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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
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PLYMOUTH STREET LLC, derivatively on behalf of : Index No. 652864/2023
GOLD CAPITAL FUND LLC, :
: Hon. Jennifer G. Schecter
Plaintiff, :
: PLAINTIFF’S FIRST
-against- : REQUEST FOR THE
: PRODUCTION OF
ABRAHAM SITT, DUMBO CAPITAL HOLDINGS LLC, : DOCUMENTS
and SIMMONS CAPITAL LLC, :
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Defendants, :
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GOLD CAPITAL FUND LLC, :
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Nominal Defendant. :
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Article 31 of the Civil Practice Law and
Rules (“CPLR”), the Rules of the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court (the “CD Rules”),
and the Preliminary Conference Order entered in this action on December 4, 2023 (the “PC
Order”), Plaintiff Plymouth Street LLC, derivatively on behalf of Gold Capital Fund LLC,
hereby demands that Defendants Abraham Sitt and Dumbo Capital Holdings LLC produce for
discovery, inspection and copying at the offices of Sasson Law PLLC, 1370 Broadway, 5th
Floor, New York, NY 10018 on or before the deadline set forth in the PC Order, all documents
described below, which constitute Plaintiff’s First Request for the Production of Documents
(hereinafter, the “Requests”).
DEFINITIONS
1. All definitions set forth in the CPLR are incorporated herein by reference.
2. “Action” refers to the instant litigation in the Supreme Court of the State of New
York, County of New York, assigned Index No. 652864/2023.
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3. “ADP” refers to the company Automatic Data Processing.
4. “Answer” refers to Defendants’ Answer with Counterclaim and Third-Party
Complaint, which was filed in this Action on December 4, 2023, under NYSCEF Doc. No. 47.
5. “Communication” refers to every manner or means of disclosure, transfer or
exchange of information, of any kind in the form of facts, ideas, inquiries, or otherwise, whether
orally or by Document, whether face-to-face, by telephone, text message, telecopy, e-mail, fax,
mail, personal delivery or otherwise.
6. “Complaint” refers to the Complaint dated June 14, 2023, which was filed in this
Action under NYSCEF Doc. No. 1.
7. The term “concerning” shall mean refers to, relates to, comments on, reflects,
mirrors, addresses, discusses, embodies, constitutes, contains information on, indicates, or
pertains to, in any way, directly or indirectly, a document subject, topic, issue, act or occurrence,
and includes, without limitation, comprising, constituting, analyzing, evidencing, comparing,
summarizing, discussing, showing, referring to, forming the basis of, containing, in connection
with, responding to, demonstrating, declaring, describing, or supporting any event, act, or
occurrence.
8. “Document” is used in its broadest sense and shall have the full meaning ascribed
to that term by the CPLR and shall include, without limitation, the following terms, whether
printed, recorded, filmed, produced by hand, and whether an original, master or copy, in draft or
final form, namely: notes; studies; analyses; evaluations, reports; reviews; agreements; e-mails;
Communications, including, without limitation, intracompany Communications; correspondence;
telegrams; cables; memoranda; records; books; summaries of records or personal conversations
or interviews; test messages; diaries; forecasts; statistical statements; accountants’ work papers;
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graphs; charts; maps; diagrams; blueprints; tables; indices; pictures; recordings; tapes; microfilm;
charges; accounts; analytical records; minutes or records of meetings or conferences; reports or
summaries of interviews; reports or summaries of investigations; opinions or reports of
consultants; appraisals; reports or summaries of negotiations; brochures; pamphlets; circulars;
trade letters; press releases; contracts; stenographic; handwritten or other notes; projections;
working papers; checks, front and back; check stubs or receipts; invoice vouchers; tape data
sheets or data processing cards or computer discs or documents sorted by computer, electronic
mail or any other written, recorded, transcribed, punched, taped, filed, or graphic matter,
however produced or reproduced; and any other documents or writing of whatever description.
