

The Tymoshenkos used another Orphin’s account, controlled by Kiritchenko, at

Credit Suisse Bank. This account was used to pay kickbacks, which were transferred via New York, from Somolli/UESU to Lazarenko. The total of these transfers amounted to $39.2 million, passing through the Credit Suisse accounts in New York. 78.

Specifically, the Tymoshenkos’ co-conspirator Kiritchenko operated Orphin’s

account No. 21383 at Credit Suisse (initially at Banque Populaire Suisse, which later merged into Credit Suisse).

That account was credited with $23,049,386 from Somolli, which was

transferred to Lazarenko’s personal coded account, named ‘NIHPRO’, also at Credit Suisse. 79.

The total for wire transfers to the NIHPRO Account at Credit Suisse amounted to

$40,447,000 in 1996 alone. That included the proceeds directly from the Somolli Account, as well as $4,086,000 through Kiritchenko’s another account at Credit Suisse, in the name of GHP Corp. (Panama), and $16,099,894 through Orphin’s account at ABP.

Lazarenko’s account

NIHPRO at Credit Suisse was the source from which over $105 million was routed, through New York, to Lazarenko’s Balford Trust at Credit Suisse in Guernsey. 80.

The Tymoshenkos also used Kiritchenko’s account in the name of Wilnorth Inc.

(Panama) for the kickbacks, which were executed by Alexander and transferred through New York from Somolli/UESU to Lazarenko. Those wire instructions were executed by Alexander. The total of these wire transfers amounted to $14,099,636, received by Credit Suisse in New York, SWIFT CRESUS. Those and other proceeds were then routed to Lazarenko’s another coded account named ‘CARPO 5353’.

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From May 27 to June 11, 1997, the Tymoshenkos caused UESU to make wire

transfers to Orphin’s account #151897, controlled by Kiritchenko, on the correspondent account at Eurofed Bank (“Eurofed”), incorporated in Antigua. A total of 12 transfers, for $13,970,000, was made through Bankers Trust Bank in New York. 82.

These transfers were made at the direction of the Tymoshenkos at Slaviansky

Bank in Ukraine, where UESU proceeds were deposited through Somolli. Those proceeds were transferred through an account in the name of First Trading Bank, incorporated in Nauru, servicing the Tymoshenkos. The proceeds were wire transferred to the Bankers Trust account in New York and then to Eurofed’s correspondent account at Pacific Bank in San Francisco. 83.

This series of bribes to Lazarenko from UESU’s assets included the following

payments in 1997: (1) $2,998,000 on May 27; (2) $1,662,000 on May 29; (3) $394,000 on May 30; (4) $2,200,000 on June 2; (5) $1,530,000 on June 3; (6) $499,970 on June 4; (7) $170,000 on June 5; (8) $1,000,000 on June 6; (9) $510,000 on June 9; (10) $2,000,000 on June 10; (11) $1,036,000 on June 11; and (12) $1,000,000 on June 12. 84.

These proceeds of UESU were transferred from Orphin’s account #151897 at

Eurofed to Lazarenko’s personal account #137978, also at Eurofed. (H) Allegations of Ukrainian Law Enforcement of Contract Murders Paid for by Tymoshenko. 85.

According to the charges in Ukraine, Tymoshenko paid (through Kiritchenko)

approximately $2,479,000 from UESU’s accounts at Bankers Trust and Chase Manhattan in New York. These charges allege that as a result of those payments to a criminal group headed by Alexander Milchenko (“Milchenko”) and Eugene Kushnir (“Kushnir”), at least 4 people were killed, on the orders by Lazarenko, paid for by Tymoshenko. 86.

The victims included Eugene Scherban (“Scherban”), the head of a company

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the Donbas region in Ukraine. Scherban’s family lived in the U.S. and Scherban had business in New York, Overseas United Partners, Inc., at 750 7th Av., Ste 20-B, New York, NY. 87.

According to Kiritchenko’s testimony in the Ukrainian court proceedings, by

video link from the U.S., on the next day after the killings at the Donetsk airport, Lazarenko, taking from his safe box, gave $500,000 in cash to Kiritchenko to deliver to Milchenko, with the promise to pay the balance of the agreed $3 million, which Tymoshenko was to pay. 88.

As Kiritchenko testified, Tymoshenko then refused to pay, telling Kiritchenko she

doubted that Scherban was killed actually by the Milchenko group. According to that testimony, then Milchenko threatened, through Kiritchenko, that if the contract murders were not paid for in full ($3 million), his group would then retaliate by targeting both Tymoshenko and Lazarenko. 89.

Tymoshenko then agreed to pay, securing several installments through two

Orphin Accounts.

According to the Ukrainian prosecution, Tymoshenko’s payments, from

UESU proceeds, for the contract murders included the wire transfers to Milchenko’s account of $500,000 on May 20, 1997 and $979,000 on September 9, 1997. As investigation showed one installment, $150,000 was wired on September 30, 1997 through New York to Kushnir’s account at Raiffaisen Bank in Vienna, Austria, and used to buy machine guns and ammunitions. Additionally, $850,000 was paid on Milchenko’s account on February 26, 1998. All these payments were made through correspondent accounts in New York. 90.

The Ukrainian government has charged Lazarenko and Tymoshenko of the

contract murders, whereas Tymoshenko paid the moneys to the accounts of Milchenko and Kushnir, from the UESU proceeds. This money in the total of $2,479,000 was originated from the Somolli Account and sent through the accounts in New York. 91.

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distribution business, but it was aborted. Altogether, the surviving members of the MilchenkoKushnir group who went on trial in Ukraine, were convicted of 25 murders. (I) Conspiracy to Obfuscate the Money Trail and Launder UESU’s Proceeds. 92.

The kickbacks from the Tymoshenkos to Lazarenko were further subject to steps

to cut the money trail. In particular, the conspirators used the bearer checks Nos. 1409 and 1410, each for $48 million, issued by SCS Alliance Bank in Geneva, to Lazarenko, drawn on Credit Suisse-New York, with the same address as for the Bassington payments above: Credit Suisse, Tower 49, 12 East 49th St., New York, NY 10017. 93.

Those two checks for $96 million were followed by the bearer checks Nos. 1414

and 1415 also drawn on Credit Suisse in New York, both in the same amount of $196,100. 94.

The four bearer checks, for the total amount of $96,392,200, were used to

liquidate Lazarenko’s coded account CARPO 5353 at SCS Alliance Bank. Having laundered those proceeds through Credit Suisse in New York, Lazarenko then deposited those checks on his two nominee accounts at SCS Alliance Bank in the Bahamas. The testimony at Lazarenko’s trial showed that the bearer checks canceled in New York were to cut the “money trail.” (J) Series of Illegal Transactions Involving UESU Proceeds in the USA. 95.

In 1996 and 1997, the Tymoshenkos used several shell entities and accounts in the

U.S. to transfer proceeds originated from UESU, as described below. 96.

The Tymoshenkos wired transferred the total of $6,274,737 from the Somolli

Account to the account of Greendale Corp. (“Greendale”), incorporated in Delaware. According to the Ukrainian criminal proceedings, Tymoshenko has controlled Greendale and used these proceeds, via the account in New York, for bribery in the UESU scheme. 97.

The Tymoshenkos wire transferred the total amount of $850,000 from the Somolli

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registered address: 97 Corbin Place, Brooklyn, New York. The investigation of Luxor showed it had no real business. Tymoshenko, who is believed to have exercised control over Luxor, was not authorized in Ukraine to make these transfers. 98.

The Tymoshenkos made wire transfers, in the total of $2,245,000 from the

Somolli Account to the account of Astra World-Wide Enterprises, Inc. (“Astra-NY”), a New York corporation, with offices at 1745 West 6th St., Brooklyn, New York. Tymoshenko, who is believed to have exercised control over that entity, was not authorized in Ukraine to make these transfers to the Citibank in New York, without legitimate purpose. 99.

The Tymoshenkos made wire transfers in the total of $1,908,600 from the Somolli

Account to Astra Consulting, Inc. (“Astra-FL”), a Florida corporation, with offices at 1250 E. Hallandale Beach Blvd, 501-A, Hallandale, FL. Tymoshenko, who is believed to have exercised control over that entity, was not authorized to make these transfers going to Citibank. 100.

The Tymoshenkos received two wire transfers in the total amount of $7,205,646

on the Somolli Account, from Omaha Conagra Inc. in Nebraska. These proceeds, not reported by Tymoshenko, were then traced to Greendale (Delaware), controlled by Tymoshenko. These proceeds were received for UESU’s exports and were laundered on the Somolli Account. 101.

The Tymoshenkos made the wire transfers in the total of $1,699,842 from the

Somolli Account to Opus International Corp. (“Opus”), incorporated in Delaware with the registered address at Chemical Bank Plaza, Ste 1600, 1201 North Market St., Wilmington, DE. Tymoshenko, who is believed to have controlled that entity through her banker Mark Boldyrev (“Boldyrev”), was unauthorized in Ukraine to make these transfers. 102.

The Tymoshenkos made wire transfers in the total of $250,000 from the Somolli

Account to M. Invest Agency Inc. (“M. Invest”), incorporated in Delaware with the registered

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address at: 19 Kris Court, Newark, DE. The Tymoshenkos, who are believed to have controlled that entity through Boldyrev, were unauthorized in Ukraine to make these transfers. (K) Money Laundering Transfers to Offshore Accounts Passing Correspondent Accounts in New York. 103.

