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From: jnesq@jenesqlaw.com
To: Rimma Ayzen
Subject: RE: Stolper v. Burbacki
Date: Friday, October 14, 2022 3:08:35 PM
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221014 Responses to Contention Interrogatories.pdf
Attached please find my client’s responses.
Thanks and have a nice Shabbat and rest of Sukkot.
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Sent: Sunday, October 9, 2022 5:41 PM
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Subject: RE: Stolper v. Burbacki
I’ll follow up with Zarina. Sukkot is starting shortly, so I won’t be able to email you before
Wednesday.
Enjoy the chag.
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From: Rimma Ayzen
Sent: Friday, October 7, 2022 6:18 PM
To: jnesq@jenesqlaw.com
Subject: Stolper v. Burbacki
Hi Jonathan,
Shana tovah. Please advise as to the status of Defendant’s responses to Plaintiff’s contention
interrogatories that were served on September 15; the responses are now untimely even accounting
for a courtesy one-day extension from the Wednesday due date.
Thanks,
Rimma Ayzen
RUSSO PLLC
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New York NY 10118
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FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 10/20/2022 10:36 PM INDEX NO. 652352/2018
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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
----------------------------------X AND
S El I S RESPONSES
PE DEFENDANT'S
TO PLAINTIFF S
OBJECTIONS
Plaintiff,
INTERROGATORIES
-vs-
Index No. 652352/2018
ZARINA BURBACKI,
Defendant.
------------________.______________________Ç
follows to Plaintiff
Defendant, ZARINA responds and objects as
BURBACKI, hereby
STELLA STOLPER's Contention Interrogatories (the "Requests").
SPECIFIC OBJECTIONS AND RESPONSES
INTERROGATORIES
1. the individual who owned or whose name was otherwise associated
Identify or entity
with the bank account in as it appears in the Bank Statements, including on January
ending 9717,
26, 2016, March 4, 2016, April 15, 2016, April 26, 2016, and November 20, 2017.
Response: Zarina Burbacki and Burbacki Law Group
2. Identify the individual or entity who owned or whose name was otherwise associated
with the bank account ending in 5095, as itappears in the Bank Statements, including on March
t tr
9, 2017. ,
Response: Stella Bulochnikov and Wikked Entertainment
3. Identify the client(s) on whose behalf you were holding, or the individual or who
entity
owned, the $139,700.00 that was the beginning balance on Bank Statement covering January 1,
2016 - 2016.
January 29,
Response: Inna Shuman, Ran Marcus, Burbacki Law Group, Consolidated Press Holdings, Avi
Shimrony, Adlyn LLC, Mariah Carey
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4.
Identify every individual and/or and Wikked, for whom money
entity, other than Plaintiff
was held, deposited or accepted into the Escrow otherwise directly or indirectly
Account, or who
had over Account the
ownership any money that was deposited into or held in the Escrow during
Relevant Time Period.
Response: Inna Press Holdings, Avi
Shuman, Ran Marcus, Burbacki Law Group, Consolidated
Shimrony, Adlyn LLC, Mariah Carey
5. each transaction in the Deposits and Additions fields of the Bank Statements, by
Identify
date and transaction which represents that was deposited into and held in the
amount, money
Escrow Account for individual or other than Plaintiff or Wikked, or which was
any entity
deposited for the benefit of individual or other than Plaintiff or Wikked, and specify
any entity
the identity of each such individual and/or entity.
Response:
I/I6/16 $ 3,750,000.00 CPH to Adlyn
1/7/16 $ (17,500.00) To Zarina for Australia event
1/8/16 $ (13,700.50) To Zarina for reimbursement for Dr. Anna payment for Stella
1/8/16 $ (3,419,000.00) To Adlyn directed by Avi Shimrony
I/29/16 $ (181,000.00) To Yontan directed by Avi Shimrony
3/3/16 $ 28,000.00 To Zarina for SSF tour
3/4/16 $ 10,000.00 To Zarina for SSFtour prep
3/24/16 $ 13,000.00 To Zarina for SSFtour prep
3/4/16 $ (28,000.00)To Zarina for SSF tour
4/4/16 $ 14,000.00 To Zarina for SSF tour
4/6/16 $ 5,000.00 To Zarina for oneOak
4/7/16 $ 14,000.00 To Zarina for SSF tour
4/15/16 $ (28,000.00)To Zarina for SSF tour
4/15/16 $ (5,000.00)To Zarina for oneOak
4/26/16 $ (13,000.00)To Zarina for SSF tour
5/16/16 $ 500,000.00 For Mariah Carey
6/20/16 $ (450,000.00)For Mariah Carey
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I1/15/16 $ 50,000.00 For Mariah Carey
12/15/16 $ Stella to Mariah
(11,976.28)To Zarina reimbursement for Winston gift given by
Harry
1/12/17 $ Shuman
(9,605.00)TO Jonathan Neuman Esq. for legal fees related to Dr.