The term also includes all information stored in a computer system although not printed out, all
information stored in computer hard drives, all information stored on computer tape backups, all
information stored on floppy diskettes, all information stored on CD-ROM, all information
stored in electronic mail, all information stored on zip drives, USB drives and any other form of
electronic storage. The term also includes all information stored in or originating from personal
computers or laptops, Bloomberg Terminals, Palm Pilots, Blackberrys, iPhones, iPads or other
personal digital assistants (PDAs), telephones or tablets used by You, Your officers, employees
or representatives, whether or not such documents were sent or received through any of Your
computer networks. A draft or non-identical copy is a separate document within the meaning of
this term.
9. “Dumbo” refers to Dumbo Capital Holdings LLC, one of the named defendants in
this Action.
10. “GCF” refers to Gold Capital Fund LLC, which is more fully described in
paragraph 9 of the Complaint.
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11. “GoDaddy” refers to the Internet domain registry, domain registrar and web
hosting company GoDaddy Inc.
12. The terms “include” and “including” shall be interpreted in every instance as
being illustrative of the document requested, shall be read as “including, but not limited to,” and
shall not be interpreted to exclude any documents otherwise within the scope of these Requests.
13. “MTD” refers to the motion to dismiss that Defendants filed in this Action on July
25, 2023, under NYSCEF Doc. No. 15, and all supporting documents filed in connection
therewith.
14. “NewCo” refers to the company NewCo Capital Group.
15. “Person” includes natural persons, corporations, partnerships, joint ventures, sole
proprietorships, unincorporated associations, governmental units and subdivisions and other
entities of all types.
16. “Plaintiff” or “Plymouth” refers to the Plaintiff in this Action, Plymouth Street
LLC, acting derivatively on behalf of Gold Capital Fund LLC.
17. The terms “relating to,” “related to,” “regarding” mean affecting, comprising,
containing, constituting, concerning, describing, detailing, disclosing, discussing, embodying,
evidencing, explaining, identifying, referencing, reflecting, showing, stating, supporting, or in
any manner relating or referring to the subject, directly or indirectly.
18. “Request” or “Requests” refers generally to the requests for documents set forth
herein; “Request No(s)” refers specifically to the applicable numbered request or requests set
forth herein.
19. “Simmons” refers to the other named defendant in this Action, Simmons Capital
LLC.
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20. “Sitt” refers to Abraham Sitt, one of the named defendants in this Action.
21. The terms “You,” “Your,” or “Defendants” should be understood to refer to the
Defendants to which these Requests are directed, Abraham Sitt and Dumbo Capital Holdings
LLC, and all other persons acting or purporting to act on behalf of, or who are subject to the
direction or control of, Defendants.
22. Each of the foregoing definitions is incorporated by reference into each Request
set forth below.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. The time period applicable to all Requests is January 1, 2018 to the present,
except if a different time period is set forth in a specific Request No.
2. Pursuant to CPLR § 3101(h), these Requests are continuing in nature. If, after the
production of Documents made pursuant to these Requests, You obtain or become aware of any
further Documents responsive to these Requests, including receiving, producing, creating,
discovering, or acquiring further Documents, You are required to produce such Documents.
3. In the event the parties do not otherwise reach an agreement regarding the scope
of information to be provided in a privilege log as provided in Rule 11-b(a) of the CD Rules, if a
Request calls for the production of a writing or Document to which You claim a privilege as a
ground for not producing, please set forth with respect to the writing or Document it is (e.g.,
letter, memorandum, telegram, chart, report, tape recording), the Document or Documents by
title and date to which the objection applies or the production of which You are withholding, the
author or authors of the Document and all recipients of the Document, including those to whom
the Document was distributed, shown, or explained, the subject matter (without revealing the
information as to which privilege is claimed), the present custodian, number of pages,
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attachments or appendices, the privilege upon which You are relying, the holder of the privilege
and, within sufficient specificity to permit the Court to make a full determination whether the
claim or privilege is valid, each and every fact or basis which the claim for such privilege is
made. If a Document is in part privileged and in part not privileged, supply the foregoing
information regarding the privileged portion and produce the non-privileged portion with an
indication wherever privileged portions have been withheld.
