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IN RE AGAPE LITIGATION

No. 09-CV-1782 (ADS)(AKT). Master File No. 09-CV-1606 (ADS)(AKT).

773 F.Supp.2d 298 (2011)

In re AGAPE LITIGATION. This Document Relates to All Actions. Adrianne Clarke, TL Horizons LLC, Maximilian Enterprises LLC and Equity Trust Company Custodian fbo Adrianne Clark IRA, Plaintiffs, v. Nicholas Cosmo, Agape World Inc., Agape Merchant Advance LLC, Agape World LLC, Anthony Massaro, David Petry, Hugo Leon Arias, Sebastian Tauz, Marty Hartmann, Sr., Marty Hartmann, Jr., Elizabeth (last name unknown), Laurie Savarese, Bank of America, N.A., Alaron Trading Corporation d/b/a Alaron Futures & Options, XYZ Corps 1-10, John Doe 1-10, Jane Doe 8A, Company 1, Company 2, and John Does 11-200, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

March 29, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, by: Edward Y. Kroub, Esq. , Robert M. Rothman, Esq. , of Counsel, Melville, NY, for the Class Action Plaintiffs.

Law Offices of Christopher J. Gray, P.C., by: Christopher J. Gray, Esq. , of Counsel, New York, NY, for the Class Action Plaintiffs.

Louis F. Burke P.C., by: Louis F. Burke, Esq. , of Counsel, New York, NY, for the Class Action Plaintiffs.

Zamansky & Associates, by: Edward H. Glenn, Jr., Esq. , Jacob H. Zamansky, Esq. , Kevin Dugald Galbraith, Esq. , of Counsel, New York, NY, for the Class Action Plaintiffs.

Edward K. Blodnick & Associates, P.C., by: Edward K. Blodnick, Esq. , of Counsel, Garden City, NY, for the Clarke Plaintiffs.

Tacopina & Siegel, PC, by: Chad D. Siegel, Esq. , of Counsel, New York, NY, for Defendant, Anthony Massaro.

Law Office of Ira S. Newman, by: Ira S. Newman, Esq. , of Counsel, Great Neck, NY, for Defendant, Sebastian Tauz.

Law Offices of Howard E. Greenberg, P.C., by: Howard E. Greenberg, Esq. , of Counsel, Smithtown, NY, for Defendants Marty Hartmann, Sr. and Marty Hartmann, Jr.

Arnold & Porter LLP, by: Michael D. Schissel, Esq. , Erik Christopher Walsh, Esq. , Pamela Addison Miller, Esq. , of Counsel, New York, NY, for Defendant, Bank of America, N.A.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

SPATT, District Judge.

Investors in a Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Nicholas Cosmo ("Cosmo") through Agape Merchant Advance LLC, Agape World Bridges, LLC, and Agape World Inc. (collectively "Agape") commenced these two cases, In re Agape Litigation, 09-CV-1606 (the "Class Action Plaintiffs") and Clarke v. Cosmo, 09-CV-1782 (the "Clarke Plaintiffs" and together with the Class Action Plaintiffs "the Plaintiffs...

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