DIRAUF v. BERGER

Civ. No. 20-5601 (KM) (ESK).

506 F.Supp.3d 254 (2020)

Kunlgunda DIRAUF, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Lawrence S. BERGER, Eckart R. Straub, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

Signed December 11, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Owen Marcus , Victoria R. Pekerman , Shapiro Croland Reiser Apfel & Di Iorio, LLP, Hackensack, NJ, for Plaintiffs Kunlgunda Dirauf, Ludwig Dirauf, Bruno Eckl, Hildegard Eckl, Doris Fabian, Alexander Fischer, Gerhard Flaig, Karin Flaig, Daniel Gebert, Fritz Gebert, Monika Gebert, Thomas Gebert, Helga Haag, Martin Haag, Anny Hanisch, Anton Hell, Alfred Herrmann, Irene Herrmann, Walter Horber, Christina Klenk, Hermann Klenk (Deceased), Alfons Eckl (Deceased), Volodymyr Koltyarov, Andreas Lober, Erika Marquardt, Manfred Marquardt, Daniel Neff, Marliese Neff, Werner Neff, Erwin Pfeifroth, Dobernek Rainer, Gabriele Reichel, Walter Schmidt, Waltraud Schmidt, Edwin Schott, Ingrid Schott, Ingrid Schott (As Successor to Hermann Schott), Melanie Schroth, Friedrich Schumann, Gudrun Schumann, Karl Stahl, Hans Stein, Christian Strobel, Friedrich Strobel, Hildegard Strobel, Timo Strobel, Dieter Vogt, Karl Weckert, Georg Weybrecht, Eugen Wolz.

Victoria R. Pekerman , Shapiro Croland Reiser Apfel & Di Iorio, LLP, Hackensack, NJ, for Plaintiff Gunther Fabian.

William J. Pinilis , Pinilis Halpern, Morristown, NJ, for Defendants Lawrence S. Berger, Berger And Bornstein Limited Liability Company, 18 Central Shopping Center, L.P., 299 Jefferson Road Limited Partnership, Bank Building Associates Limited Partnership, Blair Road Associates LP, Branchburg Plaza Investors LP, Carlstadt Building Associates, L.P., Express Distribution Building Associates, L.P., Hazelwood Avenue Associates, Limited Partnership, Industrial Avenue Investors, Limited Partnership, King Shopping Center LP, Macarthur Plaza, Limited Partnership, Milik Street Associates Limited Partnership, New Milik Street Property LP, Route 206 Shopping Center, Limited Partnership, Union Shopping Plaza Associates, L.P., United States Land Resources LP, United States Realty Resources, Inc., USLR New Durham Road Associates, L.P., Washington Shopping Center Inc., Washington Shopping Center Investors, Limited Partnership, Waterford Investors LP.

Elliot David Ostrove , Epstein Ostrove LLC, Edison, NJ, for Defendant Success Theuhandgesellschaft GmbH.

Vahbiz P. Karanjia , Elliot David Ostrove , Epstein Ostrove, LLC, Edison, NJ, for Defendant Eckart R. Straub.


OPINION

This is a financial fraud case involving parties residing in the United States and Germany. Plaintiffs are a group of German individuals who allege they were defrauded in a financial scheme perpetrated by the defendants. The defendants are numerous limited partnerships, a German business association, and...

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