4. If any Document requested herein was at one time in existence but has been lost,
discarded or destroyed, identify such Documents as completely as possible, including the type of
Document, its date; author, addressee, subject matter, number of pages, attachments or
appendices, all persons to whom distributed, shown or explained, the date or approximate date it
was lost, discarded or destroyed; the circumstances and manner in which it was lost, discarded or
destroyed; the reason(s) for disposing of the Document (if discarded or destroyed); the identity of
all persons authorizing or having knowledge of the circumstances surrounding the disposal of the
Document; the identity of the person(s) who lost, discarded or destroyed such Document; and the
identity of all persons having knowledge of the contents thereof.
5. A Request for any Document shall be deemed to include, in addition to the
Document itself, a Request for exhibits and attachments to the Document and enclosures sent or
kept with the Document. To the extent that a portion or part of any Document is responsive to
this Request, this Request shall be construed to call for production of the entire Document.
6. These Requests seek the production of all originals or legible copies of the
Documents and tangible things requested herein which are within Defendants’ possession,
custody, or control from any source whatsoever, including, without limitation, their offices
wherever located, their employees or former employees, agents or former agents, counsel or
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former counsel, accountants or former accountants, advisers or former advisers, representatives
or former representatives, directors or former directors, and/or officers or former officers.
7. Reference to an entity or individual includes the present and former subsidiaries,
affiliates, divisions, joint ventures, partners, present and former officers, present and former
directors, present and former advisers, present and former employees, present and former
trustees and administrators, present and former agents, present and former accountants, present
and former counsel, representatives or former representatives, and/or any other person or entity
acting or purporting to act on its or his behalf, either at the time of the events in question or at the
present, unless otherwise provided.
8. In interpreting these Requests, the singular form of a word shall be considered to
include within its meaning the plural form of the word so used, and vice versa; the masculine
form of a word shall be considered to include within its meaning the feminine and neutral forms
so used, and vice versa; the use of any tense of any verb shall be considered to include within its
meaning all other tenses of the verb so used; whenever the term “all” is used herein, it shall also
be construed to mean “any” and “each” and vice versa; and the use of “and” shall be considered
to include “or” and vice versa, in each instance so that these Requests are more rather than less
inclusive.
9. To the extent that You object to any Request, Your responses and objections must
comply strictly with Rule 11-e of the CD Rules.
10. Plaintiff reserves the right to supplement or amend these Requests up to and
including the time of trial.
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REQUESTS
REQUEST NO. 1 All documents and communications regarding or relating to GCF.
REQUEST NO. 2 All documents and communications regarding or relating to
Plymouth.
REQUEST NO. 3 All documents and communications regarding or relating to
Dumbo.
REQUEST NO. 4 All bank statements of GCF.
REQUEST NO. 5 All bank statements of Dumbo.
REQUEST NO. 6 All documents regarding or relating to NewCo, including without
limitation, all data and reports associated with any loan funded or syndicated with NewCo and all
periodic statements of account for any NewCo account for which You maintain access rights.
REQUEST NO. 7 All communications regarding or relating to NewCo, including
without limitation all communications with any representative of NewCo.
REQUEST NO. 8 All documents regarding or relating to ADP, including without
limitation, all data, reports, payroll and/or other periodic statements of account for any ADP
account for which You maintain access rights.
REQUEST NO. 9 All communications regarding or relating to ADP, including
without limitation all communications with any representative of ADP.
