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DATE THE INDEX NUMBER WAS PURCHASED. COMPLETE ALL BLANKS IN ACCORDANCE
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COUNTY
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Maurice Opava i
Plaintifi(s), Index No. 70847742024
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(NAME OF PERSON(S)
SUED} SUMMONS
Defendant(s)
To the Person(s) Named as Defendant(s) Above:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the
complaintof the plaintifi(s) herein and to serve a copy of your answer on the plaintiff(s) at the
address indicated below within 20 days after the service of this Summons (not counting the
day of service itself), or within 30 days after service is complete if the Summons Is not
delivered personally to you within the State of New York.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT should you fail to answer, a judgment will be
entered against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated
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MAURICE OPARAJI,
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Plaintiff,
-against- Civil Action
CITIMORTGAGE, INC., /
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VERIFIED COMPLAINT IN
SUPPORT OF INJUNCTIVE
Defendant. AND OTHER RELIEF
Plaintiff Maurice Oparaji, by way of his verified Compl
aint, states:
THE PARTIES
Plaintiff Maurice Oparaji is a citizen of State of New
York with an address at
245-11 133 Road, Rosedale, New York, Queens County.
Defendant CitiMortgage is a corporate entity organized
and existing under the
laws of the State of New York, with its principal place
of business at 111 Wall
St FL 17 New York, NY 10005.
BACKGROUND
In May 1993, Maurice Oparaji obtained a loan from
Citibank, N.A.
(“Citibank”), d/b/a/ CitiMortgage, Inc in the principal
amount of $122,500.00.
In October 2003 Maurice Oparaji applied for refinancin
g. In a letter dated
October 8, 2003 Terry Johnson, the mortgage mana
ger of Citibank informed
Maurice Oparaji that their fixed rate equity loan
application has been approved
for a 30-year residential loan for $252,000.00 at
a yearly rate of 5.250%. A
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closing date was scheduled for 10/24/2003. On
10/24/2003, the loan closing
was held at one of the Citibank’s branch.
Plaintiff and his wife was presented with a stack
of documents bound by a
metallic clip and they were directed to sign wher
e “sign here” sticky notes had
been placed on the documents. An explanation
of the individual documents
was not provided to plaintiff and his wife. Included
in the stack of documents
was 10/24/2003 mortgage and note.
Plaintiff and his wife signed all of the documents,
including the 10/24/2003
mortgage and note in the principal amount of $252
,000.00 at a yearly rate of
5.250%, in reliance on Terry Johnson, Citibank
mortgage manager’s previous
representations that the loan was for fixed rate
equity loan for a 30-year
residential loan for $252,000.00 at a yearly rate
of 5.250%.
In March 2013 plaintiff filed a complaint with the Cons
umer Financial
Protection Bureau (CFPB), Case number: 1303
10-000056 requesting Citibank
to produce the signed October 24, 2003 note. '
In a letter dated August 7, 2012, File Numb
er: 2012-1032547, Ronald Furan of
the State of New York, Office of the Attorney
General, Bureau of.Consumer
Frauds and Protection forwarded our correspo
ndence to the District Attorney of
Queens County.
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8. A civil action ensued for breach of stipulation at
the Civil Court of the City of
New York, Queens County, Index Number CV-0
33334-11/QU. During the
course of the civil proceedings in Queens County
in May 2012, Citibank
attomey Richard Babeck filed papers that included
two mortgages, mortgage
dated 10/24/2003 for Citibank and mortgage dated
3/31/2004 for ABN AMRO
Mortgage Group, Inc.
Maurice Oparaji suspected fraud because he know
s that he had never executed
any loan with ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc.
10. Maurice Oparaji demanded to see the originals
of the mortgages and notes
from Citibank but Citibank’s attorney Richard M.
Babeck failed to respond.
11. Maurice Oparaji contacted the Attorney General
of the State of New and New
York State Office of Court Administration for Rich
ard M. Babeck having in
his possession two mortgages.
12. Ina letter dated June 18, 2012, the Office of Court
Administration confirmed
no record of Richard M. Babeck admitted to the
bar.
13. Ina letter dated August 7, 2012, the Office of the Atto
rney General forwarded
plaintiff's Complaint to the District Attorney of Quee
ns County.
14. Investigation by the District Attorney of Quee
ns County led to the arrest, and
prosecution of Richard M. Babeck.
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15. The issuance of a false financial statement and
filing of said false financial
statement is likewise an offense under the Penal
Law. See Penal Law §§
175.35 and 175.45.