The Tymoshenkos used wires passing the accounts in New York for movement of

funds among the offshore accounts, documented in 1996-1997, as follows. 104.

The Tymoshenkos made the wire transfers in the total of $2,370,000 from the

Somolli Account through State Street Bank in New York to the account at Royal Bank of Scotland, in the name of Monroe S.A.R.L. incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands. The Tymoshenkos, who are believed to have exercised control over that entity, were not authorized in Ukraine to make these transfers through New York. 105.

The Tymoshenkos made the wire transfers in the total of $2,013,500 from the

Somolli Account through Bankers Trust Co. in New York to the account at Leu Bank in Switzerland in the name of Oriana Overseas Ltd. incorporated in Ireland. The Tymoshenkos, who are believed to have exercised illegal control over that entity, were not authorized in Ukraine to make these transfers through New York. 106.

The Tymoshenkos made wire transfers in the total of $4,235,000, from the

Somolli Account through Chase Manhattan Bank in New York to the account at Swiss Bank Corp., in the name of Allasey Management S.A. The Tymoshenkos, who are believed to have exercised illegal control over that entity, were not authorized in Ukraine to make these transfers through New York. 107.

The Tymoshenkos made a wire transfer of $500,000 from the Somolli Account to

the account of Word Wide Partners, Ltd. in Washington, D.C. Tymoshenko was not authorized in Ukraine to make that transfer to Washington, D.C., without a legitimate purpose.

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The Tymoshenkos paid $30,000 from the Somolli Account to the account of

Boldyrev, mentioned above, at Dean Witter (Morgan Stanley) in New York. Boldyrev operated for Tymoshenko an offshore bank named First Trading Bank, incorporated in Nauru, used for the illegal wire transfers from Ukraine to the U.S. 109.

The Tymoshenkos made a wire transfer $100,000 from the Somolli Account to

the Wells Fargo account of Afriko International Inc. incorporated in California.

The

Tymoshenkos were not authorized in Ukraine to make that transfer, without a legitimate purpose. 110.

The Tymoshenkos wire transferred $300,000 from the Somolli Account to

Alexandre Levtchenko (“Levtchenko”), with office in New York. On information and belief, Levtchenko provided services in New York in the financial sector. The Tymoshenkos were not authorized in Ukraine to make that transfer, which was not for a legitimate business purpose. 111.

The Tymoshenkos transferred more than $1.1 million from Somolli Account,

through Bankers Trust Co. in New York to pay for Tymoshenko’s credit card statements. Tymoshenko’s trial for tax evasion in Ukraine is pending, showing these unauthorized transactions passing New York (used for purchasing fur coats, shoes). 112.

The Tymoshenkos made the wire transfers of $110,000, directed by Tymoshenko,

to American Ukrainian Resources Development Association, Inc., a Virginia corporation with a listed address 314 Commerce St., Alexandria, Virginia. The funds were paid from the Somolli Account to Virginia Commerce Bank, without authorization in Ukraine. 113.

The Tymoshenkos directed the wire transfer of $500,000 to Clifford Chance, the

law firm operating in the U.S., U.K. and other countries. That wire transfer, passing Bankers Trust Co. in New York, was not reported and unauthorized in Ukraine. 114.

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in New York, at Bankers Trust Co. and the Bank of New York. Pivden Bank was identified by law enforcement as one of the conduits for laundering UESU’s proceeds. (L) The Tymoshenkos’ Acquisition of Real Estate in the USA for UESU Proceeds. 115.

The Tymoshenkos also conspired to acquire for $1.1 million the realty in

Virginia, namely the office building at: 1012 Cameron St., Alexandria, VA. That acquisition occurred within a month after Tymoshenko’s visit to the U.S. in April of 1997, when she, on information and belief, inspected that property. 116.

In May of 1997, the Tymoshenkos caused to incorporate United Energy

International Ltd., identical to the name of the London parent of UESU, as a Virginia corporation, with the registered address at: 314 Commerce St., Alexandria, VA 22314. The Tymoshenkos directed the payment of $1.1 million for the office at 1012 Cameron St., Alexandria, VA 22314, in that name and arranged for its account at Virginia Commerce Bank. 117.

The monies for the realty were paid, per orders of the Tymoshenkos, through

UEIL to First Union National bank in Roanoke, Virginia. (M) Lazarenko’s Dismissal for Corruption, UESU’s Removal from Energy Market. 118.

In parallel with her managing UESU, since January of 1997 Tymoshenko became,

with Lazarenko’s assistance, a member of the Ukrainian parliament, obtaining parliamentary immunity, to avoid investigations. 119.

Amidst the public outcry against Lazarenko’s apparent amassing a criminal

fortune based on UESU and other schemes, in July of 1997 Lazarenko was removed from the position of the Prime Minister, but he still retained parliamentary immunity. 120.

In August of 1997, upon the inquiries of UTICo concerning the legitimacy of the

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London. When that meeting took place, one of UTICo’s directors was threatened that he would be eliminated if UTICo complained to the law enforcement. UTICo reported the appearance of UESU’s malfeasance to Ukrainian authorities. That led to the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office (“UPGO”) contracting UTICo in May of 1998 to provide assistance outside of Ukraine. 121.

UESU’s operations in the gas distribution were audited in Ukraine. Pursuant to

the new Ukrainian Government’s audit published by June of 1998, UESU was fined for the amount of about $704 million for illegal withdrawing the assets. 122.

On July 7, 1998, based on UTICo’s discovery of evidence on Lazarenko’s

involvement in UESU, incorporated into Ukraine’s Letter Rogatory, Bailiwick’s office in Guernsey issued a subpoena to Credit Suisse, seeking documents concerning UESU, Tymoshenko, Lazarenko and a number of their co-conspirators. As a result, Credit Suisse blocked the assets related to those accounts. 123.

The prosecutor of Guernsey was approached by a Guernsey law firm Collas Day

Rowland, acting on behalf of the Tymoshenkos, Bassington, UESU, and UEIL.

In the

application on July 23, 1998 said law firm sought to stop discovery in light of their appeal. 124.

The Tymoshenkos, Lazarenko, UESU, UEIL and Bassington filed an appeal in

Guernsey from the release of banking records to the investigators. Credit Suisse blocked the assets related to UESU (of which $143 million was controlled by Lazarenko).

However,

Tymoshenko was able to block the disclosure of her trust, called the BL Trust, at Credit Suisse. (N) Ukrainian Authorities’ Attempts to Undo the UESU Scheme. 125.

Ukraine’s civil claims for UESU proceeds were initiated since August of 1999 by

UPGO that filed a case in the Ukrainian court, to declare void UESU’s “gas contracts” and to freeze the proceeds of UESU. As a result, the amount of 3,682,273,549 hryvnas (Ukrainian currency) was subject to the government’s lien. 24

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Despite investigation of UESU, in December of 1999, Tymoshenko engineered

her appointment as an Assistant Prime Minister in charge of the energy sector. Using that position, according to the subsequent charges, Tymoshenko staged additional corrupt schemes. 127.

In August of 2000, Alexander and his associate were arrested on the charges of

fraud concerning UESU. A year later they were released without standing trial, under suspect circumstances, believed to occur through Tymoshenko’s involvement. 128.

In January of 2001, Tymoshenko was removed from the position of the Assistant

Prime Minister amidst the allegations of corruption. Tymoshenko was detained on charges of fraud with UESU proceeds and incarcerated. 129.

After Tymoshenko was in detention for about 7 weeks, in March of 2001 a judge

of the municipal court in Kyiv unexpectedly released Tymoshenko, which the public interpreted as a result of bribery (that judge was later convicted on unrelated charges). When the appellate court reversed Tymoshenko’s release, the remand was unusually cancelled by the then chairman of the Supreme Court of Ukraine Vitaly Boiko (“Boiko”), who later, upon retirement, became Tymoshenko’s consultant. 130.

From March to November of 2001, three new criminal cases against UESU

principals were opened in Ukraine, charging Tymoshenko, Alexander and Lazarenko of bribery from UESU proceeds, for about $87 million. Likewise, in 2001 the prosecutor’s office in Russia opened a criminal case against Tymoshenko as a co-conspirator of bribery related to UESU. 131.

In July of 2002, the UPGO petitioned the Parliament to strip Tymoshenko of

immunity to stand charges in connection with the UESU frauds. The vote was blocked by Tymoshenko’s allies. 132.

In September of 2002, the new Prosecutor General, Sviatoslav Piskun, filed a new

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UESU. According to the audit cited by the criminal investigation, the Tymoshenkos converted approximately $2,271,221,873. 133.

Four financial managers of UESU, including Alexander’s father, fled Ukraine.

They were declared wanted by Interpol on charges of a conspiracy to conceal UESU’s assets. By October of 2002, those four managers were located in Turkey, arrested by Turkish authorities, and extradited to Ukraine to stand trial. 134.

When the Tymoshenkos were both summonsed by the Ukrainian authorities for

June 23 and 24, 2003, per request of the U.S. Department of Justice, to be questioned in Lazarenko’s matter, Alexander absconded from Ukraine. Tymoshenko appeared but essentially refused to testify claiming parliamentary immunity. 135.

