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Re law suits, fraud and criminal acts. The AG used the Martin Act to investigate The Manhattan Club as most of you know. I have included a link a PDF document below where you can read to your heart's content about the Martin Act. In addition to describing conditions under which the AG can reopen a case and other detail, an important point is that the Martin Act provides both both Civil and Criminal prosecution per below (copied from the aforementioned PDF). It is entirely possible that the settlement in toto include no criminal prosecution. ENFORCEMENT POWERS The Martin Act vests the attorney general with wide-ranging enforcement powers. The attorney general may, where appropriate, commence: Investigations (either confidential or public) into fraudulent practices (N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law §§ 352, 354-55). Civil proceedings for injunctive relief or restitution (N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 353). Criminal prosecutions (N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 358). John Copy and past this link https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jonesday.com%2Ffiles%2FPublication%2Fcc6cfc9e-1517-4707-958d-8ea80d2042c2%2FPresentation%2FPublicationAttachment%2F9be275fc-e882-499c-9045-9a429519ab82%2FFebMar15_%2520NYSupplement_MartinActFeature.pdf&data=02%7C01%7C%7C4faf321c81b24a50c09f08d5be5b1476%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636624220745306911&sdata=cR2qYBI0p50gTuKClpT0jMeC%2BE4Rns2qpZOp6uszuBw%3D&reserved=0 [Q=roberts714] There's one major problem with your logic Chris. The State of NY and Eichner signed the settlement agreement. Under what grounds does the NYAG re-open it? The lead attorney for the NYAG resigned under the threat of potential wrong doing. To the best of my knowledge he hasn't been convicted of doing anything wrong. There have been allegations in the media of bad personal behavior. I'm not aware of any proof that Schneiderman didn't do his job. Not to be political but our legal system isn't set up for do-overs. If you could re-open the case the State would be risking that Eichner would be found of lessor violations. Right now we have a settlement in place that forces Eichner out of control and precludes him from doing more timeshare business in the state. IMHO we should be building on the findings the NYAG left us and not backtracking.[/Q]