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Reports, Articles, Motions, Opinions Concerning Dean & Moore Insurance, Inc. Bankruptcy Preferential, Fraudulent Transfer Avoidance Adversary Proceeding Litigation

Chapter 7 Trustee Starts Dean & Moore Insurance, Inc. Bankruptcy Transfer Avoidance Proceedings

On August 5, 2011, Tamara Miles Ogier, Trustee in the Dean & Moore Insurance, Inc. Bankruptcy, commenced Chapter 5 preferential transfer recovery litigation with the filing of 29 complaints – 23 complaints include Georgia fraudulent conveyance claims O.C.G.A. Sec. 18-2-70; 12 include Section 548 fraudulent conveyance claims; certain complaints also include equitable subordination, other state law claims and a preferential transfer claim complaints in the Northern District of Georgia (Atlanta). The Debtor operated an insurance agency. The Trustee admits that the Debtor conducted both “legitimate and illegitimate” operations. The Trustee claims, however, that the Debtor’s activities constituted a Ponzi scheme, based in part on “obtaining policies for fictitious persons and entities and other activities that allowed Debtor to obtain funds through fraudulent representations.”