Instead of substantively answering questions of U.S. prosecutors, Tymoshenko

gave on June 24, 2003 her letter to the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. District Court, claiming that Lazarenko was wrongly charged, demanding his release.

Tymoshenko’s

cooperation with Lazarenko continued in other ways, too. 136.

In March of 2003 Kiritchenko and later in July of 2003 Lazarenko, both fugitives

from Ukrainian justice, filed lawsuits in the Ukrainian courts against UPGO, claiming that UPGO’s contracts with UTICo interfered with their rights in Ukraine. Kiritchenko’s claim was dismissed, but with dicta favoring him, and Lazarenko’s claim was satisfied. Namely, on September 3, 2003, Tymoshenko’s protégé in a Kyiv court, Angela Strizhevska (“Strizhevska”), made an unusual ruling in favor of Lazarenko, without notice to UTICo. (Later Strizhevska was charged in an unrelated matter and removed from judgeship). However, that decision was promptly annulled by the Kyiv Court of Appeals. 137.

In light of the mounting criminal investigations of UESU frauds, in 2003 the

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$600 million and began to relocate those to the U.S. On January 5, 2004 Vavilov’s private jet was forced by U.S. authorities to land in Miami, where Vavilov was questioned by the FBI agents in connection with the UESU scheme. 138.

In May of 2004, Tymoshenko was charged with a conspiracy to bribe members of

the Supreme Court of Ukraine seeking to release the four financial officers of UESU and to close the mater. As the evidence shows, Tymoshenko gave a $125,000 bribe to the intermediary, but he refused to hand over the money and reported on her. According to surveillance video, she discussed the bribe with two persons. 139.

Prior to Lazarenko’s trial in the U.S., Tymoshenko engaged the former chairman

of the Supreme Court of Ukraine, Boiko (who acted for Tymoshenko in escaping from incarceration and trial in 2001), to serve as Lazarenko’s expert witness. Boiko claimed that Lazarenko did not break any laws in Ukraine. Against the fact that Lazarenko was named in the media No. 8 in the “Top Ten” most corrupt leaders, Boiko’s discrediting the Ukrainian judiciary was reportedly steered by Tymoshenko’s using her illegal wealth. 140.

Lazarenko’s trial by jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of

California, Docket No. 04cr0284, ended with the guilty verdict on June 4, 2004. Even though Lazarenko was convicted on charges not associated with UESU, Tymoshenko was identified in that case by the U.S. prosecutors as Lazarenko’s “unindicted co-conspirator”. 141.

In August of 2004, Tymoshenko was charged in Russia of bribing officers of the

Russian Army to cover up the failed deliveries by UESU of goods under the $450 million settlement scheme, mentioned above. 142.

In September of 2004 Interpol declared Tymoshenko wanted at the request of

Russia on charges of bribery related to the UESU scheme.

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As a result of an investigation by the Russian authorities, General Georgy

Oleynik, the head of the logistics for the Russian Army involved in the UESU settlements, was sentenced to five years in prison. However, Vavilov, who was a key organizer of that fraudulent settlement scheme, managed to escape from criminal liability. 144.

In October of 2004, a presidential election took place in Ukraine, where the then

Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich (“Yanukovich”) and Viktor Yuschenko (“Yuschenko”) obtained the two highest numbers of votes. 145.

In November of 2004, the second round of the presidential elections took place,

which resulted in Yanukovich’s victory. However, that outcome caused political unrest, largely financed by Tymoshenko, using the UESU proceeds. In December of 2004, another round of voting occurred as a result of the unrest and Yuschenko was declared the president. 146.

Once Yuschenko was sworn into office on January 24, 2005, he appointed

Tymoshenko, whom he owed the secretive electoral campaign funding, as Prime Minister. On February 4, 2005, Tymoshenko was confirmed as Prime Minister by parliament. 147.

Once Tymoshenko got the powers of Prime Minister, she essentially made her

office an instrumental part of the racketeering enterprise. Businessmen wishing to do profitable business in Ukraine had to pay kickbacks ultimately going up to Tymoshenko. In a systemic corruption, Tymoshenko made her cut a condition of access to the business opportunities in Ukraine, particularly with large enterprises, in which the government held interest. 148.

As an example of shadow deals with New York businessmen, Rovt and Pakh,

who first relied on Yuschenko, obtained interest in the Azot enterprise in Severodonetsk, Ukraine. Rovt and Pakh staged a sham bankruptcy of Azot and then acquired 60% of its stock in exchange for their commitment to invest more than $100 million, which they never did. Rovt

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and Pakh ultimately came to a deal with Tymoshenko. Relying on Tymoshenko’s power, Rovt and Pakh then obtained the remaining 40% of Azot, completing their raiding of Azot. (O) The Tymoshenkos’ Actions to Obstruct Collection of Claims Against UESU. 149.

Upon UESU’s failure to comply with discovery in the action UESU v. UTICo, the

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, ongoing since September of 1997, the Court ultimately entered a default against UESU. It coincided with the timing when Tymoshenko first became Prime Minister. As soon as Tymoshenko assumed the position of the Prime Minister, she used her new powers to prevent UTICo’s collection of UESU’s assets. 150.

In a radio interview on Radio Liberty, President Yuschenko confirmed that, upon

her nomination, Tymoshenko immediately approached him asking to order the Supreme Court’s Chairman Vasyl Maliarenko (“Maliarenko”) to close UESU’s criminal and civil cases. As Yuschenko stated, Tymoshenko approached him about UESU’s matter seven times. Maliarenko asked Yuschenko to protect him from Tymoshenko’s pressurizing him concerning UESU. 151.

Tymoshenko appointed her political ally, Roman Zvarych (“Zvarych”), as the

Minister of Justice in her Cabinet. Zvarych, born in Yonkers, New York, moved in 1993 to Ukraine, relinquished the U.S.-citizenship, swapped for Ukrainian, to serve as the Minister. 152.

Using Zvarych, who oversaw the courts, judges’ appointments, salaries and the

judges, Tymoshenko illegally used the courts, under her indirect control, for her interests. 153.

In February of 2005 the Supreme Administrative Court overturned the lower

court’s decision on a lien, from April 19, 2001, against UESU’s assets, for about $657.5 million, the case was remanded. 154.

In May of 2005 UESU filed a lawsuit in the court in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, for

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As mentioned above, after lengthy proceedings leading to UESU’s default, on

July 7, 2005 the U.S. District Court issued a judgment in favor of UTICo for $18,344,480. UTICo intended to seek the collection of that judgment from UESU’s assets in Ukraine. 156.

However, after that judgment, Tymoshenko abused her government position to

preempt UTICo’s efforts to collect the UESU judgment.

Tymoshenko accelerated the

dissolution of an injunction freezing UESU’s funds in Ukraine. 157.

As mentioned above, Lazarenko filed litigation in Kyiv, in absentia, contesting

the contractual rights of UTICo under its contract with UPGO from 1998. In that connection, on July 7, 2005 Tymoshenko interfered, through Zvarych’s office, with the regular judicial proceedings. As a result, in Lazarenko’s case a decision in Lazarenko’s favor was made in the Court of Appeals in Kyiv. That unusual hand-written ruling on many pages reversed the ruling of the same court concerning the validity of assignment of UPGO to UTICo. Tymoshenko’s motive was to damage UTICo by all means, disrupting its contractual relationship with the Ukrainian law enforcement and interfering with the collection by UTICo of the judgment debt. 158.

On August 19, 2005 upon Tymoshenko’s abusing her powers, the Ukrainian court

made a decision on the reversal of the lien on UESU accounts, allowing refund the above $62.8 million from the seized funds, back to UESU. Tymoshenko pursued cutting off for UTICo an opportunity to have the judgment paid from those proceeds. 159.

On September 8, 2005 Tymoshenko was fired by President Yuschenko for

corruption. In an interview with AP on September 13, 2005, Yuschenko accused Tymoshenko of having converted through UESU 8 billion hryvnas, or $1.6 billion. However, Tymoshenko remained the second most powerful person in Ukraine. 160.

As the Ukrainian criminal proceedings established, on the eve of Tymoshenko’s

being fired, her privies in the Ukrainian Security Service destroyed all 13 volumes of the 30

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criminal file of Mogilevich. UPGO brought the charges against the perpetrators, but those were dismissed by Tymoshenko’s protégé Strizhevska, a judge of the municipal court, as mentioned above. Tymoshenko’s faction then nominated Strizhevska to the Kyiv Court of Appeal, but that nomination was defeated. Strizhevska was subject to a criminal investigation for fraud in that case, removed from judgeship and ultimately began to act as Tymoshenko’s consultant. 161.

Tymoshenko’s subordinate Zvarych also lost the portfolio of Minister of Justice

in her Cabinet. Still, Tymoshenko remained the second most powerful person in Ukraine, controlling enormous financial means and interfering with the Ukrainian courts. 162.

For example, on November 4, 2005 Tymoshenko called the chairman of the

Supreme Economic Court in Kyiv, Dmitry Prityka, and demanded to issue a court decision favorable to her. In that conversation, intercepted and published, it transpired that Tymoshenko expected favorable rulings from Malyarenko, the chairman of the Supreme Court. 163.