16. A conspiracy, essentially, an agreement to comm
it an offense by a group of
Persons, and one overt act by one of the conspirato
rs, is unlawful under the
Penal Law as well. See Penal Law § 105.
17. CitiMortgage schemed to deprive plaintiff of his
property located at 245-11
133 Road, Rosedale, New York without going
to trial. Specifically,
CitiMortgage each agreed to participate in a sche
me to use false and
misleading information. CitiMortgage further agreed
to hire a lawyer to work
in constructing a HUD-1 Settlement Statement that would link the Marc
h 31,
2004 and April 1, 2004 Mortgage and Note. CitiMort
gage settled with John A.
Caminiti, a disbarred lawyer. CitiMortgage conspired to
engage John A.
Caminiti.
18. On or about November 2, 2020, with those
at large, John A. Caminiti
produced a HUD-1 Settlement Statement.
19. New York Judiciary Law §486 states that any perso
n whose admission to
Practice as an attorney and counselor-at-law has
been revoked or who has been
removed from office as attorney and counselor-at-law
or, being an attorney and
counselor-at-law, has been convicted of a felony or has
been suspended from
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Practice and has not been duly and regularly reinstated
, who does any act
forbidden by the provisions of this article to be done
by any person not
regularly admitted to practice law in the courts of record
of this state, unless
the judgment, decree or order suspending him shall permi
t such act, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor unless otherwise provided by §
485-A (Violation of
certain sections a class E felony).
20. Likewise, Judiciary Law § 478 makes it unlawful for
anyone other than a
person who has been admitted to practice law in New York
and has taken the
requisite oath, to practice as an attorney in this state. It
is also unlawful for any
natural person to practice or appear as an attorney-at-law
or as an attorney and
counselor-at-law for a person other than himself or herse
lf in a court of record
in this state.
21. Thus, CitiMortgage helped/aided John A. Caminiti,
a disbarred attorney to
commit a crime.
22. On November 2, 2020, armed with the forged HUD-
1 Settlement Statement,
Citibank, through its attorney Robert Water, moved by
notice of motion to
amend its Complaint:
“Relief Demanded: An Order:
(a) Granting leave to CitiMortgage to amend the
Complaint in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit
"A" pursuant to CPLR 3025(b); and
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f
to CitiMortgage as this Court deems just and
proper”.
23. The foregoing allegations constitute a continuo
us, integrated scheme to inflate Mr.
Trump’s net worth in order to obtain financial
benefits. 716. Specifically,
24. Citibank’s attorney Richard M. Babeck’ s cond
uct violated a provision of New
York’s Penal Law § 175.35.
25. On July 10, 2013, Richard M. Babeck pleaded guilty for filing Marc
h 31; 2004
and April 1, 2004 Mortgage and Note, and practicing
law without license.
26. In his defense, Richard M. Babeck admi
tted Citibank, N.A. directed him to file
the March 31, 2004 and April 1, 2004 Mortgage
and Note.
27. Citibank’s attorney Richard M. Babeck was
sentenced for filing False
Instrument and Unlawful Practice of Law without
a License under the Penal
Law § 175.35.
28. As discussed in detail in the sections that follo
w, CitiMortgage employed a
number of misleading tactics in real estate, such
as title and deed fraud
(forged a deed on plaintiff's Property and records
the fraudulent deed with
the Queens County), fraud and forgery, as part of the
overall scheme to
fraudulently and falsely took plaintiff's property. Rich
ard Babeck pleaded
guilty in the Criminal Court of the City of New York,
County of Queens,
(2012QN044007), that he was directed by CitiMort
gage to file the
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03/31/2004 and 04/01/2004 Mortgage and the
Note. On July 10, 2013,
Richard Babeck was sentenced in Queens Coun
ty for filing False Instrument
and Unlawful Practice of Law without a License.
A showing of many of the
deceptive strategies employed by CitiMortgage inclu
des the following, to
list just a few:
a. In CitiMortgage Notice of Motion for Default
Judgment and Order of
Reference, Affirmation pursuant to Admin Order
431/11 or Certificate of
Merit, in, submitted to the Court for an Order for
a default judgment and
Order of Reference by their attorney Robert Wate
r Frommer, the March
31, 2004 Note, and the Mortgage, is without
Loan Number and with the
signature of Margaret A. Bezy, First Vice President;
whereas in, the same
March 31, 2004 Note and the Mortgage, is with
a Loan Number! and
without the signature of Margaret A. Bezy, First
Vice President. The
signatures on the Plaintiff Maurice Oparaji and the
Wife Ada Oparaji on
the Mortgage and on the notarizations were forged.
