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I am deprived of his touch and affection. his reassuring voice and strong shoulder to lean on in my times of trouble. Furthermore. with no one to speak to, I have horrible thoughts enteling my head. in a time. which has to be happy for every woman.13 - To put it bluntly. Eva needs Alex at home. and Alex knows it: every day that Alex spends here alone, he is painfully aware that Eva is suffering without him. Alex is her only child. She has been divorced from Alex?s father for almost 15 years. and lives alone, Although Alex lives a few hours away by train. he provides much needed 13 Letter of Eva Khan (Ex- 4). 14 M. 16 -10- Case Document 20 Filed 03/28/18 Page 12 of 30 physical and fmancial support. He rims errands. perfonns household tasks. and most importantly. provides emotional support and companionship for his mother. For the ?rst time in their lifelong close relationship, she found herself alone this past Christmas. because Alex was unable to be with her. As she describes: ALEX IS THE ONLY SUPPORT AND JOY OF IVIY LIFE - a very good son. loving. very kind-hearted and attentive. who is alwa 3 there when I need him. be it fmancially or emotionally. . . . I do not have much of a social life or leave my home often. Even though he lives in another city and travels a lot for business. Alex usually visits me at least once every three to four weeks. His visits are of paramount importance to my life and my well-being. 13 has not seen him in five months.19 In addition to the havoc Alex?s actions have wreaked on his personal relationships. his professional life has been destroyed. After his return to the United States. Skadden terminated his employment. which is both fmancially and professionally devastating to Alex. Alex worked at Skadden from the time he finished his education; he was proud of everything he had achieved there. and was hopeful that he would be promoted from associate to counsel in May 2018. Instead. his career at Skadden is over- As Mark Crofskey. a former Skadden colleague and longtime friend. explains: Alex worked very hard for [Skadden] and built up an excellent reputation and made a substantial contribution. 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I am Ludmilla Oleotenko. Aleii van der Zwaan's mother. [was born and educated in the Soviet Union as a foreign language teacher. I moved to the West in 1976. and have lived in Brussels Belgium since the early 19805. Alex?s father Rolf van der Zwaan and me are divorced since 12t12i2003 I am retired and have a small pension Alex' 5 father and myself were 46 and 33 respectively when we had him. He was the first child for both of us. and in those dayshave your first. I devoted myself entirely to Alex 5 upbringing and education. Throughout his childhood. he never spent an hour with a baby Sitter or a nanny I taught him to speak Russian. and we always spoke Russian oetween the two of us In those days there was no Russian television and nobody beside myself spotte Russian. so it allowed us to create a special bend. a secret language. which only the two of us understood Thanks to these efforts. he has a perfect command of Russian even though he has never lived in Ru55ia or spent any considerable amount of time there. Alex and I have always been very close His father was often away on busmess trips. so Alex and i spent all our time together? He was always a successful and diligent student. and spent a lot of time on Sports. ALEX IS THE QNLIY SUPPORT AND JOY OF MY a very 9000 son. loving 5 there when I need him be it financially or emotionall . kindshearted and I do not have much of a social life or leave my home often.? Even though he lives in another city and travels a lot for business. Alex usually visns me at least once every three to four weeks. His visits are of paramount importance to my life and my well-being. When he comes to Brussels, he goes to great pains to stock the house With the things I would have to buy He is also a huge emotional support for me He provides me With comfort and Company I am so happy that taught him to speak Russian. my native tongue. because I find that as I get older my command of foreign languages is worsening and it is a real joy to be able to speak with him in RusSian. Alex also helps me finanCIaliy. which is important Since i do not work and have limited income. i have missed Alex SO much over the last few months. This was my first Christmas without Alex because he always makes a point of being with me for the holida Because Alex was not able to visit me. I was alone at Christmas. New Year and my 67"? birthday truly hope that he will be able to come home and I shall nave a chance to hold my dearest son in my arms again soon. Yours faithfully(filo A 1? Ludmiila van der Zwaan Case Document 20 Filed 03/28/18 Page 18 of 30 EXHIBIT 2 Case Document 20 Filed 03/28/18 Page 19 of 30 March 16, 2018 Honorable Amy Barman Jackson United States District Court for the District of Columbia 333 Constitution Avenue NW. Washington DC 20001 Dear Judge Jackson, I am Alex?s father. I am a Dutch citizen, educated in Sweden, Brazil and Canada. I graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in mechanical engineering. I worked in the power plant equipment industry for my entire career, and spent the last 32 years in various management positions in Europe with the Solar Turbines