REQUEST NO. 10 All agreements (including, but not limited to, syndication
agreements, contractor agreements, employment agreements or broker/agent agreements)
between GCF and each of the following:
a. Aaron Abramov
b. Alby Baby Company LLC
c. Allstate Property Solutions
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d. Ally Merchant Services LLC
e. Albert Beyda
f. BH Success Consulting LLC
g. Louis Bildirici
h. Moses Borgere
i. Brojay Properties LLC
j. Chabad of Dumbo Inc
k. Avi Chait
l. Cryptic Express LLC
m. Crypto Holdings LLC
n. DLD interests LLC
o. Dumbo Capital Holdings LLC
p. EL Tech Holding LLC
q. Encore capital Finance INC
r. FAST FUND PROS LLC
s. Ashley Gittens
t. Albert Halawani
u. Shane Himmelman
v. Chaim Holman
w. Hustle And Grind Holdings LLC
x. JAHS LLC
y. Jet Smart Holdings LLC
z. Lucky Star Licensing LLC
aa. MAHS LLC
bb. Merchant Sources USA INC
cc. MI CONSULTING SERVICES LLC
dd. Jallah E Nelson
ee. Plymouth Street LLC
ff. RSJ Productions LLC
gg. Joshua Saadia
hh. Zacharia Setton
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ii. Sims Eleven LLC
jj. Steven Sitt
kk. SKNY Capital Solutions LLC
ll. Smash Tech LLC
mm. SS Jemal Inc Defined benefits plan
nn. Ephraim Uzan
oo. Joshua Uzan
pp. Dwayne Webster
REQUEST NO. 11 All agreements (including, but not limited to, syndication
agreements, contractor agreements, employment agreements or broker/agent agreements), if any,
between Sitt (including any entities under his control) or Dumbo and each of the following:
a. Aaron Abramov
b. Alby Baby Company LLC
c. Allstate Property Solutions
d. Ally Merchant Services LLC
e. Albert Beyda
f. BH Success Consulting LLC
g. Louis Bildirici
h. Moses Borgere
i. Brojay Properties LLC
j. Chabad of Dumbo Inc
k. Avi Chait
l. Cryptic Express LLC
m. Crypto Holdings LLC
n. DLD interests LLC
o. Dumbo Capital Holdings LLC
p. EL Tech Holding LLC
q. Encore capital Finance INC
r. FAST FUND PROS LLC
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s. Ashley Gittens
t. Albert Halawani
u. Shane Himmelman
v. Chaim Holman
w. Hustle And Grind Holdings LLC
x. JAHS LLC
y. Jet Smart Holdings LLC
z. Lucky Star Licensing LLC
aa. MAHS LLC
bb. Merchant Sources USA INC
cc. MI CONSULTING SERVICES LLC
dd. Jallah E Nelson
ee. Plymouth Street LLC
ff. RSJ Productions LLC
gg. Joshua Saadia
hh. Zacharia Setton
ii. Sims Eleven LLC
jj. Steven Sitt
kk. SKNY Capital Solutions LLC
ll. Smash Tech LLC
mm. SS Jemal Inc Defined benefits plan
nn. Ephraim Uzan
oo. Joshua Uzan
pp. Dwayne Webster
REQUEST NO. 12 All agreements (including, but not limited to, syndication
agreements, contractor agreements, employment agreements or broker/agent agreements), if any,
between Simmons and each of the following:
a. Aaron Abramov
b. Alby Baby Company LLC
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c. Allstate Property Solutions
d. Ally Merchant Services LLC
e. Albert Beyda
f. BH Success Consulting LLC
g. Louis Bildirici
h. Moses Borgere
i. Brojay Properties LLC
j. Chabad of Dumbo Inc
k. Avi Chait
l. Cryptic Express LLC
m. Crypto Holdings LLC
n. DLD interests LLC
o. Dumbo Capital Holdings LLC
p. EL Tech Holding LLC
q. Encore capital Finance INC
r. FAST FUND PROS LLC
s. Ashley Gittens
t. Albert Halawani
u. Shane Himmelman
v. Chaim Holman
w. Hustle And Grind Holdings LLC
x. JAHS LLC
y. Jet Smart Holdings LLC
z. Lucky Star Licensing LLC
aa. MAHS LLC
bb. Merchant Sources USA INC
cc. MI CONSULTING SERVICES LLC
dd. Jallah E Nelson
ee. Plymouth Street LLC
ff. RSJ Productions LLC
gg. Joshua Saadia
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hh. Zacharia Setton
ii. Sims Eleven LLC
jj. Steven Sitt
kk. SKNY Capital Solutions LLC
ll. Smash Tech LLC
mm. SS Jemal Inc Defined benefits plan
nn. Ephraim Uzan
oo. Joshua Uzan
pp. Dwayne Webster
REQUEST NO. 13 All correspondence with each of the following:
a. Aaron Abramov
b. Alby Baby Company LLC
c. Allstate Property Solutions
d. Ally Merchant Services LLC
e. Albert Beyda
f. BH Success Consulting LLC
g. Louis Bildirici
h. Moses Borgere
i. Brojay Properties LLC
j. Chabad of Dumbo Inc
k. Avi Chait
l. Cryptic Express LLC