On November 18, 2005, the Supreme Court of Ukraine closed, under

Tymoshenko’s pressure, all cases against Tymoshenko, her husband and UESU. Tymoshenko used that decision to release the liens on UESU’s assets. She then proceeded to conceal UESU’s assets released in Ukraine, cutting off for UTICo an opportunity of collecting the judgment debt. 164.

In March of 2006, a bloc of political parties headed by Tymoshenko, received the

second largest number of votes at the parliamentary election in Ukraine, despite her dismissal for corruption. Enjoying parliamentary immunity, Tymoshenko used a position as the chairman of the budgetary committee of the parliament to continue acting to conceal UESU’s assets. 165.

In January of 2007, Tymoshenko, on information and belief, caused UEIL in

London, UESU’s nominee parent company, to be dissolved after it failed to submit corporate filings. UEIL failed to send out the mandatory notices to creditors, including UTICo.

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In April of 2007, Yuschenko ordered the dissolution of Parliament and set the

new parliamentary elections to be held. The election ultimately took place in September of 2007. Tymoshenko’s political bloc again became the second largest faction in the Parliament. 167.

In light of Tymoshenko’s obfuscating the collection of UTICo’s judgment against

UESU, UTICo applied in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts for the issuance of a Letter Rogatory in aide of execution of UTICo’s judgment, addressed to Guernsey, seeking to depose the Tymoshenkos’ trustees. 168. Guernsey.

On May 24, 2007, such Letter Rogatory was filed with the administration in However, the Tymoshenkos’ agents in Guernsey, on information and belief,

interfered with the execution of the Letter Rogatory. As a result of such unlawful interference, the Letter Rogatory to Guernsey, became ultimately not implemented. 169.

Despite the increasing allegations of Tymoshenko’s corruption, in December of

2007 she was voted in the Parliament as Prime Minister, again.

Several parties accused

Tymoshenko of having bribed a number of the parliamentarians for that vote.

As Prime

Minister, she quickly resumed her racketeering activities abusing a public office. Tymoshenko routinely handicapped or destroyed the businesses that declined to pay off to her privies and ultimately to her, for a fair opportunity to do business in Ukraine. 170.

For example, Tymoshenko initially supported the bid by Vanco Energy (a Texas

company) to get an oil exploration license in the Black Sea. Then, apparently, no kickbacks were forthcoming from Vanco Energy, and Tymoshenko abruptly became the fierce critic of the project, seeking to cancel the license. 171.

As another example, Igor Boyko (“Boyko”), a U.S. citizen born in Ukraine,

residing in New York, became one more agent for Tymoshenko’s racketeering enterprise. Earlier, in 2006, Boyko was hired by two Ukrainian-born U.S. citizens, residing in New York, to 32

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manage locally a candy factory in the City of Zhitomir, Ukraine, in which they had, in their estimate, invested more than $100 million and in which they held a controlling stake. 172.

Boyko developed contacts with Tymoshenko and others in her team for engaging

in racketeering against the New York-based investors in that enterprise.

Relying on

Tymoshenko and using the local courts to legitimize raiding, Boyko staged a change of control in that factory, and ultimately illegally took over the controlling stake. In return, Boyko provided illegal financing to Tymoshenko and, in a context of electoral campaigns, even ordered producing candies with her image on the paper cover. 173.

Having reached the top governmental position, Tymoshenko obtained, again, an

illegal opportunity to interfere with the judiciary and she illegally forced the courts’ decisions to drop the charges concerning UESU and to lift the liens. 174.

In January of 2009, Tymoshenko engineered an illegal deal with Russian gas

exporter Gazprom, targeting to shield UESU’s assets under her control. As a part of that deal, Tymoshenko imposed on Ukraine an extraordinarily high price for imports of the natural gas from Gazprom. Those prices were higher than the prices for Western European countries which imported the natural gas through the same pipeline passing Ukraine. On information and belief, the Russian authorities promised Tymoshenko, who acted pursuing her own personal agenda, not to activate the criminal case against her concerning the illegal $450 million settlement and bribery and to shield UESU’s proceeds from the Russian government’s claims. 175.

Despite her public duties, Tymoshenko continued to do business, including

directing the U.S.-Ukrainian company, Beutaga Ltd. (“Beutaga”), operating from 1998. Beutaga is as a stone quarry company in Ukraine producing granite tiles and exporting those, inter alia, to the U.S. and other countries. Tymoshenko has been Beutaga’s true principal, directing it through

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Beutaga was originally funded from UESU’s U.S.-based funds.

According to

Beutaga’s materials, it controls the quarries with an estimated total value of over $1 billion. (P) Tymoshenko Used Government Powers to Damage UTICo and Collection. 176.

Tymoshenko

appointed

her

second

Cabinet

Eugene

Kornyichuk

(“Kornyichuk”), aligned with Tymoshenko’s party Batkivschina, as the First Deputy Minister of Justice. Kornyichuk had studied law at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and was the consul of Ukraine in New York in 1992-1997. Kornyichuk worked at Magister and Partners with a practice concerning U.S. businesses. He was consultant to White and Case LLP, Latham Watlkins, and Linklater LLP, all having offices in New York, regarding the issue of over $1 billion in bonds for Ukrainian entities. 177.

Furthermore, Kornyichuk was the son-in-law of Tymoshenko’s close ally Vassily

Onopenko (“Onopenko”), who in 2002 was elected to parliament as No. 4 on the ticket of Tymoshenko’s bloc Batkivshina. In the same year Onopenko, backed by Tymoshenko, was appointed a member of the Supreme Court of Ukraine and he unusually combined the functions of a legislator and a judge. In September of 2006 Onopenko finally resign from parliament, and he was subsequently elected, upon Tymoshenko’s backing, as Supreme Court’s chairman. 178.

By March of 2008 Tymoshenko, abusing powers as the Prime Minister and

supported by Onopenko acting for the Supreme Court, forced UPGO to close the cases against UESU and to lift the claims to the assets of UESU. That act was later disavowed as illegal. On information and belief, Tymoshenko used that to gradually withdraw UESU’s assets from Ukraine, depositing those on the offshore accounts under her control. 179.

The result of Tymoshenko’s forcing the dissolution of the liens on UESU’s assets

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Furthermore, acting on Tymoshenko’s directive, on April 18, 2008 Kornyichuk,

in the absence of the Minister of Justice, signed a letter No. 2-41/TIP to Lazarenko’s attorney, issuing it as the Acting Minister of Justice of Ukraine. In that letter, Kornyichuk injured UTICo’s beneficial contractual relationship with the UPGO. 181.

As intended by Tymoshenko and Kornyichuk, their co-conspirator Lazarenko

used it in the court proceedings in the U.S. District Court for Northern District of California, Docket 99cv3703, maintained by UTICo. As a result of which UTICo’s claims, based on an assignment from UPGO, were dismissed on the finding of invalidity of the assignment from UPGO and thus for no standing to pursue the assigned claims. 182.

Using the Government powers at her disposal as Prime Minister, Tymoshenko

illegally acted, through Kornyichuk and other appointees, to make sure that UTICo could not collect the judgment debt against UESU in Ukraine nor could do any business within Ukraine, including interfering with UTICo’s contract with UPGO. (Q) Involvement of Viktor Vekselberg and Leonard Blavatnik. 183.

As Prime Minister, Tymoshenko, raising racketeering to the level of high public

office, made it extraordinary difficult for American and other western businesses to do business in Ukraine unless through illegal secretive arrangements with her. That was the case with Viktor Vekselberg (“Vekselberg”), born in Ukraine, with links to New York, whom she obligated to finance the needs of her electoral campaigns. 184.

Vekselberg has been a prominent Russian and international entrepreneur, with a

residency in New York and Connecticut, among other places, often directing his businesses out of New York. His partner Leonard Blavatnik (“Blavatnik”), also born in Ukraine, a U.S. citizen, has been operating primarily out of New York. Their joint business, Renova Management AG, expanded into the oil and gas businesses in Russia and then Ukraine. 35

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Vekselberg, assisted by Blavatnik, entered the marketplace in Ukraine in 2002,

developing the gas stations’ business. By 2005, Vekselberg got the backing of the then president Yuschenko. Vekselberg, assisted by Blavatnik, was able to acquire control over the Ukrainian natural gas local distribution companies: Gazeks, Dniprogaz, Donetskmiskgaz, Kryvorizhgaz, Kharkivmiskgaz and Kharkivgaz. 186.

In late 2008, Tymoshenko, as evidence shows, imposed on Vakselberg an

unlawful deal. Vekselberg was required to secretly finance Tymoshenko’s electoral needs per In return, Tymoshenko committed that Vekselberg’s entity KEC-Holding

her directives.

(“Complex Energy Systems Holdings”), would be granted lease of the designated gas pipelines in Ukraine, after the presidential election. 187.

When Tymoshenko was unable to deliver her part of the deal, Vekselberg

demanded compensation and stated that he holds secret documents, signed by Tymoshenko, concerning their deal. It was illegal for Tymoshenko to require funding by Vekselberg, assisted by Blavatnik, towards Tymoshenko’s electoral needs, in exchange with the deals. (R) Tymoshenko’s Removal from Power and Imprisonment in Ukraine. 188.

Using her position, Tymoshenko accumulated substantial financial means to fund

her bid at the presidential election in Ukraine. In the first round of the elections in January of 2010Tymoshenko finished second, after Yanukovich.

