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Case No. VENEZUELA-EO13850-2021-373786-1
Derek R Griffith, Esq.
The Griffith Law Firm, P.A 18001
Old Cutler Road
Suite 352
Palmetto Bay, FL 33157
Dear Mr. Griffith:
This letter responds to correspondence dated April 14, 2021 submitted on behalf of MHR Group, LLC (the "Applicant") to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) requesting a license allowing for the January 25, 2021 foreclosure sale of 1000 South Pointe Drive, Unit 808, Miami Beach, FL 33139 (the "Property") to MHR Group, LLC You stated that, on January 3, 2020, Murano at Portofino Condominium Association Inc (the "Association") filed a foreclosure complaint in Miami-Dade County, Florida against Murano 808, Corp., and that the foreclosure case is identified as Murano at Portofino Condominium Association Inc vs. Murano 808, Corp, under Miami-Dade Case No. 2020-000110 CA 01; that the defendant is...
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1) BACKGROUND
Case No. VENEZUELA-EO13850-2021-373786-1 and LICENSE No. VENEZUELA-EO13850-2021-373786-1 pertain to real property in Florida that was blocked due to indirect ownership by an SDN. As described in Case No. VENEZUELA-EO13850-2021-373786-1, the condo association filed a foreclosure complaint against the company that owned the real property in Florida state court, and the Florida state court granted the motion for default judgment, which led to the foreclosure sale of the property to the applicant. All of this happened without OFAC having issued a license (and presumably without OFAC even being aware of the events).
2) "NULL AND VOID" JUDGMENTS; A RARE "RETROACTIVE LICENSE"
In theory the underlying judgment that led to the foreclosure sale was "null and void". See 591.202 of the VSR:
"(a) Any...