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Feds sue developer Premier over raid on retirement accounts

Executives of defunct Indianapolis developer Premier Properties USA Inc. are negotiating to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Labor that claims the company raided employee retirement accounts in a last-ditch bid to save itself in early 2008.

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Metropolis mall purchased by Israel firms

Aviv Arlon Global Ltd. pays $52 million for shopping center, which was in court-appointed receivership. Former real estate firm Premier
Properties USA Inc. developed Metropolis, with an investment of $160 million.

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Criminal charges possible in Premier blowup

Authorities are considering pursuing criminal charges against Christopher P. White and other executives at Premier Properties
USA Inc. in connection with deepening troubles at the local development firm, sources familiar with the matter told IBJ.

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Premier lays off workers as lawsuits, debt pile up

Premier Properties USA Inc. has eliminated about half its headquarters staff—more than 40 employees—as banks seize
several of its properties and CEO Christopher P. White faces a barrage of new lawsuits alleging unpaid bills, defaulted loans,
illegally redirected rent payments and check fraud.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Financial travails dog ‘mystery man’ at helm of Premier Properties

An IBJ review of hundreds of pages of public records shows Christopher P. White and his Premier
Properties USA Inc. are facing major financial and legal challenges. The most glaring signs of trouble: Contractors have filed
more than $3.5 million in liens against Premier’s retail properties in Plainfield; the state of Indiana is trying to
recover $375,000 in sales taxes on White’s airplane; and the contractor who renovated his Lake Clearwater mansion
is suing him to recover more than $600,000 in unpaid bills.

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Premier Properties founder gets home detention for fraud

A judge on Wednesday afternoon sentenced Christopher P. White to one year on home detention and three years of probation in
connection with a $500,000 bad check he wrote last year as he tried to save his real estate development firm, Premier Properties
USA Inc.

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Developer’s fraud trial enters second day

Marion County prosecutors this morning began making their case that Christopher P. White knowingly wrote a bad check for $500,000
last year in a desperate attempt to save his Indianapolis-based development firm, Premier Properties USA Inc.

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BREAKING: Jury finds Premier’s White guilty

A Marion County jury this evening found Christopher P. White guilty of three Class C felonies related to a $500,000 bad check
he wrote last year in a last-ditch attempt to save his locally based development firm, Premier Properties USA Inc.

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Hundreds turn out for White auction

More than 1,000 people from nine states attended an auction Saturday of hundreds
of items seized from Christopher P. White, the founder of bankrupt developer Premier Properties USA Inc.

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Trustee working to determine Premier assets

A bankruptcy trustee is planning an auction of Premier Properties USA Inc.’s
remaining office furniture while struggling to get a handle on what other assets remain for the defunct developer.

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Boberschmidt appointed Premier trustee

Philip Boberschmidt of the downtown law firm of Boberschmidt and Powers has
been appointed trustee to oversee liquidation of Premier Properties USA – a task that begins today.

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Premier Properties to be liquidated

A judge reclassified the bankruptcy status of Premier Properties USA today,
clearing the way for a U.S. trustee to take hold of the company and begin selling its assets.

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