As the outcome was apparent,

Tymoshenko’s interference with the judiciary became increasingly opposed. 189.

For example, on February 4, 2010 the Supreme Administrative Court, granting

reconsideration of UPGO’s cassation concerning UESU’s assets, reversed the court decisions of April 4, 2006, as a result of which the liens on UESU assets were released.

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On February 14, 2010, the second round of presidential election took place, and

Tymoshenko lost.

On March 3, 2010, the Parliament carried a no-confidence vote in

Tymoshenko and she was immediately removed from public office. 191.

The new government initiated the investigation of Tymoshenko’s activities. In

April of 2010, the new Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov declared that Tymoshenko’s Cabinet caused damages in excess of 100 billion hryvnas (about $16 billion). By October of 2010, an audit by U.S. firms estimated that the damage caused by Tymoshenko totaled $7.6 billion. Tymoshenko’s misdeeds while in power in 2007-2010 were shown in detail in an investigative report prepared by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld LLP and Kroll Inc. 192.

In May of 2010, UPGO reopened the case against Tymoshenko for the attempted

bribery ($125,000) of the Supreme Court judges for the release of UESU’s top financial officers. 193.

Several more bribery schemes were uncovered, resulting in new charges against

Tymoshenko. For example, in January 2011 Tymoshenko was charged with conspiring to overcharge the Ukrainian government for medical supplies, ordered through an entity incorporated in Oregon. According to the proceedings, Tymoshenko used the Oregon-based shell company, Olden Group LLC (“Olden”), to launder money, in excess of $19 million. 194.

Tymoshenko was ultimately charged also with abusing her powers to conclude in

January of 2009 the gas import contracts with Gazprom. Those imposed extraordinary prices, at the expense of Ukraine, securing that Gasprom would not press with Tymoshenko’s criminal case and would not pursue UESU’s debts for gas supplies. 195.

Meanwhile Tymoshenko ordered several public relations firms in the USA to

stage a media campaign to counter the criminal charges against her.

For example,

Tymoshenko’s lobbyists in Washington D.C. organized in June of 2011 a press-conference, attacking the criminal cases against her. 37

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Since 2011, the Tymoshenkos have used the lobbying services of Wiley Rein LLP

in Washington, D.C. to “[E]ncourage U.S. Government to obtain the release of Julia Tymoshenko”. The Tymoshenkos retained Wiley Rein LLP in January of 2012 and have paid that firm at least $150,000 a year. The correspondence of the Tymoshenkos’ daughter, Eugenia, by e-mail, illegally hacked and published, showed the participation of former congressman (until 1995, from Kansas) James Slattery, who at one point flew to Prague to meet with Alexander. 197.

The Tymoshenkos retained Covington Burling LLP in New York and BDO

Consulting, also in New York, to craft her public image in the U.S. 198.

Tymoshenko has used the services of New York-based public relations expert

Kenneth Murphy (“Murphy”), a professor of international affairs at Columbia University. Murphy was a member of the teams accompanying Tymoshenko on her international trips before. The above-mentioned e-mail correspondence of Eugenia shows that Murphy wrote and edited numerous articles praising Tymoshenko that then appeared under various names of Western journalists. Those activities were undertaken in, and out of, New York. 199.

Despite Tymoshenkos’ politicizing the charges by all means, that had little effect

in the Ukraine criminal cases against Tymoshenko. On October 11, 2011, Tymoshenko was convicted of fraud and abuse of power and sentenced to seven years imprisonment for engineering the above mentioned suspicious deal with Gazprom.

As mentioned above,

Tymoshenko’s imposing an unauthorized high price for the natural gas imports to Ukraine, was aimed to shield UESU’s assets under her control. 200.

On October 12, 2011, a new criminal case was opened against Tymoshenko in

Ukraine, concerning her attempting to dissolve UESU’s liability for its debts, in the total of $405 million.

That was based on the $450 million settlement engineered by Tymoshenko and

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Vavilov, who obtained the $10 million bribe. As a part of the criminal cases, Tymoshenko’s paying for contract murders has been subject to the testimony of at least five witnesses. 201.

Despite her imprisonment, on information and belief, Tymoshenko continues to

access through agents the offshore accounts under her control, from which various payments are made. The offshore entities, in whose name Tymoshenko reportedly holds secret accounts, include reportedly the following: (i) Helix Assets Ltd. (BVI); (ii) Foxdale Business Group (BVI); (iii) Glasspoint Inc. (Panama); (iv) Fidfun Consulting Ltd. (Cyprus); (v) Sanmax Enterprises Ltd. (Hong Kong); (vi) Bestmax Ltd. (New Zealand); (vii) Bennet Group Enterprises Ltd. (New Zealand); and (viii) Starfox Ventures Ltd. (New Zealand). (S) Assets of the Tymoshenkos’ Agents in New York. 202.

As mentioned above, Vavilov accumulated an illegal fortune as the Assistant

Finance Minister of Russia, including the $10 million bribe obtained from the Tymoshenkos, as described above. Vavilov has been subject of criminal investigations in Russia. 203.

Since 2007, Vavilov has been residing in New York, where he has been offering

financial services. In 2009, Vavilov contracted to buy two penthouses in the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan, in the name of his corporations, Penthouse 2009, Inc. and Penthouse 2011, Inc., for a total of $53.5 million, but aborted the purchase of one of those units. Vavilov then bought a penthouse in the Time Warner Tower building for $37.5 million where he resides. 204.

Due to his living in New York, Vavilov, has been avoiding criminal proceedings

in Russia concerning the UESU scheme and other schemes, and he has continued, on information and belief, to avoid providing evidence, thus acting in the interests of Tymoshenko. 205.

After Tymoshenko’s election loss and removal from office, her New York-based

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After liquidating those Ukrainian assets, in part created through the corrupt

practices imposed by Tymoshenko, Rovt and Pakh accumulated considerable cash funds. Rovt invested those assets primarily in Manhattan real estate, acquiring about 10 properties. The largest of those acquisitions was Rovt’s purchase of 14 Wall St., a 37-floor tower building (once occupied by Bankers Trust), across the street from the New York Stock Exchange. 207.

After Tymoshenko was removed from power, another backer of Tymoshenko,

Vekselberg, assisted by Blavatnik, started to liquidate their assets in Ukraine. In part those assets were also materialized in the real estate in New York. 208.

Tymoshenko’s other agent in New York is Artur Chechetkin (“Chechetkin”), a

realtor and businessman, born in Ukraine, now a U.S. citizen and resident of Brooklyn. Chechetkin is the fiancé of Tymoshenko’s daughter Euvgenia.

After Tymoshenko was

imprisoned in August of 2011, her daughter Euvgenia started to act for her. On information and belief, Chechetkin has been assisting in managing Tymoshenko’s affairs in New York. COUNT 1. JUDGMENT DEBT RECOVERY; RELIEF UNDER TURNOVER STATUTES. (Against All Defendants) 209.

The judgment creditor incorporates by reference Paragraphs 1-6, 15-208 above.

210.

Acting directly and through nominees, the Tymoshenkos exercised control over

UESU and initiated the litigation UESU v. UTICo, Docket No. 97cv12180 filed in Massachusetts in September of 1997. 211.

In its counterclaim, UTICo alleged joint and several liability against UESU and

the Tymoshenkos. UTICo claimed $12,711,490 plus other damages against the Tymoshenkos. 212.

The counterclaims and thousands of pages of exhibits from that action clearly

demonstrated the Tymoshenkos’ liability. In particular, Counts 9, 11, and 13-16 in UTICo’s

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Second Amended Counterclaim sought to hold the Tymoshenkos jointly and severally liable for purposes of an anticipated judgment against UESU. 213.

In the action UTICo v. Bassington, Docket 11cv12212, also in the U.S. District

Court for the District of Massachusetts, it was shown that Bassington was the Tymoshenkos’ holding entity for purposes of concealing UESU’s assets. 214.

At present, the Tymoshenkos hold UESU’s and Bassington’s assets under their

personal control.

That includes the $460,000 the Tymoshenkos wire transferred to the

Bassington Account in New York, which, as the evidence shows, has never left New York. That amount can be collected subject to the Court orders. 215.

In addition, Vavilov controls the assets originated from the $10 million bribe from

UESU proceeds, to which he has no title. As the evidence shows, Vavilov invested at least $5 million into New York realty, from which the judgment may be collected, in light that Vavilov, as the high official in Russia at the time, never got title to the fruits of his corruption. 216.

According to Ukrainian law enforcement, Tymoshenko has effectively owned

UESU. The Tymoshenkos controlled UESU proceeds, concealing those from collection, and they should be held personally liable for UESU’s uncollected debt as garnishees. 217.

As to Bassington, it has been a money laundering vehicle that holds the

Tymoshenkos’ assets. The Tymoshenkos should be compelled to disgorge the assets held in the name of Bassington and its holdings. 218.

UESU’s and Bassington’s corporate veils should be pierced for purposes of

satisfying the accumulated judgment debt as they were alter egos for the Tymoshenkos. 219.

Furthermore, the corporate veil of Angora, a Bahamas company, the conduit of

the $10 million bribe from UESU’s proceeds directed to New York, should also be pierced. Vavilov declared Angora’s alter ego for purposes of satisfying the judgment debt. 41

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Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1963, NY CPLR 5201 et seq. and other law, UTICo is

entitled to sue the garnishees on the judgment debt. 221.