No Identification of
Plaintiff Maurice Oparaji and the Wife Ada Opara
ji as the signer is/was
presented or/and recorded as proof of identity. The purp
orted Mortgage
was said to have been taken place on March 31,
2004; whereas, it was
purported to be notarized before the Notary Publi
c on April 1, 2004. In
' The Loan Number redacted.
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DU OUN 04 04 INDEX NO. 708477/2024 No. 1 RECEIVED NYSCEF 04/19/2024 S INSTRUCTIONS: FILL IN THE NAMES IN THE BOX NUMBER BELOW, THE INDEX NUMBER AND THE DATE THE INDEX NUMBER WAS PURCHASED. COMPLETE ALL BLANKS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIRECTIONS SET FORTH IN BOLD PRINT. SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF Qui Xx Maurice Opava i Plaintifi(s), Index No. 70847742024 ~against- Date Index No. Ls Vo Fane e, Jnc. (NAME OF PERSON(S) SUED} SUMMONS Defendant(s) To the Person(s) Named as Defendant(s) Above: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaintof the plaintifi(s) herein and to serve a copy of your answer on the plaintiff(s) at the address indicated below within 20 days after the service of this Summons (not counting the day of service itself), or within 30 days after service is complete if the Summons Is not delivered personally to you within the State of New York. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT should you fail to answer, a judgment will be entered against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated € SUMMI 20, Maurice [YOUR NAME(S)] : Cows /; 2¥¢e-y/ 1322 Kaaf ous UR ADDRESS(ES) and petendants aasoes J) bfOF PERSON(S) a.) siecd i ft <4 hooce, SUED) wok, MY, 70°05 Venue: Plaintifi(s) designate(s) Queens County as the place of trial. The basis of this designation is [CHECK ONE} Plaintiff(sy’ Residence in Queens.s County. Defendant(s) Residence in Queens County. Other—~ Describe: 4‘ C NOTE: THIS FORM OF SUMMONS MUST BE SERVED WITH A COMPLAINT 1 of 63 = QU OUN NK 04 04 DM INDEX NO. 708477/2024 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/19/2024 S. q ay ees ora one S67 sor eee we ae ae 30 Sou we ™ CF a= Baw =S 01 33Bo BRS oe aye oo mos o> 228 TRO = Sum= ae On owS mH oe a a on = o = 2 D 2 of 63 (FILED: QUEENS COUNTY CLERK 04719/2024 04:13 PM INDEX NO. 708477/2024 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/19/2024 3x ~ x SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YOR K COUNTY OF QUEENS MAURICE OPARAJI, Index No. 708477/2024 Plaintiff, -against- Civil Action CITIMORTGAGE, INC., / ? VERIFIED COMPLAINT IN SUPPORT OF INJUNCTIVE Defendant. AND OTHER RELIEF Plaintiff Maurice Oparaji, by way of his verified Compl aint, states: THE PARTIES Plaintiff Maurice Oparaji is a citizen of State of New York with an address at 245-11 133 Road, Rosedale, New York, Queens County. Defendant CitiMortgage is a corporate entity organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, with its principal place of business at 111 Wall St FL 17 New York, NY 10005. BACKGROUND In May 1993, Maurice Oparaji obtained a loan from Citibank, N.A. (“Citibank”), d/b/a/ CitiMortgage, Inc in the principal amount of $122,500.00. In October 2003 Maurice Oparaji applied for refinancin g. In a letter dated October 8, 2003 Terry Johnson, the mortgage mana ger of Citibank informed Maurice Oparaji that their fixed rate equity loan application has been approved for a 30-year residential loan for $252,000.00 at a yearly rate of 5.250%. A 1 3 of 63 (FILED: QUEENS COUNTY CLERK 0471972024 04:13 PM INDEX NO. 708477/2024 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 94/19/2024 {7 AAO YW AM 4O ATATS AUT FO veeTAUOD AMAAIU E ev iw FQ. AG YTANOD of vobnl ALASASO JDLAG AM. 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NO. 1 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/19/2024 any closing date was scheduled for 10/24/2003. On 10/24/2003, the loan closing was held at one of the Citibank’s branch. Plaintiff and his wife was presented with a stack of documents bound by a metallic clip and they were directed to sign wher e “sign here” sticky notes had been placed on the documents. An explanation of the individual documents was not provided to plaintiff and his wife. Included in the stack of documents was 10/24/2003 mortgage and note. Plaintiff and his wife signed all of the documents, including the 10/24/2003 mortgage and note in the principal amount of $252 ,000.00 at a yearly rate of 5.250%, in reliance on Terry Johnson, Citibank mortgage manager’s previous representations that the loan was for fixed rate equity loan for a 30-year residential loan for $252,000.00 at a yearly rate of 5.250%. In March 2013 plaintiff filed a complaint with the Cons umer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Case number: 1303 10-000056 requesting Citibank to produce the signed October 24, 2003 note. ' In a letter dated August 7, 2012, File Numb er: 2012-1032547, Ronald Furan of the State of New York, Office of the Attorney General, Bureau of.Consumer Frauds and Protection forwarded our correspo ndence to the District Attorney of Queens County. 