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incorporated in Colorado with its main office at 1881 Ninth Street, Suite 201, Boulder, Colorado<br />

80302, and is therefore a citizen of Colorado. Exercise of jurisdiction over Stratus is reasonable<br />

and proper in this District for the reasons set forth in paragraph 27, infra.<br />

16. Defendant Douglas Beltman ("Beltman") is an Executive Vice President of<br />

Stratus. Beltman is an individual residing in Colorado, with an intention to reside there<br />

indefinitely, and is therefore a citizen of Colorado. Exercise of jurisdiction over Beltman is<br />

reasonable and proper in this District for the reasons set forth in paragraph 27, infra.<br />

17. Defendant Ann Maest ("Maest") is a Managing Scientist at Stratus. Maest is an<br />

individual residing in Colorado, with an intention to reside there indefinitely, and is therefore a<br />

citizen of Colorado. Exercise of jurisdiction over Maest is reasonable and proper in this District<br />

for the reasons set forth in paragraph 27, infra.<br />

Non-Party Co-Conspirators<br />

18. Certain other non-party individuals and business entities played roles, direct or<br />

indirect, in the scheme to defraud and extort Chevron. Foremost among these individuals and<br />

business entities are the following:<br />

a. Joseph Kohn ("Kohn") of the law firm Kohn Swift & Graf P.c. is an attorney<br />

who was a "consulting" attorney for the Amazon Defense Front in the Lago Agrio<br />

Litigation, and a primary source of funds for that litigation and for many ofthe<br />

illegal activities described in this Amended Complaint. Kohn is a resident of<br />

Pennsylvania.<br />

b. Kohn Swift & GrafP.C. ("Kohn Swift") is a professional corporation located at<br />

One South Broad Street, Suite 2100, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107. Kohn<br />

Swift has bankrolled the Lago Agrio Litigation as one of its "flagship cases" and<br />

funded the co-conspirators' other illegal activities.<br />

c. Joshua Lipton ("Lipton") is the President of Stratus and is a resident of Colorado.<br />

Together with the RICO Defendants, Lipton coordinated and oversaw the use of<br />

Stratus and other resources by the RICO Defendants to ghostwrite the Cabrera<br />

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