division of Caterpillar. I am now retired and living in Belgium, where Alex was born 33 years ago. Alex was brought up in an international, middle class environment, did well at school and never caused us serious concern. He went on to law school at King's College, London, was elected President of the King's College Law Students? Society, and graduated with distinction. Alex was given ajob offer by Skadden Arps in his second year of university and joined them immediately upon graduation. He worked hard and advanced within the ?rm. He was assigned by Skadden to various tasks in Ukraine. which he performed to their satisfaction as evidenced by being slated for promotion to Counsel in May 2018. Last year Alex also went ahead to found a family and married Eva Khan, who is now expecting a baby boy. Late last year, Alex?s life changed dramatically. As a result of his actions, Alex?s career has been shattered and his family life put in jeopardy. Since November 2017, he has remained in the United States. He has been living alone in hotels under deep uncertainty about his ?Jture, facing the tragic possibility of incarceration. I have visited Alex twice during the last few months. I have observed ?rsthand how devastating this situation has been for him. Alex devoted himself heart and soul to his job at Skaddcn, enjoyed what he was doing, and earned the recognition and appreciation which led to his long employment by the ?rm. The job was not only a source of professional ?it?llment, but it permitted him to support himself and his family. something of which he was quite proud. Now, his legal career which had such a good start and bright Future appears finished. Finding a new activity and starting ?'on'i scratch at his age will be dif?cult. Furthermore Alex's family life is also severely threatened by the forced separation from his young wife, who is now enduring a difficult pregnancy without the presence of her husband. I know that not being able to help her through this dif?cult period and the possibility of his not being by her side at the birth of their son is extremely distressing for both Alex and Eva. Alex has already been severely penalized. 1 am seriously worried about his future as his morale Case Document 20 Filed 03/28/18 Page 20 of 30 and self-con?dence have suffered a serious setback- I trust this will be taken into consideration and am con?dent that he will be treated fairly. Than on or your attention to this letter. Rolf tram der Zwaan Case Document 20 Filed 03/28/18 Page 21 of 30 EXHIBIT 3 Case Document 20 Filed 03/28/18 Page 22 of 30 Mark Cro ske London.? United Kingdom or Honorable Amy Berman Jackson 5- . /Vl I 2? 5 United States District Court for the District of Columbia 333 Constitution Avenue NW. Washington DC. 200m United States of America Dear Judge Jackson: I met Alex when he joined Skadden Arps. was his supervisor for the ?rst six months of his training contract, and subsequently his work colleague and friend. We maintained our friendship when I left. ?rst to be a partner at another US law ?rm and latterly as partner and the head of commute law at PrieewaterhouseCoopers. I have since retired and am in the process of moving from London with my family back to my native New Zealand. I consider Alex to be one my very closest friends. Alex is my eldest son. G's godfather. (7) and his brother 8 (4) know Alex as Uncle Alex. and Alex has performed his role as godfather and honorary uncle with the same energy, spirit and kindness that he applies to all elements of his life. He participates fully in our family's important events and tnilestones and it has often touched my wife and 1 how Alex, given his relative youth - my wife and are ten years older - makes the trip to our suburban home to do so. Friendship aside. we chose Alex to be G?s godfather because we admire his character and felt he would be a great role model for and in?uence over G. Indeed in spite of the recent very stressful situation he ?nds himself in. Alex has still found time to FaceTime G, and enjoys talking to his Uncle Alex about sports. computer games and what have you. it was a great joy for my wife and to hear that Alex and Eva were to have a son: putting aside the extreme stress the current situation places on Eva - given the wholly positive in?uence Alex has had on our family. the idea that Eva and his new son might not bene?t from him being around weighs heavily on our thoughts. Alex will be an excellent father to his new baby and it would be a tragedy for him not to be there for his young expectant wife and their new baby. Alex takes his provider role very seriously - he saved for the small flat Eva and he currently share in London and he worked very hard to provide for his wife on his own. It has been very dif?cult for Alex not only to be separated from his friends and family for the last several months. but to face that his ability to provide for his growing family has been impaired. Alex. it should be noted. also plays a signi?cant role - if not primary role - in the support of his elderly and Case Document 20 Filed 03/28/18 Page 23 of 30 unwell mother. This was aware ofthis from early on in us knowing Ales and as her only son. this will be an impossible support to replaee. Ales worked very hard for his last employer and built up an excellent reputation and made a substantial contribution. Ales completely understands that through his own notions. the eereer that he built has armed to dust. lte keenly feels the less of this hard won eat-oer. as well as the loss oi" his many colleagues and clients. I have always admired Alex and am at less as how he. of all people. is nonr in the situation he is in. He is hard-working, kind. generous, courteous, respeet?tl and clever. Alex has always had a wide eirele of' ?ieads, to whom he is very loyal and generous. His openness and willingness to see the best in people has always been one of best qualities. 