5 of 63 (FILED: QUEENS COUNTY CLERK 0471972024 04:13 PM INDEX NO. 70847742024 NYSCEF DOC. 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Istin dow al Isionend racmenoD oni tive tnislqmnog s bolit Tiinist, E1OS COE! msderut oeeO ATID) oes nonostort AneditiD unitzsupys B20000-O1 caton E002 ME sedotoO bengie oli souboig oF 46 nel blsnoS ,Te2CeOL-C1OS. ssdinui oii S10E NS auguA beinb ronel s al yaranoOlo usoTet sreneD Yorn odd ‘to 9210 oko T wot to sshd ont soloolort bas ebustt ‘to yornoné toineiCl or 1 of sonsbroqesri09 1Wo bebisvniot wa0) anv 6 of 63 INDEX NO. 708477/2024 NYSCEF BOC. NO. 1 RECEIVED NYSCEF 04/19/2024 / 8. A civil action ensued for breach of stipulation at the Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County, Index Number CV-0 33334-11/QU. During the course of the civil proceedings in Queens County in May 2012, Citibank attomey Richard Babeck filed papers that included two mortgages, mortgage dated 10/24/2003 for Citibank and mortgage dated 3/31/2004 for ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc. Maurice Oparaji suspected fraud because he know s that he had never executed any loan with ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc. 10. Maurice Oparaji demanded to see the originals of the mortgages and notes from Citibank but Citibank’s attorney Richard M. Babeck failed to respond. 11. Maurice Oparaji contacted the Attorney General of the State of New and New York State Office of Court Administration for Rich ard M. Babeck having in his possession two mortgages. 12. Ina letter dated June 18, 2012, the Office of Court Administration confirmed no record of Richard M. Babeck admitted to the bar. 13. Ina letter dated August 7, 2012, the Office of the Atto rney General forwarded plaintiff's Complaint to the District Attorney of Quee ns County. 14. Investigation by the District Attorney of Quee ns County led to the arrest, and prosecution of Richard M. Babeck. 7 of 63 (FILED: QUEENS COUNTY CLERK 0471972024 04:13 PM INDEX NO. 708477/2024 ¥ NYSCEF DOC. 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NO. 1 RECEIVED NYSCEF 04/19/2024 . 15. The issuance of a false financial statement and filing of said false financial statement is likewise an offense under the Penal Law. See Penal Law §§ 175.35 and 175.45. 16. A conspiracy, essentially, an agreement to comm it an offense by a group of Persons, and one overt act by one of the conspirato rs, is unlawful under the Penal Law as well. See Penal Law § 105. 17. CitiMortgage schemed to deprive plaintiff of his property located at 245-11 133 Road, Rosedale, New York without going to trial. Specifically, CitiMortgage each agreed to participate in a sche me to use false and misleading information. CitiMortgage further agreed to hire a lawyer to work in constructing a HUD-1 Settlement Statement that would link the Marc h 31, 2004 and April 1, 2004 Mortgage and Note. CitiMort gage settled with John A. Caminiti, a disbarred lawyer. CitiMortgage conspired to engage John A. Caminiti. 18. On or about November 2, 2020, with those at large, John A. Caminiti produced a HUD-1 Settlement Statement. 19. New York Judiciary Law §486 states that any perso n whose admission to Practice as an attorney and counselor-at-law has been revoked or who has been removed from office as attorney and counselor-at-law or, being an attorney and counselor-at-law, has been convicted of a felony or has been suspended from 9 of 63 = INDEX NO. 708477/2024 { NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/19/2024 ’ cto consueei odT 21 Isionnniil selet bina'te gailit bas Inomoisie lstonsnit selst setwaulil ai inemoisi2 44 wed lanod 992 wel [sted sth iobnu vandtio ne 2hevl bes CL.eUT ineaes -yosiiqenoo A al oe quoig § ¢¢ vansiio ns finineo of no moors ns -glsi 2n02t9q sift asbaw ht ay ai 2roimigeno? od} to ano yd ton evo 910 bas 201 $ vet leed 6% lew 2s wad lee loz ogaynoMni? 