Ernie Ganz seems to have taken the authorized facet of his clawback lawsuit into his personal fingers…
…and issues are going precisely as you’d think about they might.
The Site visitors Monsoon Receivership has been attempting to serve Ernie Ganz (proper) since late April.
Between April twenty fifth and twenty ninth, service on Ganz was tried thrice.
Every time an “older man, 60’s, bald, white, 250 kilos with glasses” answered the door. Upon tried service, the “older man” knowledgeable the method server that “his son doesn’t reside at this handle”.
The prompted confusion with the service company, who reported again that the offered handle was unhealthy.
Following a skip hint and additional analysis by the Receivership, it was confirmed that Ganz nonetheless lived on the offered handle.
Our skip hint reveals that Mr. Ganz nonetheless lives on the given addresss, the person [Ms. Troup] spoke to seems to be the defendant we’re in search of.
His full identify is Ernest Ganz III, his sons [sic] identify is Ernest Ganz IV so he could have assumed he was the one they had been in search of.
Play dumb they usually go away. That’s how clawback lawsuits work proper?
Upon returning to Ganz’s residence, he continued to refuse service as a result of “III” was omitted from his identify.
As soon as that was fastened up, Ganz was served on Might sixteenth.
On Might twenty first Ganz’s employed lawyer made contact with the Receivership.
This correspondence result in 4 extensions to the time Ganz had to answer the lawsuit.
Every extension was consented to on good religion, below the proviso Ganz was contemplating settlement choices.
The final extension gave Ganz till July twenty fifth to answer the lawsuit.
On July fifteenth Ganz ditched his lawyer. The very last thing his lawyer did was inform Ganz of this deadline.
Not solely did Ganz fail to answer the clawback lawsuit, he’s did not make any additional contact with the Receiver.
On August nineteenth the Receiver filed for an entry of default in opposition to Ganz.
On August twentieth the courtroom clerk recorded the requested entry of default.
A recorded entry of default paves the way in which for default judgment, pending a movement submitting by the Receiver at a later date.
Ernie Ganz was a high net-winner within the Site visitors Monsoon Ponzi scheme.
The Receiver filed clawback litigation in opposition to Ganz after calculating he stole $448,369 from Site visitors Monsoon victims.