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JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO (CASBN 44332) United States Attorney BRIAN J. STRETCH (CASBN 163973) Chief, Criminal Division JEFFREY R. FINIGAN (CASBN 168285) Assistant United States Attorney 450 Golden Gate Avenue San Francisco, California 94102 Telephone: (415) 436-7232 Facsimile: (415) 436-7234 Email: [email protected]

Attorneys for Plaintiff UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. CR 07-0415 SI GOVERNMENT'S NOTICE OF RELATED CASES

15 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 16 17 v. Plaintiff,

18 ALENA GRIN, 19 20 21 22 23 v. Defendant. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff,

No. CR 08-0043 PJH

DMITRI GLAZNIKOV, and 24 MAXIM LEONTEV 25 26 27 28 Notice of Related Cases Defendants.

Case 3:08-cr-00043-SI

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The government hereby files notice pursuant to Crim. L.R.8-1 and Civ. L. R. 3-12 that the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 newly-assigned case, United States v. Dmitri Glaznikov and Maxim Leontev, No. CR 08-0043 PJH and United States v. Alena Grin, No. CR 07-0415 SI are related and the new matter, which has been assigned to the Honorable Phyllis J. Hamilton, United States District Court Judge, may be reassigned to the Honorable Susan Illston, United States District Court Judge, who presided over the earlier filed matter. The three named defendants were all involved in a scheme to defraud whereby they received stolen bank account information from Russia and then downloaded the information onto access devices, which they then used at ATMs throughout San Francisco to make unauthorized withdrawals. They lived together during much of the time frame

10 covered in the indictment in No. CR 08-0043 PJH. Ms. Grin was separately charged in CR 0711 0415 SI and has already entered a guilty plea, which explains the different case number for 12 Messrs. Glaznikov and Leontev. The evidence in the matters is virtually the same and Judge 13 Illston is already familiar with the Grin matter by virtue of presiding over the case through the 14 entry of guilty pleas. Ms Grin will also be sentenced by Judge Illston. The actions will entail 15 substantial duplication of labor and unnecessary expenses if heard by different judges. 16 Assignment of these actions to a single judge is likely to conserve judicial resources and 17 promote an efficient determination of the actions. 18 Accordingly, the United States respectfully requests the Court to order that the newly filed

19 action of CR 08-0043 PJH is related to the previously filed matter in CR 07-0415 SI and is 20 therefore reassigned to Judge Illston. 21 22 DATED: January 31, 2008 23 24 25 26 27 28 Notice of Related Cases 2 __________/s/______________________ JEFFREY R. FINIGAN Assistant United States Attorney Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO United States Attorney