The judgment creditor is entitled to relief on this Count.

COUNT 2. RACKETEERING INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATION ACT. (against the Tymoshenkos) (A) General Description of Racketeering and Money Laundering Conspiracy. 222.

Judgment creditor incorporates by reference Paragraphs 1-6, 9-13, 15-208 above.

223.

The Tymoshenkos engaged in a pattern of racketeering, with money laundering

turnover of over $300 million in the U.S. Summarizing the facts, the Tymoshenkos: a) directed about $198,495,465 of UESU proceeds to her offshore account named Somolli, through Chase Manhattan Bank in New York and Corestates Bank in Philadelphia; b) transferred about $101,078,339 in UESU’s kickbacks to Lazarenko through New York accounts; c) transferred UESU’s bribe of $10 million to Vavilov through a New York account; d) controlled eight U.S.-based shell companies, including two in the State of New York; e) received over $12.8 million from U.S. businesses, unreported in Ukraine; f) directed over $20 million, unreported, to accounts in U.S. banks; g) directed over $20 million to offshore entities via correspondent accounts in the U.S.; h) according to charges, paid $2,497,000 for contract murders through U.S. correspondent accounts; i) funded from UESU’s assets and managed the U.S.-Ukrainian company Beutaga. 224.

The U.S. Government identified Tymoshenko as Lazarenko’s co-conspirator in

the UESU scheme in U.S. v. P. Lazarenko. To summarize, Tymoshenko and Lazarenko, the latter abusing his powers as the Ukrainian First Vice-Premier and then the Prime Minister, set up 42

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UESU and agreed to split the illegal revenues 50/50. Lazarenko arranged for UESU to receive a license for importing Russian natural gas into Ukraine and selling it domestically. The proceeds from these transactions were diverted for Tymoshenko’s and Lazarenko’s accounts. 225.

Tymoshenko conspired with her husband Alexander to launder money and

commit other criminal acts through their Somolli Account, which they set up in Cyprus in 1992. Somolli was secretly owned and controlled by the Tymoshenkos. Somolli was a criminal entity, through which Lazarenko had obtained more than over $200 million in kickbacks through his conspiracy, including payments, according to Ukraine’s charges, for contract murders. 226.

As mentioned above, the Tymoshenkos fabricated UESU’s founding meeting,

whereas Petrou, a resident of Cyprus, purportedly represented 85% of UESU’s voting stock. Petrou testified that his signature was a forgery. 227.

When the U.S. Government attempted to depose Tymoshenko, she refused to

cooperate, mocking the U.S. Assistant Attorney by responding: “the answer is the same as before,” and giving the letter demanding to cancel Lazarenko’s criminal trial. 228.

The U.S. Government identified Tymoshenko was Lazarenko’s co-conspirator in

the UESU money laundering scheme perpetrated in the U.S. and elsewhere. 229.

The Tymoshenkos also operated, for money laundering purposes, UESU’s

nominee parent, UEIL, incorporated in the U.K. and operated by Aksoy as a conduit of UESU’s funds from London to Somolli. On Tymoshenko’s instructions, UEIL clandestinely forwarded UESU’s proceeds to the Somolli Account in Cyprus. (B) Racketeering Enterprise’s Operating Three Offshore Banks for Money Laundering. 230.

As shown above, the members of the enterprise operated three offshore banks,

through which the Tymoshenkos laundered money, concealing UESU’s assets. All these three offshore banks were used to wire transfer UESU’s assets into the U.S., for illegal purposes. 43

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(i) First Trading Bank (Nauru), Used for Wiring UESU Proceeds to U.S. 231.

As cited above, the Tymoshenkos used for wire transfers of $14 million to New

York a Nauru-registered First Trading Bank. It was nothing a fictitious bank, operating on the books of Slaviansky Bank, servicing Tymoshenko’s transactions in the name of Somolli. (ii) Louis D’Or Bank (Nauru), Used for Wiring Bribe Proceeds to the U.S. 232.

The Tymoshenkos used Louis D’Or, an offshore bank in Barbados, for directing a

$10 million bribe to Vavilov, a Russian government official at the time, from the UEIL account in London. That transfer was directed to Louis D’Or’s correspondent bank account at Republic National Bank in New York. According to public allegations, Louis D’Or was used to launder approximately $1 billion for organized crime in Russia, laundering money in New York. Louis D’Or’s owner, Gloriozov, is wanted by Interpol. Vavilov’s co-conspirator Ergiazanyan, the manager of Louis D’Or, absconded from Russia to avoid charges, residing now in California. (iii) Eurofed Bank (Antigua) Used for Laundering UESU Proceeds in U.S. 233.

The co-conspirators further used Eurofed Bank, a bogus Antigua license, with no

right of banking actually in Antigua.

Eurofed was acquired by Lazarenko, assisted by

Kiritchenko, in May of 1997. At some point, Eurofed accumulated $150 million for Lazarenko on his six nominee accounts, mostly resulting from Tymoshenko’s kickbacks from UESU assets. (C) Particular Series of Money Laundering Transactions Aimed at Concealment of UESU’s Proceeds. (i)

234.

The Tymoshenkos Transferred over $198 million through correspondent accounts in the U.S., from London to Cyprus.

As mentioned above, the Tymoshenkos directed payments to the Somolli Account

through two U.S. banks, Chase Manhattan in New York and Corestates Bank in Philadelphia, amounting to $148,498,982 in 1996 and $49,996,483 in 1997, for the total of about $198,495,465. 44

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The Tymoshenkos’ Kickbacks to Lazarenko via Bankers Trust in New York, the Orphin Account.

The Tymoshenkos wired $49,929,349 to Lazarenko through a New York account

of ABP. Alexander’s wire instructions directed UESU’s proceeds to be sent to the correspondent account D 04-091157 at Bankers Trust Co., New York, maintained by ABP. 236.

On information and belief, those U.S. dollar amounts never reached Poland,

where ABP was registered, and remained in New York, until Kiritchenko, acting in a conspiracy, forwarded those to Lazarenko. (iii)

237.

The Tymoshenkos’ Kickbacks to Lazarenko Via Orphin’s Credit Suisse Account Paid Through New York.

The Tymoshenkos transferred $23,049,386 in kickbacks to Lazarenko through a

New York account of Orphin at Credit Suisse Bank.

The banking instructions signed by

Alexander show that those wire transfers were sent through account 101-75-06000238 at Bankers Trust Co. in New York. (iv)

238.

The Tymoshenkos’ Kickbacks to Lazarenko Via the Wilnorth Account Paid Through New York.

The Tymoshenkos transferred $14,099,636 in kickbacks to Lazarenko through

Wilnorth’s account, also controlled by Kiritchenko. These kickbacks were again paid through Bankers Trust Co. in New York. (v)

239.

Tymoshenko’s Kickbacks to Lazarenko Via the Eurofed Account Paid Through New York.

A series of eleven kickback transfers for a total of $13,999,970 was made by the

Tymoshenkos from the Somolli Account at Slaviansky Bank, which Tymoshenko controlled in Ukraine. On the Tymoshenkos’ instructions, unsigned telex instructions were sent in the name of Somolli, within the same bank building, which the Tymoshenkos’ subordinate signed off as the valid instructions for UESU payments. 45

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These money laundering transfers went from an account at Slaviansky Bank to

Eurofed, controlled by Lazarenko.

Eurofed operated only through correspondent accounts,

including the accounts at two U.S. banks. These wires were sent in the name of First Trading Bank (Nauru), from the account in the name of Somolli, sent through Bankers Trust Co. in New York.

On one occasion such transfer was made through the Bank of New York, No.

1150645038 (for $1,530,000). The destination for $13,999,970 was the Orphin Account and Lazarenko’s subaccount in Eurofed, at Pacific Bank in San Francisco. (D) The Tymoshenkos Used Shell Companies for Money Laundering in the U.S. 241.

As the evidence shows, the Tymoshenkos used at least eight U.S shell companies

to launder money (of which two were incorporated in New York), as follows. (i) Astra World-Wide Enterprises, Inc. (New York). 242.

In an effort to conceal the UESU assets, the Tymoshenkos transferred at least

$2,245,000 from the Somolli Account to the Citibank account of Astra-NY, mentioned above, a New York corporation at 1745 West 6th St., Brooklyn, New York. Astra-NY is believed to have been under the Tymoshenkos’ control, dissolved after laundering proceeds. Tymoshenko was not authorized in Ukraine to make these transfers to Astra-NY, on the account at Citibank in New York, these payments were a part of the conspiracy to conceal UESU’s assets. (ii) Luxor United, Inc. (New York). 243.

In an effort to conceal the UESU assets, the Tymoshenkos transferred at least

$850,000 from the Somolli Account to the account of Luxor, located at: 97 Corbin Place, Brooklyn, NY, without a legitimate business purpose. That entity’s manager was Artur Eresko. Tymoshenko did not report these unlawful transfers without consideration to Luxor, on information and belief, under her control until it was dissolved. Tymoshenko was not authorized in Ukraine to make these illegal transfers, in a conspiracy to conceal UESU’s assets. 46

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(iii) United Energy International Ltd. (Virginia). 244.

