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probation. The sentencing judge provided that husband could
reduce the length of his sentence by making restitution. The
sentencing judge rejected husband’s claim of indigence: “[T]he
court feels confident that you have either secreted funds or you
have placed funds in trust to other family members so that funds
are available.”
Christa Karin Mueller Trust
The Christa Karin Mueller Trust (the trust) was established
by agreement dated April 30, 1989, between petitioner, as
grantor, and husband’s brothers, as trustees. Petitioner is the
sole vested beneficiary under the trust. The trust is governed
by the laws of Germany.
The trust was funded with stocks and bonds with a cost basis
of $1,057,852.09 and an approximate fair market value at the time
of transfer of $1,150,509. The stocks and bonds were transferred
from accounts with Prudential-Bache and Shearson Lehman Hutton
Inc., held in petitioner’s name alone. The trust funds are
managed by Dresdner Bank located in Luxembourg.
Petitioner received at least one distribution from the trust
in the amount of $13,700 in 1990, and approximately $100,000 in
distributions in 1991 through 1993. On or about July 12, 1994,
petitioner obtained $450,000 by wire from the trust, which funds
were used to post cash bail (the cash bail) for husband in the
case leading to the 1994 conviction.
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