m. Crypto Holdings LLC
n. DLD interests LLC
o. Dumbo Capital Holdings LLC
p. EL Tech Holding LLC
q. Encore capital Finance INC
r. FAST FUND PROS LLC
s. Ashley Gittens
t. Albert Halawani
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u. Shane Himmelman
v. Chaim Holman
w. Hustle And Grind Holdings LLC
x. JAHS LLC
y. Jet Smart Holdings LLC
z. Lucky Star Licensing LLC
aa. MAHS LLC
bb. Merchant Sources USA INC
cc. MI CONSULTING SERVICES LLC
dd. Jallah E Nelson
ee. Plymouth Street LLC
ff. RSJ Productions LLC
gg. Joshua Saadia
hh. Zacharia Setton
ii. Sims Eleven LLC
jj. Steven Sitt
kk. SKNY Capital Solutions LLC
ll. Smash Tech LLC
mm. SS Jemal Inc Defined benefits plan
nn. Ephraim Uzan
oo. Joshua Uzan
pp. Dwayne Webster
REQUEST NO. 14 All documents and communications regarding or relating to
Abraham Mishaan (“Mishaan”), including without limitation, all Your communications with
Mishaan.
REQUEST NO. 15 All documents and communications regarding or relating to Jacob
Setton (“Setton”), including without limitation, all Your communications with Setton.
REQUEST NO. 16 All documents and communications regarding or relating to
Solomon Dahan (“Dahan”), including without limitation, all Your communications with Dahan.
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REQUEST NO. 17 All documents regarding or relating to any current business entity
in which Defendant Abraham Sitt is associated (either as an owner, principal, director, member,
employee, consultant or agent) which provides cash advance, loans or other forms of financing to
its customers.
REQUEST NO. 18 All documents regarding or relating to Simmons.
REQUEST NO. 19 All documents regarding or relating to any compensation,
distribution or other payment from Simmons to Defendant Abraham Sitt or any entity in which
he has an interest.
REQUEST NO. 20 All documents regarding or relating to Dumbo.
REQUEST NO. 21 All documents regarding or relating to any compensation,
distribution or other payment from Dumbo to Defendant Abraham Sitt or any entity in which he
has an interest.
REQUEST NO. 22 All communications regarding or relating to Simmons and any
other current business entity in which Defendant Abraham Sitt acts as an owner, director,
member, employee or agent, including without limitation, all Your communications with any
employee of, or anyone else purporting to act on behalf of, Simmons.
REQUEST NO. 23 All communications with any individual or other entity associated
with the email domain “@simmonscap.com” or any other previous or future iteration of that
email domain.
REQUEST NO. 24 All documents regarding or relating to GoDaddy.
REQUEST NO. 25 All communications regarding or relating to GoDaddy, including
without limitation, all Your communications with any representative of GoDaddy.
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REQUEST NO. 26 The Proprietary Leads that were stored on a hard drive that
belonged to GCF, as described in paragraphs 37-42 and 46-47 of the Complaint.
REQUEST NO. 27 All documents and data relating to the business leads that
Defendants purchased using GCF’s credit card but which were not incorporated into the
Proprietary Leads, as described in paragraphs 48-49 of the Complaint, including without
limitation, all such business leads themselves.
REQUEST NO. 28 All documents that You reviewed or otherwise relied on in
preparing Defendants’ Answer.
REQUEST NO. 29 All documents that You reviewed or otherwise relied on in
preparing Defendants’ MTD.
REQUEST NO. 30 All documents and communications that support, rebut, or
otherwise relate to any of the allegations, affirmative defenses and counterclaims asserted in
Defendants’ Answer.
REQUEST NO. 31 All other documents that Defendants intend to introduce into
evidence or otherwise rely on in this Action.
Dated: New York, New York SASSON LAW PLLC
December 20, 2023
By: /s/ Moshe Sasson
Moshe Sasson
1370 Broadway, 5th Floor
New York, New York 10018
212.949.7501 - phone
212.949.7500 - main office
msasson@sassonlawpllc.com
Attorneys for Plaintiff
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