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    U.S. District Court rules that accounting firm can halt unsuccessful
    efforts to contact 16 descendants of Armenian Genocide victims

    http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=6C7B5AD0-4442-11E2-B634F6327207157C
    Wednesday, December 12, 12:57

    A U.S. District Court judge ruled this week that an accounting firm
    can halt what so far have been unsuccessful efforts to contact 16
    descendants of Armenian Genocide victims who are due payouts from an
    insurance fund, Glendale News-Press reports.

    Judge Christina Snyder said the numerous attempts by Holthouse,
    Carlin, and Van Trigt to reach out to the final batch of 159 claimants
    had been sufficient.

    There is less than $500,000 left in the settlement account, according
    to the latest status report filed in court.

    Snyder also ruled that the attorneys working on the case - Mark
    Geragos, Brian Kabateck and Roman Silberfeld - can spend up to $15,000
    to continue trying to contact the non-responsive

    To that end, Snyder ruled that all settlement money set aside by
    French insurer Axa S.A. shall remain in the compensation fund.

    Snyder also ruled that the money due to four claimants who have since
    died should be paid to their descendants so long as they can prove
    they are heirs.

    Snyder also ordered banks that handled past settlement transactions to
    hand over various forms and documents to see if any fraudulent
    transactions have occurred.

    The request comes in the wake of questionable financial activities
    involving Los Angeles attorney Berj Boyajian, who endorsed 17 checks
    totaling more than $312,000 that were made payable to compensation
    claimants.

    He then deposited them into an account called Boyajian and Associates
    at Union Bank.

    The original lawsuit stems from allegations made by Glendale-based
    attorneyVartkes Yeghiayan that there were accounting discrepancies in
    the fund set up by Axa S.A.

    He had initially requested an audit of all 3,000 claims.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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