Re: Request regarding Noam Chomsky

Dear Sam,

Noam has requested that we look into a discrepancy on his behalf regarding a RMD distribution made on January 22, 2015 in the amount of $187,000. He states that he has been unable to determine where these funds went. In your records, it shows this distribution was made to the Noam Chomsky Revocable Trust and then subsequently wired to his checking account. Noam states that a deposit was made into his checking account on that date in the amount of $70,000, but not the full amount. We can also see from your records that distributions totalling $150,000 were made from the Noam Chomsky Revocable Trust during the period of January 26, 2015 — February 4, 2015, which may account for some of these funds, but not the total, and none of these distributions show a wire/deposit into the checking account. We are unable to go any further in our investigation as we have no other records to check.

Please let me know with whom on your team I can coordinate to look into this matter so that we can provide Noam with full detail into the disbursements associated with the $187,000 RMD. Thank you, in advance, for your assistance.

Warm regards,

Deborah

We never received any information about this. Did you find out anything?

Noam

Dear Noam,

Sam indicated he would get back to me and I did not hear anything further.

Best,

Deborah

That's curious. Could you write again, and if he doesn't respond quickly we'll have to think about further action. That's a lot of money to just disappear.

Noam

I haven't heard from you about this matter yet. It has been a long time. Can you let me know how things now stand.

Noam

Dear Noam,

I will follow up with Sam today as to the status of his response to my previous request. Beyond that, I will not be able to assist you in pursuit of any further action against Bain, due to my firm's previously disclosed conflict.

Best,

Deborah

I hadn't realized that the conflict discussed in connection with Gene's proposal extending to pursuing the matter of the apparent disappearance of these funds. If Bainco continues to refuse to provide information, I will then have to pursue other methods.