Firstpay, Inc.

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
at Greenbelt
IN RE: 	:
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FIRSTPAY, INC. 	: 	Case No. 03-30102PM
: 	Chapter 7
Debtor 	:
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MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
On July 1, 2004, following the objection filed by Michael A. Grodin of Aspen Landscape
Contractors, Inc. (“Aspen”), the court held a hearing on the First Application for Authority to
Compensate Information Technology Specialists filed by Michael G. Wolff, Trustee. The
specialists employed by the Trustee to be compensated are John W. Simek and Sensei
Enterprises, Inc.
Aspen is one of many creditors sustaining losses totaling in the $millions as a result of
misappropriation of funds lodged with the Debtor to be transferred to taxing authorities. Aspen
filed an objection to the Application based on its perception that the forensic investigator and the
supervising accountants had caused the spoilation of evidence that would be otherwise useful in a
criminal case.
The testimony of the Applicant and the statements of the Trustee verified that the Internal
Revenue Service and the criminal authorities turned over the records of the Debtor to the Trustee
after the authorities were finished and had no further use for them, having made appropriate
copies. Sensei Enterprises, Inc., thereupon made full copies of the hard drives, as well as the
information sought to be deleted from the hard drives by the previous users.
Date signed July 08, 2004
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The court will, therefore, overrule the objection to the Application and allow
compensation as sought.
cc:
Michael G. Wolff, Trustee, 11300 Rockville Pike, #408, Rockville, MD 20852
Sensei Enterprises, Inc., 3975 University Drive, Suite 225, Fairfax, VA 22030
Michael A. Grodin, Vice President, Aspen Landscape Contractors, Inc.
P.O. Box 545, Spencerville, MD 20868
United States Trustee, 6305 Ivy Lane, #600, Greenbelt MD 20770
End of Opinion
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