Case 3:18-cr-04683-GPC Document 397 Filed 04/29/22 PageID.6047 Page 1 of 4
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`RANDY S. GROSSMAN
`United States Attorney
`MELANIE K. PIERSON
`SABRINA L. FEVE
`Assistant U.S. Attorneys
`California Bar No. 112520/226590
`Office of the U.S. Attorney
`880 Front Street, Room 6293
`San Diego, CA 92101
`Tel: (619) 546-7976
`Fax: (619) 546-0631
`Email:Melanie.Pierson@usdoj.gov/Sabrina.Feve@usdoj.gov
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`CANDINA S. HEATH
`Senior Counsel
`Texas Bar No. 09347450
`Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section
`U.S. Department of Justice
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`Tel: (202) 307-1049
`Email: Candina.Heath2@usdoj.gov
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`United States of America
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
`UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
`Case No.: 18cr4683-GPC
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`GOVERNMENT’S AMENDED
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`Plaintiff,
`NOTICE OF AUTHENTICTION
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`PURSUANT TO FED. R. EVID.
`v.
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`902(11) & (13)
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`JACOB BYCHAK (1),
`MARK MANOOGIAN (2),
`ABDUL MOHAMMED QAYYUM (3), and
`PETR PACAS (4),
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`Defendants.
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`COMES NOW the plaintiff, United States of America, by and through its counsel,
`Randy S. Grossman, United States Attorney, and Assistant United States Attorneys
`Melanie K. Pierson, Sabrina L. Fève, and Computer Crime and Intellectual Property
`Section Senior Counsel Candy Heath, and hereby files its above-referenced Amended
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`Notice of Authentication, based on the files and records in this case, and the attached
`Exhibit.
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`I.
`INTRODUCTION
`On March 18, 2022, the United States filed notice of its intent to authenticate
`business and electronic evidence, pursuant to Federal Rules of Evidence 902(11) and 902
`(13). [ECF 347.] The records in questions were provided to the defense for inspection and
`copying, and were disclosed in electronic form, along with the certificates of authenticity.
`In a footnote to a response to a motion in limine, the defense stated that the defendants “do
`not consent to the admissibility or relevance of the certifications.” [ECF 360-1, p. 2, fn.
`1]. To avoid delay at trial resulting from repeated appearances by record’s custodians
`appearing for the sole purpose of authenticating their records, the government requests that
`the court rule that the records in question can be authenticated by the attached certificates
`of authenticity. This request is not intended to preclude authentication by other means
`permissible under law.
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`II.
`AUTHENTICATION PURSUANT TO FED. R. EVID. 902(11) & (13)
`The United States intends to authenticate business records and records generated by
`an electronic process, pursuant to Federal Rules of Evidence 902(11) and 902(13) and
`consistent with Rule 803(6), using a certification from a custodian of records relating to
`those business records. Specifically, the United States intends to so authenticate the trial
`exhibits set forth below obtained from the following entities: the American Registry of
`Internet Numbers (ARIN), Amobee (successor-in-interest to Adconion and Frontline
`Direct), Telic, GoDaddy, Hostwinds, Cogent Communications, Tucows (successor-in-
`interest to Enom), Moniker, the Goodman Law Firm, Native Rank (successor-in-interest
`to GetAds), the Mata Group, PayPal, Name.com, the States of Louisiana and Delaware and
`CPH Resources. The certificates of the custodians of records have been previously
`produced as discovery, and are attached hereto as Exhibit 1. The table below identifies the
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`Government’s Amended Notice of Intent to
`Authenticate under FRE 902(11) & (13)
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`record holder, the trial exhibit number of the Certificate of Authenticity, and the trial
`exhibits (by number) sought to be authenticated.
`COA
`Records
`Records
`Exhibit No.
`Holders
`207
`Broadcloud
`218
`Goodman
`Law Firm
`Moniker
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`15
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`18
`19
`20
`21
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`24
`25
`26
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`28
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`224
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`225
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`226
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`227
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`228
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`229
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`230
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`231
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`Trial Exhibit Nos.
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`585
`530
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`306
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`1, 1A-K, 2-5, 8-9, 13
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`25, 25A-C, 30, 61, 62, 62A,
`63, 72, 74
`29, 29A, 30A, 60, 64, 64A,
`67-68, 70
`31, 31A, 93, 96-102, 102A,
`125, 322, 531-584, 587, 617-
`618, 641
`34, 34A, 35, 35A-B, 40, 40A,
`42, 42A, 43, 46-54, 215-217,
`219-223, 321, 586
`75-77, 86-87, 90A,91-92, 106,
`109, 113-114, 118, 317-319
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`83-84, 94-95, 103-104,122-
`124, 315-316
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`301-304, 309
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`212-214
`307
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`257-258
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`259
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`LOA
`Email – MyCrim
`Host
`Domain
`purchase/registration
`IP registration
`records
`Emails/LOAs
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`Emails/LOAs
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`Emails/LOAs
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`ARIN
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`Mata Group
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`Cogent
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`Telic
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`Hostwinds
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`Emails/LOAs
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`Contracts, invoices,
`records of payments,
`emails
`Contracts, invoices,
`records of payments,
`emails
`Domain
`purchase/registration
`PayPal records
`Domain
`purchase/registration
`CPH/MSP Operating
`Agreements/business
`docs
`MSP Solutions
`Filing Info
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`GetAds (25)
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`GetAds (12)
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`GoDaddy
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`PayPal
`Name.com
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`CPH
`Resources
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`CPH
`Resources
`(43, 2nd
`production)
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`Government’s Amended Notice of Intent to
`Authenticate under FRE 902(11) & (13)
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`DBA, LLC and
`State of
`corporate filings
`Delaware
`Enom/Tucows Domain
`purchase/registration
`Domain
`purchase/registration
`Emails, W-2s,
`LOAs, contracts,
`mailing reports
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`Amobee
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`Enom
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`State of
`Louisiana
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`Driver’s license,
`death certificate
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`254, 265, 67-268, 274, 277-
`279
`305
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`260
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`19-24C, 26, 26A,
`36-39, 44-45, 55-59, 61A, 65-
`66, 69, 71, 73,78-78A, 79-82,
`85, 88-90, 105-105B, 107-
`108,110-112, 115-117, 119-
`121, 126-189, 242-245, 255-
`256, 261-262, 323-528, 588-
`615, 619-640, 642-645
`284-286
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`CONCLUSION
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`For the foregoing reasons, the United States respectfully requests that the court
`permit the trial exhibits noted in the table to be authenticated (separate and apart from
`any ruling on admissibility), based on the attached Certificates of Authenticity from the
`Custodians of Records.
`DATED: March 29, 2022 Respectfully submitted,
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`RANDY S. GROSSMAN
`United States Attorney
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`/s/Melanie K. Pierson
`Assistant United States Attorney
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`/s/Sabrina L. Fève
`Assistant United States Attorney
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`/s/Candy Heath
`Senior Counsel
`Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section
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`Government’s Amended Notice of Intent to
`Authenticate under FRE 902(11) & (13)
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