In April of 1997, immediately after one of her visits to the U.S, the Tymoshenkos

incorporated a shell company in Virginia called United Energy International Ltd. (the same name as UESU’s parent in London). The Tymoshenkos acquired from UESU’s assets the office realty in that shell name, using the correspondent accounts in New York. That shell entity in Virginia was funded with $1.1 million by UESU using New York-based accounts. (iv) Astra Consulting, Inc. (Florida). 245.

The Tymoshenkos paid from the Somolli Account at least $1,908,600 to Astra-

FL, mentioned above, a Florida corporation located at: 1250 E Hallandale Beach Blvd 501-A, Hallandale, FL. There was no business justification for wiring funds to a second “Astra” shell corporation. The Tymoshenkos, who were, on information and belief, in control of that entity, were not authorized in Ukraine to make these transfers, through Citibank in New York. (v) Greendale Corp. (Delaware). 246.

The Tymoshenkos have been in control of a shell company Greendale, a

Delaware corporation, registered at 5 Starboard Center Rt 1, Ste 20, Bethany Beach, DE. The Tymoshenkos directed at least $6,274,737 from their Somolli Account to the account in Greendale’s name at Avtobank, through a correspondent account in New York. Greendale, as mentioned above, was a conduit to conceal UESU’s assets and to pay bribes. (vi) Opus International Corp., (Delaware). 247.

The Tymoshenkos paid from their Somolli Account at least $1,699,842 to the

account of Opus, a Delaware corporation, located at Chemical Bank Plaza, Ste 1600, 1201 North Market St., Wilmington, DE. There was no consideration for those wires. The Tymoshenkos were not authorized in Ukraine to make these transfers to Opus, believed to be under Tymoshenko’s control, through New York accounts, to conceal UESU’ assets. 47

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(vii) M. Invest Agency, Inc. (Delaware). 248.

The Tymoshenkos paid from their Somolli Account at least $250,000 to M.

Invest, a Delaware company, located at 19 Kris Ct., Newark, DE.

The Ukrainian law

enforcement alleges that M. Invest has been operated for the Tymoshenkos by their banker Boldyrev, mentioned above. There was no legitimate business reason for those payments. M. Invest is believed to be a shell company under Tymoshenko’s control. Those transfers were also made through New York accounts to conceal UESU’ assets. (viii) Olden Group, LLC (Oregon). 249.

Tymoshenko used a U.S. “dummy” company for illegal purposes named Olden

Group LLC, an Oregon company, located at 942 Windemere Dr. NW, Salem, Oregon. Using it under her latest premiership in 2007-2010, Tymoshenko caused over $19 million in kickbacks transferred through Olden. 250.

The Ukrainian government retained Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld LLP and

Kroll Inc. to conduct an investigation and prepare a report regarding these and other kickbacks paid to Tymoshenko while in government. Olden had no assets and was owned by two offshore entities. As mentioned above, Ukraine also sued Olden in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, case Ukravakhsina v. Olden Group LLC, No.10-cv-06297, which resulted in a RICO judgment by default for $59,784,291. (E) Criminal Proceedings against the Tymoshenkos and Their Agent Vavilov. 251.

As mentioned above, by March of 1997 (after a bomb exploded in his vehicle in

Moscow), Vavilov was subject to a mounting public outcry demanding his ouster. Following his dismissal as Assistant Minister of Finance of Russia in July of 1997 Vavilov was charged with a series of crimes committed while in public office. However, the efforts to bring Vavilov to justice have been ineffective. Investigators had made statements that Vavilov threatened them, 48

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referring to his protectors in high government positions. Residing since 2007 in New York, Vavilov has been abating the inquiries from Russia to question him. 252.

Alexander, who barely escaped trial in 2002, was released after Tymoshenko

obstructed his criminal proceedings. Those charges, however, were reinstated after Tymoshenko was removed as Prime Minister in March of 2010. Before he could be questioned and detained, Alexander absconded from Ukraine and ended up in Czechia where he now resides. 253.

Tymoshenko continues to serve a seven year sentence and has been subject to a

number of pending criminal proceedings and trials. Among various criminal cases, Tymoshenko is charged with paying for contract murders through Kiritchenko’s intermediary entity Orphin. As the evidence shows, Tymoshenko in conspiracy with Lazarenko caused to pay $2,474,000 for contract murders, passing correspondent accounts at Bankers Trust Co. in New York. (F) The Tymoshenkos Illegally Obstructed UTICo’s Judgment Collection Efforts. 254.

As mentioned, in connection with a judgment in favor of UTICo entered on July,

7, 2005, Tymoshenko intensified her efforts to circumvent its collection, acting on behalf of UESU. Among other things, Tymoshenko paid, according charges against her, $125,000 to an intermediary to bribe the judges of the Supreme Court to close UESU’s matter and release liens. As it follows from Tymoshenko’s criminal investigation, she paid other bribes and/or exercised interference from public offices to obtain decisions to make UESU judgment-proof. 255.

As mentioned above, in 2005 Tymoshenko used her position as Prime Minister to

approach President Yuschenko at least seven times, to illegally compel the Chairman of the Supreme Court Malyarenko to dismiss UESU’s cases and release liens. Malyarenko complained to the President on Tymoshenko, but ultimately Tymoshenko had her way. 256.

While illegally interfering with the judiciary in Ukraine, Tymoshenko obtained on

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On November 18, 2005 Tymoshenko illegally forced the Supreme Court’s

discontinuing the UESU-related cases. 257.

Using these decisions and abusing her governmental powers, in 2008

Tymoshenko further illegally forced UPGO to close the cases against her and UESU, thus lifting the hurdle for removing UESU’s assets from the freeze and for placing those proceeds under her control outside of Ukraine. In 2009, Tymoshenko made an illegal deal with Gazprom (for which she is now convicted), targeting to protect UESU’s assets under her control from creditors. 258.

To achieve her goals, Tymoshenko as Prime Minister appointed as the Minister of

Justice a former U.S. citizen, Zvarych, in her Cabinet in 2005. Likewise, upon becoming Prime Minister in 2007, she appointed Korneychuk, with extensive American connections. 259.

The Tymoshenkos’ actions constituted a pattern, including her attempted bribery

of Supreme Court judges in Ukraine, illegal interference into the judiciary, cover-up, and other illegal acts. That pattern included a number of predicate acts under RICO, including under 18 U.S.C. §1952, §1956, where Tymoshenko was a U.S. person for purposes of those statutes. 260.

As a result of these actions, the Tymoshenkos made the UTICo’s judgment

uncollectible. UESU’s assets were secreted and personally controlled by the Tymoshenkos, whereas virtually no assets were left in the name of UESU for collection. The Tymoshenkos personally benefitted from circumventing UTICo’s collection because they held UESU’s remaining assets under their personal control. (G) Prohibition of Alleged Predicate Acts of Racketeering by RICO Statutes. (i) Mail and Wire Fraud. 261.

As mentioned above, the RICO enterprise, comprising of the Tymoshenkos and

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and mail fraud, as defined in 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1343, for over 15 years to date. Wire and mail fraud are predicate acts, or racketeering activity, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1961(1)(B). 262.

18 U.S.C. §1961(5) defines a pattern of racketeering activity as two or more acts

of racketeering activity within a ten year period. The RICO enterprise described herein far exceeds the statutory minimum criteria. (ii) Money Laundering, Receipt and Transportation of Stolen Property. 263.

The RICO enterprise, which was an open-ended enterprise spanning more than 15

years, engaged in money laundering, falling within the prohibitions of 18 U.S.C. §§1956(a)(2), 1957, which also comprised the racketeering activity under 18 U.S.C. §1961(1)(B). 264.

The hundreds of transactions caused by the Tymoshenkos in the U.S. constituted

money laundering as a part of that enterprise’s racketeering activity, exceeding the minimum number of racketeering acts to comprise a pattern as defined in 18 U.S.C. §1961(5). Among other things, the Tymoshenkos laundered over $101 million through New York banks to pay bribes to Lazarenko at the time when he was the First Deputy Premier and then Prime Minister and was prohibited by the Constitution from having a non-salaried income. 265.

The Tymoshenkos, acting in conspiracy, received money and further transferred

such funds, in separate transactions, in excess of $5,000 each, knowing the same to have been stolen, unlawfully converted or taken, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§1956 and 1957. In most instances, the same actions undertaken by the Tymoshenkos also fell under the definitions of mail and wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§1341 and 1343, without limitations. 266.

Furthermore, the Tymoshenkos received and transported money in the U.S., or in

transactions either ending or beginning in the U.S., in excess of the statutory minimum of $5,000, knowing the same to have been stolen, unlawfully converted or taken, all also in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§2314, 2315. 51

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(iii) Violations of the Federal Travel Act. 267.

Most of the transactions involving U.S. banks, as described above, were also

subject to the prohibitions under the Travel Act, 18 U.S.C. §1952. The Tymoshenkos are to be treated as U.S. persons, in light of the Tymoshenkos’ involvement in hundreds of illegal transactions in excess of $300 million, which either originated or ended in the U.S. (iv) Threats of Crimes of Violence in Pursuit of Racketeering Activities. 268.

As mentioned above, Tymoshenko is presently being tried for allegedly paying

$2,479,000 for contract murders in Donetsk, Ukraine.

