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Case 3:02-cr-00264-AHN

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Filed 02/22/2005

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. WALTER A. FORBES and E. KIRK SHELTON

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No. 3:02CR00264 (AWT) February 22, 2005

AFFIRMATION OF MARK GERBER (1) My name is Mark Gerber, and I am a Special Agent

of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who is one of the two FBI case agents assigned to the above-captioned case. John Pittman was the other assigned FBI agent. Special Agent

United States

Postal Inspection Service Agent Patricia Matthews was the investigator from that agency who was assigned to this case. (2) I am submitting this affirmation in response to

the Court's order dated February 8, 2005, directing the Government to provide the Court with a general breakdown of the incremental costs to the FBI and USPIS for trying this case in Hartford, Connecticut rather than in the District of New Jersey. (3) The incremental costs to the FBI and USPIS were as follows: Lodging: Meals: Other (travel and parking): Total: $73,500 26,700 3,400 $103,600

Case 3:02-cr-00264-AHN

Document 1473-3

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Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I affirm under the penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

/s/ Mark Gerber MARK GERBER

Executed at Newark, New Jersey February 18, 2005

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