1 have never Found Alex to be anything other than honest in my many dealings with ltim and I hope the eourt can see a way through to showing mercy to him and his young Family. Yours faithfully Ma Crofskey Case Document 20 Filed 03/28/18 Page 24 of 30 EXHIBIT 4 Case Document 20 Filed 03/28/18 Page 25 of 30 Eva Khan - imam.? Mun:? Dalo' ?106 MIR Honorable Ann [lemon Jackson States Court for the District 333 Constitution Avenue Washington DC. 2000! Dear Judge Jackson, 1 met Alex van lts-aan in the spring Men was 20 years old. We clicked and fell in love and wcte married in June 2017. over 8 months ago now. I have newer felt at; comfortable 1nd warm with anyone in In) life. It ?as .1 wonderful time for both ol' Us and it has unfortunately been shattered by the eourxe ot?events which led to me this letter. I haw been alone SIHCC that time t?l London :visiting A ex on two occasions~ in the tinted States? is In} husband. my hes: friend, and my .oul mute and. as we recently diseoxercd the father ol our .son. uho i: due to be born in August 2M8. It has been extremely ditthul: being separated from no husoantl during time. ?ith no one to ot?t?cr support. It womb silly but the ?at in ?ltiel. w; lived i is empty. and I often sit in it alone. looking at our photos in frames on the counter with a slight disl?eliel?that only months ago we shared Such jo} and Immune?. deprived of hi? touch and alt-ection. his rcassuing voice and stronu shoulder to lean on in my ?inics ot'troube. Furthermore, with ro one to speak to. have lwuilile tliouglih entering my head, in 3 timc. which in? to be happy t'or ever)- Woman ldo not l?ave mar-y friends in london. my hornetoun being Moscow. Russia. Moreover. coming to London for educational purposes 18, it ?as wry to ?nd solo and loyal t'rierds Yomg RdJilh an be erUel and unforgiving. for example - man}- ot my acquaintances tOund it alien that I got married at such a young 113.9. and therefore judged me. llmuver I stood tall. and never turned m) back or. n1) culture and heritage. Since our meeting. Alex has always the light of my life and helped me to soeiglize. his friends became in} but I still feel scared to share my troubles und worms. I sometimes go on for cays with out speakhg my heart out. causing me to he almost raranoid. The dif?culty of the situation has now been exacerbated bx my pregnancy:? Case Document 20 Filed 03/28/18 Page 26 of 30 Pain: 4! _ilr'hen I was getting my tactic-week scans done. the ultraseuntl specialist aslted THE if my ht?h?nd crime with me the revealing [ti?[he gender til!" the huh-s. and hurst imp tt-rars as all the martian in the waiting room name uith their partners. Petr-pie transiently eat; me where Ales is. and ean feel theirjudgment. although I knots he watrld he with me if he weld. Even we litre in the 11? century. there is stili huge tiiseriininalien against unmen ultn spend their pregnancy-a'nne - sums-times [triple eyen dais me it? my husband harms that I an: pregnant. as you can :magtne that is very painful ta hear. I haye had to deal 1uritl't all nt'this my physieal supper-t. and needless tn say i am Jilted with tear and dread at entering the later stages at my pregnancy atune. patentialiy giving birth alane end having tn enpe W'ili'l making arrangements and rhanges the our sun in nur apartment alone. B1513 supperled tne Which has nest caused him and diliieulties given that he was tired train a and career at Shadden Arps which he layed. was gned at and had spent the past deeade putting tngether. and even hitting his htiases at tiur iWedding. I will always be prnud nl? him despite this setback, and I pray that his horrible and tiers-e wrecking experisnee will not have an ematinnal e?ieet en hint. Ales atsn has an elderly tnether whu lives in Brussels.? lJespite his busy anti: schedule. titles and i unuld always ?nd tinte tn 1risit her at her home in Brussels- and as help her 1ulth inaney. hnuse and garden chases. snapping and simply tn keep her company. Ales had recently naught a statinn wage-n an that he eeuld help mere with musing Ihings in and hem his mother's house. sueh as a insane-inner. which we bought the his mntlier an pm- tast visit We were planning. an spending Christmas tngether this year. ant due tn Alex?s absence. she spent Christmas ainne in lilrussets. ean nniy imagine the pain and enn?r?nsien sin: I'ell due In his absentee. This is all in say that. his mother, as as father. tutu gedauns and I miss him terrihly. He was the keystone nl'eer existence and ear ?nes are drantatieally ehangeel in his absence. I him in he a grand. air-abiding. int-ling and trustwiiruIy man. I hate that all at? this will net [in hy yen. and that he can earn: heel-t tn when: he as seen as pnssihle. Esra Case Document 20 Filed 03/28/18 Page 27 of 30 EXHIBIT 5 Case Document 20 Filed 03/28/18 Page 29 of 30 EXHIBIT 6 Case Document 20 Filed 03/28/18 Pae 30 of 30