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NO. 1 RECEIVED NYSCEF 04/19/2024 » Practice and has not been duly and regularly reinstated , who does any act forbidden by the provisions of this article to be done by any person not regularly admitted to practice law in the courts of record of this state, unless the judgment, decree or order suspending him shall permi t such act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor unless otherwise provided by § 485-A (Violation of certain sections a class E felony). 20. Likewise, Judiciary Law § 478 makes it unlawful for anyone other than a person who has been admitted to practice law in New York and has taken the requisite oath, to practice as an attorney in this state. It is also unlawful for any natural person to practice or appear as an attorney-at-law or as an attorney and counselor-at-law for a person other than himself or herse lf in a court of record in this state. 21. Thus, CitiMortgage helped/aided John A. Caminiti, a disbarred attorney to commit a crime. 22. On November 2, 2020, armed with the forged HUD- 1 Settlement Statement, Citibank, through its attorney Robert Water, moved by notice of motion to amend its Complaint: “Relief Demanded: An Order: (a) Granting leave to CitiMortgage to amend the Complaint in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit "A" pursuant to CPLR 3025(b); and 11 of 63 INDEX NO. 708477/2024 NYSCEF DOC. 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NO. 1 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/19/2024 ~ (b) Granting such other, further and different relie f to CitiMortgage as this Court deems just and proper”. 23. The foregoing allegations constitute a continuo us, integrated scheme to inflate Mr. Trump’s net worth in order to obtain financial benefits. 716. Specifically, 24. Citibank’s attorney Richard M. Babeck’ s cond uct violated a provision of New York’s Penal Law § 175.35. 25. On July 10, 2013, Richard M. Babeck pleaded guilty for filing Marc h 31; 2004 and April 1, 2004 Mortgage and Note, and practicing law without license. 26. In his defense, Richard M. Babeck admi tted Citibank, N.A. directed him to file the March 31, 2004 and April 1, 2004 Mortgage and Note. 27. Citibank’s attorney Richard M. Babeck was sentenced for filing False Instrument and Unlawful Practice of Law without a License under the Penal Law § 175.35. 28. As discussed in detail in the sections that follo w, CitiMortgage employed a number of misleading tactics in real estate, such as title and deed fraud (forged a deed on plaintiff's Property and records the fraudulent deed with the Queens County), fraud and forgery, as part of the overall scheme to fraudulently and falsely took plaintiff's property. Rich ard Babeck pleaded guilty in the Criminal Court of the City of New York, County of Queens, (2012QN044007), that he was directed by CitiMort gage to file the 6 13 of 63 (FILED: QUEENS COUNTY CLERK 0471972024 04:13 PM INDEX NO. 708477/2024 NYSCEF DOC. 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NO. 1 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/19/2024 + 03/31/2004 and 04/01/2004 Mortgage and the Note. On July 10, 2013, Richard Babeck was sentenced in Queens Coun ty for filing False Instrument and Unlawful Practice of Law without a License. A showing of many of the deceptive strategies employed by CitiMortgage inclu des the following, to list just a few: a. In CitiMortgage Notice of Motion for Default Judgment and Order of Reference, Affirmation pursuant to Admin Order 431/11 or Certificate of Merit, in, submitted to the Court for an Order for a default judgment and Order of Reference by their attorney Robert Wate r Frommer, the March 31, 2004 Note, and the Mortgage, is without Loan Number and with the signature of Margaret A. Bezy, First Vice President; whereas in, the same March 31, 2004 Note and the Mortgage, is with a Loan Number! and without the signature of Margaret A. Bezy, First Vice President. The signatures on the Plaintiff Maurice Oparaji and the Wife Ada Oparaji on the Mortgage and on the notarizations were forged. No Identification of Plaintiff Maurice Oparaji and the Wife Ada Opara ji as the signer is/was presented or/and recorded as proof of identity. The purp orted Mortgage was said to have been taken place on March 31, 2004; whereas, it was purported to be notarized before the Notary Publi c on April 1, 2004. In ' The Loan Number redacted. 15 of 63 (FILED: QUEENS COUNTY CLERK 0471972024 04:13 PM INDEX NO. 708477/2024 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/19/2024 E108 .O1 dul nO stn 9ift bar egsgtioM LOCSALOWO des HOON ECO brerloisl jnsmrtent satel gnilii 13) nue enoquO) ni besmainee enw dvodsél sctoed fiiwelnU brs onftio ysntto gnivrode A gafeoid 8 Woiliw ws. Vio esigsistia svitqessb ot .qusiwoliot oft esbuloni sgsgnoMilid yd beyolqsis serot @ ja