2/21/17 $ 3,580.00 Dubai
To Zarina, reimbursement for Stella's dinner in
2/28/17 $ (67,500.00)TO client Marcus
2/28/17 $ (3,580.00)To Stella's dinner in Dubai
Zarina, reimbursement for
4/13/17 $ hairdresser for Stella's extensio
(550.00)To Zarina, reimbursement for paying Nora the
4/13/17 $ (125,000.00)To Zarina for RNC/South of France deal
4/13/17 $ with Packer/Mariah deal where she mad
(25,000.00)To Zarina as gift from Stella for help
11/20/17 $ (10,000.00)To Zarina from Adlyn
3/2/18 $ 10,000.00 Reimbursement to Adlyn from Zarina
4/5/18 $ (150,000.00)To Adlyn
6. With regard to each of the wire transfers, withdrawals and/or other electronic
following
transactions from the Escrow Account, all details regarding the transaction including the
identify
business purpose of the transaction, the goods or services in payment of which the transaction
was made, the date of Defendant's request to make such transfer or notice to Plaintiff regarding
such transfer, and Plaintiff's request or permission to make the transfer, or acknowledgement of
the transfer or Defendant's notice thereof. Produce alldocuments upon which your responses are
based, to the extent they have not already been produced.
A) January 8, 2016 online transfer in the amount of $17,500 to 0846
" Payment from Mariah for services rendered to Australia
Carey relating
NYE Event; sent by Mariah's business management to escrow so that
upon receipt into the escrow, it would then be transferred Zarina to
by
Zarina's personal account.
B) January 26, 2016 online transfer in the amount of $13,700 to account 9717
" Stella's card was declined when she was plastic on her
getting surgery
chin (at Dr. Anna's). Zarina was with Stella and paid for her procedure
and Stella told Zarina to deduct the expense from the escrow funds for
reimbursement.
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C) April 15, 2016 online 0846
transfer in the amount of $5,000 to account
" Tour and
Zarina and Stella were in Europe for the Sweet Sweet Fantasy
were out of pocket;
many expenses towards Stella and her kids going
a card associated
Stella said to transfer $5k to Zarina's card (I didn't have
to expenses for Stella and her
the escrow) and Zarina paid for personal
Zarina took on for Stella
kids from this (it didn't cover allthe expenses
and her kids.)
D) April 15, 2016 online transfer of $28,000 to account 9717
" 4th paid Mariah for invoices
On April and April 7th,Zarina WaS by Carey
for 3/28-
for Sweet Sweet Tour from 3/28-4/11/16 and an invoice
Fantasy
then transferred to Zarina's business account on April 15,
4/11/16. It was
2016.
April 2017 online transfer in the amount of $13,000 to account 9717
E) 26,
" On March Zarina was paid $13,000 for the Sweet Sweet Fantasy
24, 2016,
Tour as per the invoice. It was then transferred to Zarina.
prep
F) January 12, 2017 wire transfer to Jonathan E. Neuman Attorney Trust
" Jonathan E. Neuman was co-counsel on client Inna Shuman's case and
these were expenses related to services provided on the account.
G) February 28, 2017 online transfer of $3,580 to account ending in 2566
" Stella's card was declined in Dubai and Zarina covered her bill and on
2/21/17 Zarina received reimbursement to the escrow account for the
expense, and then transferred it to the 345 Account.
Consulting
H) February 28, 2017 online wire transfer in the amount of $67,500
" $67,500 were client funds of a client named Ran Marcus and transferred to
him during representation of said client.
I) March 9, 2017 transfer in the amount of $25,000 to account 5095
" Sent to Stella's Chase account at her request.
J) November 20, 2017 online transfer in the amount of $10,000 in 9717
ending
" Sent to Burbacki Law P.C. per
Group approval from Avi Shimrony.
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Defendant reserves the right to additional
supplement and amend these responses in the event
information becomes available.
Dated: Fresh
Meadows, New York
October 12, 2022
Jonathan E. Neuman, Esq.
Attorney for Defendant
176-25 Union Turnpike, Suite 230
Fresh Meadows, NY 11366
(347) 450-6710
(718) 228-3689 facsimile
jnesq@jenesqlaw.com
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AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF QUEENS )
ZARINA
BURBACKI, being duly sworn, deposes and says under penalty of perjury that:
The answers
foregoing to Plaintiff's Interrogatories made me are true. I am aware that
by
if the answers
foregoing given by me are willfully false, I may be subject to punishment.
BURBACKI
Sworn to and Subscribed to before me
12tli
this day of October, 2022.
Cotary Public
NEUMAN
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