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Report, procuring baseless criminal charges against Chevron's attorneys in Ecuador, colluding<br />

with Ecuadorian officials and pressuring the Lago Agrio court to ensure a negative outcome for<br />

Chevron in the Lago Agrio Litigation, and threatening and causing threats to be made to Chevron<br />

directly and through its shareholders. In addition, the Law Offices of Steven R. Donziger and<br />

Donziger & Associates, PLLC have engaged in obstruction of justice by filing and/or causing to<br />

be filed in multiple U.S. courts documents, including declarations sworn under penalty of<br />

perjury, falsely representing that Cabrera was an independent expert and otherwise<br />

misrepresenting the RICO Defendants' interactions with Cabrera. Also, the Law Offices of<br />

Steven R. Donziger and Donziger & Associates, PLLC have committed wire fraud and engaged<br />

in money laundering by knowingly causing funds to be transported, transmitted, or transferred<br />

from the United States to Selva Viva, Yanza, the Front, and other parties with the intent that such<br />

payments would fund the RICO Defendants' criminal activity. The Law Offices of Steven R.<br />

Donziger has also engaged in witness tampering through Donziger's knowing intimidation,<br />

threats, misleading conduct, and corrupt persuasion toward Dr. Calmbacher with the specific<br />

intent to influence, delay, and prevent Dr. Calmbacher's testimony in the Northern District of<br />

Georgia. In addition, the Law Offices of Steven R. Donziger also tampered with the testimony<br />

of Mark Quarles by paying him for his affidavit and by concealing the RICO Defendants'<br />

involvement with Cabrera and the Cabrera Report.<br />

368. Defendant Fajardo has committed numerous mail and wire fraud<br />

violations, including those identified in Appendix B in which Fajardo used or caused to be used<br />

the mail or wires in furtherance ofthe RICO Defendants' scheme to defraud. Fajardo has also<br />

engaged in extortion of Chevron and fraudulent conduct by participating in a campaign of public<br />

attacks based on false and misleading statements about Chevron and the Lago Agrio Litigation<br />

(including in a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative), by manufacturing and causing to be<br />

manufactured false evidence, and by applying pressure to Ecuadorian government officials to<br />

procure baseless criminal charges against Chevron's attorneys. In addition, Fajardo has engaged<br />

in obstruction of justice by filing or causing to be filed in numerous U.S. courts documents,<br />

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