METROPOLITAN BANK & TRUST CO. v. LOPEZ

Index No. 159395/17. Appeal No. 12552. Case No. 2020-01472.

189 A.D.3d 443 (2020)

137 N.Y.S.3d 319

2020 NY Slip Op 07285

Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co., Appellant, v. Ma. Victoria "Marivic" S. Lopez et al., Defendants, and Maria Sta. Ana Lopez, Now Known as Lorainne Marie S. Lopez Lannon, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided December 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pavia & Harcourt LLP, New York ( Brandon C. Sherman of counsel), for appellant.

The Law Office of Thomas M. Mullaney, New York ( Thomas M. Mullaney of counsel), for respondent.

Concur—Friedman, J.P., Kapnick, Gesmer, Kern, Shulman, JJ.


Plaintiff Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (the Bank) is a bank located and organized in the Philippines, and defendant Lannon is the daughter of codefendants Marivic Lopez (Marivic) and Lorenzo Villegas Lopez (Lorenzo). According to the complaint, Marivic embezzled millions of dollars from the Bank over the course of more than 15 years, using the money to purchase property in this country and abroad in the names of Lorenzo and Lannon, who are alleged, upon information and...

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