Those payments were made using

correspondent accounts in New York and fall within the prohibitions of 18 U.S.C. §1958. The family of the victim, Scherban, lived in New York, where he had sizeable business. Lazarenko has also been charged with those murders, which were paid for from UESU’s proceeds. The Tymoshenkos are also persons of interest in several other contract murders. As mentioned above, Alexander is wanted by Interpol, but continues to evade capture. 269.

In August of 1997, one of UTICo’s directors who was invited to travel from the

U.S. to London for a meeting was assaulted by a group of UESU’s executives, including Alexander and Aksoy, who threatened his safety unless UTICo stopped cooperating with Ukrainian law enforcement. Such threats fall within the prohibitions of 18 U.S.C. §1959. (H) Racketeering Enterprise Continuing into Present. 270.

The Tymoshenkos organized an enterprise with UESU and others within the

meaning of RICO. Tymoshenko was the mastermind and leader of that enterprise. She was aided by Alexander, Lazarenko, Vavilov and several other members of that enterprise. The Tymoshenkos used their allies and cronies to illegally push through the decisions in Ukraine shielding UESU from judgment creditors, particularly UTICo, the judgment creditor in the U.S.

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The enterprise continues into today. For example, as the evidence shows, even

being imprisoned in Ukraine, Tymoshenko has continued to communicate through agents with Lazarenko, who, upon his release from the federal prison in 2012, is currently in the immigration detention center in California fighting extradition to Ukraine. 272.

The Tymoshenkos continue to have access to the accounts in the name of offshore

entities at the present time, which contain, on information and belief, in a large part, the proceeds originated from UESU. Those offshore entities reportedly controlled by Tymoshenko now include: Helix Assets Ltd. and Foxdale Business Group (both incorporated in the BVI); Glasspoint Inc. (incorporated in Panama), Fidfun Consulting Ltd. (incorporated in Cyprus); Sanmax Enterprises Ltd. (incorporated in Hong Kong); Bestmax Ltd. Bennet Group Enterprises Ltd. and Starfox Ventures Ltd. (all three incorporated in New Zealand). (I) Investment of Racketeering Proceeds in U.S. Real-Estate. 273.

As mentioned above, the Tymoshenkos set up United Energy International, Ltd.

in the State of Virginia, in whose name they purchased office property in Alexandria, VA, for $1.1 million. (J) Injury to Plaintiffs’ Business or Property as a Result of Racketeering Activities. 274.

As shown above, at all times since the judgment of July 7, 2005 was entered

against UESU, UTICo has been unable to have it satisfied. The Tymoshenkos, their agents and co-conspirators have used their racketeering enterprise to obstruct collection of the judgment. 275.

That included Tymoshenko’s using her appointees as Ministers of Justice,

supervising the local courts in Ukraine, to secure, upon suits by fugitives from justice Lazarenko and Kiritchenko the ex parte court decisions adverse to UTICo.

Through Tymoshenko’s

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Similarly, after UTICo obtained a judgment against Bassington on April 9, 2012,

the Tymoshenkos, their agents and co-conspirators again used their racketeering enterprise to obstruct collection of that judgment. 277.

The uncollected statutory interest on both judgments has surpassed $5 million.

Due to the Tymoshenkos’ racketeering activities, UTICo has been deprived of the opportunity to use both the principal judgment debt and interest. 278.

The judgment creditor is entitled to relief, allowed by 18 U.S.C. §§1341, 1343,

1952, 1956, 1957, 1962(c), 1962(d) and 1964(c), without limitation. COUNT 3. UNJUST ENRICHMENT (Against All Defendants) 279.

The judgment creditor incorporates by reference Paragraphs 1-7, 67-186, 202-204

280.

At all times relevant here, the Tymoshenkos unjustly enriched themselves using

above.

UESU’s proceeds to render UTICo’s judgment uncollectible. 281.

As mentioned above, the UPGO asserted that Tymoshenko unjustly enriched

herself for the amount of approximately $2,271,221,873, converting UESU’s proceeds and putting those under her and her privies’ control. 282.

As mentioned above, Vavilov was unjustly enriched by a bribe from UESU for

$10 million, illegally invested into the realty in New York, for which proceeds Vavilov has no title. Vavilov was unjustly enriched at the expense of UESU, and the $10 million at issue, from UESU, should be used to pay the judgment debt. 283.

In the latest instance, the Tymoshenkos enriched themselves while blocking the

collection of the judgment debt against Bassington, arising on April 9, 2012. As described above, Bassington has been the Tymoshenkos’ holding entity. 284.

The judgment creditor is entitled to relief on this Count. 54

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COUNT 4. CONSTRUCTIVE TRUST AND EQUITABLE LIEN. (Against All Defendants) 285.

The judgment creditor incorporates by reference Paragraphs 1-6, 15-186, 202-204

286.

As previously described, at all relevant times the Tymoshenkos asserted personal

above.

control over UESU’s assets using a sophisticated scheme of offshore holdings, including Bassington, operated through the BL Trust (Guernsey). The judgment against Bassington, dated April 9, 2012, warrants imposing constructive trust and equitable lien. 287.

The Tymoshenkos, who have retained control over UESU’s proceeds and

Bassington’s holdings, should be deemed to be holding those assets in a constructive trust, and equitable lien for satisfaction of the judgments should be allowed. 288.

In addition, Vavilov’s assets in New York should be adjudged, up to $10 million,

originated from UESU, to be held in constructive trust for UESU, with equitable lien. 289.

The judgment creditor is entitled to relief on this Count. COUNT 5. FRAUDULENT CONVEYANCES. (Against All Defendants)

290.

The judgment creditor incorporates by reference Paragraphs 1-6, 15-186 above.

291.

The Tymoshenkos, Vavilov, and their agents and accomplices used fraudulent

conveyances and transfers to convert UESU’s assets for their personal use within the meaning of New York’s Fraudulent Conveyances law and/or analogous statutes and laws in other jurisdictions. That included Vavilov’s fraudulent transfers of $10 million, as the evidence shows, obtained in a bribe from UESU proceeds. 292.

Due to the international scope of the UESU scheme, the transfers cited above

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The judgment creditor is entitled to relief on this Count. COUNT 6. CIVIL CONSPIRACY. (Against all Defendants)

294.

The judgment creditor incorporates by reference Paragraphs 1-6, 15-186 above.

295.

As described herein, the Tymoshenkos conspired with others to make UTICo’s

judgments uncollectible and to conceal their beneficial interest in UESU through a series of offshore holdings. The Tymoshenkos’ accomplices included Vavilov, Lazarenko, Kiritchenko, and several agents in New York. 296.

Tymoshenko, abusing governmental powers, illegally interfered with the judiciary

in Ukraine, conspiring with other individuals to secure, through fraudulent court decisions, the release of UESU’s frozen assets and make UTICo’s judgment uncollectible. Tymoshenko’s activities continued even after deprived from using the powers of the Prime Minister’s office on March 5, 2010, until August of 2011, when she was incarcerted. 297.

The judgment creditor is entitled to relief on this Count.

WHEREFORE, judgment creditor prays for the following relief: a)

To declare that Defendants Tymoshenkos are jointly and severally liable for the

judgment debt pursuant to UTICo’s judgment of July 7, 2005 against UESU, including but not limited to a portion from $460,000 located presently in New York, under their control; b)

To declare Vavilov liable for up to $10 million on the UESU judgment (the

amount of the bribe from UESU, thereafter invested into the New York real estate); c)

To declare that Defendants Tymoshenkos jointly and severally liable for the

judgment debt under UTICo’s judgment of April 9, 2012 against their holding entity Bassington; d)

To order the Tymoshenkos to pay the judgment amounts from their BL Trust at

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To order the corporate veil of UESU and/or Bassington be pierced or disregarded

for purposes of satisfying the judgment debt from the assets held for the benefit of the Tymoshenkos through their nominees and trustees; f)

To declare the corporate veil of Angora, registered in the Bahamas, pierced or

disregarded for purposes of satisfying the judgment debt up to $10 million; g)

To annul the fraudulent conveyances and transfers of UESU’s and Bassington’s

assets to the Tymoshenkos, their accomplices and privies, including the transfer of $10 million to Vavilov in New York, staged for avoiding the payment of the judgment debt owed to UTICo, including but not limited, under the State law, common law and foreign law as applicable; h)

To allow post-judgment remedies, including the imposition of a constructive trust,

an equitable lien, writs of attachment, injunctive relief, deposits into the Court and appointing a receiver; i)

To award damages for actions undertaken by the Tymoshenkos for obstructing

UTICo’s collection of the judgment debt, including under 18 U.S.C. §1964(c); j)

To pay attorneys' fees, costs and such other relief, without limitation, towards

collection of the judgment debt, as the Court deems just and proper. The present Complaint is without prejudice to any and all other remedies available to the present judgment creditor for collection of its judgments. // // // // // // 57

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Respectfully submitted, Dated: May 30, 2013

Peter A. Joseph, Esq. Bar PJ-9723 177 Waverly Place # 5F New York, NY, 10014-3552 Tel. (212) 924 1498 /s/___________________ George Lambert, Esq. D.C. bar #979327, pro hac vice Law Offices of Leonard Suchanek 1025 Connecticut Ave., #1000 NW Washington, D.C., 20036 Tel. (202) 640 1897, Fax (800) 952 1950 Attorneys for Plaintiff Universal Trading & Investment Co., Inc.