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U.S. v. Thomas Petters - federal fraud prosecution and related cases

 (updated: 3-22-2012)


In this section we have compiled the court dockets & many of the public documents from the federal criminal fraud prosecution of Thomas Petters & his codefendants, and related litigation. The dockets and court documents are the official documents obtained from Pacer, which you can access here free of charge. 

The dockets for the various related cases are set out below, arranged in these categories:
Farther down in the page you will find spreadsheets, compiled by my office from fee applications and court orders, detailing the expenditures the receivers and trustees have made for attorneys and professional fees.  Since October 2008, the receivers and trustees have spent over $66 million on attorneys and professional fees.  These fees were paid from the receivership and bankruptcy estates, diminishing the funds left to compensate victims and creditors.



Receivership & related civil cases:

Acorn's Appeal to the Eighth Circuit Re: Petters Aircraft Leasing  (09-2548)

Apriven Partners, LP et al v. Petters Group Worldwide, LLC   (08-5373) (ADM/JSM)

Interlachen Harriet Investments Limited v. Petters Group Worldwide  (08-5312)  (closed)

Petters § 1345 civil injunction and receivership case:  U.S. v. Thomas Petters (08-5348) (ADM/JSM)
Ritchie v. Coleman - RICO suit   (12-270)  (ADM/JJG)

Ritchie v. Jeffries - RICO Suit - Minnesota   (10-668)  (ADM/JJG)
Seattle Employees Retirement System v. Epsilon Global Active Value Fund  (10-555)  (closed)

S.E.C. v. Acorn  (11-723)  (ADM/JSN)

S.E.C. V. Arrowhead, LLC
   (11-03303)   (RHK-JJK)

S.E.C. v. Lancelot  (09-1750)  (ADM/JSN) 

S.E.C. v. Prevost  (10-4235)  (PAM /SRN)  (closed)

Tradex Global Master Fund SPC LTD. et al v. Blue Point Management LTD, PricewaterhouseCoopers, et al.  (09-1736) (JMR/JJG)  (closed)




Criminal Cases:

Petters' criminal case:  U.S. v. Thomas Petters  (08-364) (RHK/AJB)
U.S. v. Bell   (09-269) (PAM-1)

U.S. v. Catain   (08-302) (RHK-FLN-1)

U.S. v. Coleman (08-304) (RHK-1)

U.S. v. Katz  (09-243) (PAM-1)

U.S. v. Palm   (11-121) (RHK)

U.S. v. Reynolds  (08-320) (RHK-1)
U.S. v. Vennes   (11-141)  (JRT/JJK)

U.S. v. Wehmhoff   (08-387) (RHK-1)

U.S. v. White  (08-299) (RHK-1)

Bankruptcy cases:

Ark Discovery bankruptcy   (09-17079)
Edge One bankruptcy  (08-45330)
Kelley vs. Metro Gem, Inc.   (10-04352)


Kelley vs. Ritchie Capital Management   (10-04440)


Lancelot bankruptcy   (08-28225)
MGC Finanace bankruptcy  (08-45331)
Palm Beach Finance Holdings bankruptcy  (08-45392)
Palm Beach Finance Partners bankruptcy  (09-36379)
Palm Beach Finance Partners vs. M & I Bank   (09-02530)  (closed)


Palm Beach Finance Partners vs. BMO Harris Bank   (11-03015)


PAC Funding bankruptcy  (08-45371)
PC Funding bankruptcy  (08-45326)
PCE bankruptcy  (08-46620)
PCI bankruptcy  (08-45257)
Petters Aviation bankruptcy   (08-45136)   (closed 11/23/11)

Petters Capital bankruptcy  (09-43847)
PGW bankruptcy  (08-45258)
PL Ltd bankruptcy  (08-45329)
Polaroid bankruptcy  (08-46617)
SPF Funding bankruptcy  (08-45328)
Sun Country Airlines bankruptcy  (08-35197)  (closed 9/27/11)
Spreadsheets summarizing fee applications & orders


Recovered funds vs. expenditures in the Petters cases


Firms & Billings - Totals for all cases

Actual & Projected Fees to January 1, 2011 - Totals for ALL cases

Actual & Projected Fees to January 1, 2011 - Petters §1345

Actual & Projected Fees to June 1, 2011 - PCI/PGW bankruptcy

Actual & Projected Fees to January 1, 2011 - Polaroid bankruptcy


Highest Billers per Average Monthly Fees in ALL cases

Actual & Projected Fees to January 1, 2012 - Kelley & Wolter only

Actual & Projected Fees to January 1, 2012 - Lindquist & Vennum only

Actual & Projected Fees to January 1, 2012 - PricewaterhouseCoopers only

List of High Billers (by their own reckoning) in the Polaroid Bankruptcy case


Fees Requests & Orders - Petters § 1345

Fees Requests & Orders - PCI/PGW bankruptcy

Fees Requests & Orders - Polaroid bankruptcy

Fees Requests & Orders - Petters Capital bankruptcy


Fees Requests & Orders - Petters Aviation bankruptcy


Spreadsheets summarizing assets disposition

Assets Charts for the Petters § 1345 case

Assets Charts for the Polaroid bankruptcy

Assets Charts for the PCI/PGW bankruptcy

Assets Charts for Petters Capital bankruptcy

Assets Charts for Petters Aviation bankruptcy


Superceded Spreadsheets

Superceded Projected Fees Tables

Actual & Projected Fees to Dec. 1, 2009 - Totals for ALL cases

Actual & Projected Fees to April 1, 2010 - Totals for ALL cases

Actual & Projected Fees to September 1, 2010 - Totals for ALL cases