Exhibit 46, Email: RE: Blue Flame Medical Incoming Wire 450 Million (Document 130-46)

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Exhibit 46, Document 130-46, filed May 6, 2021 in Case 1:20-cv-00658-LMB-IDD: a chain of emails from March 25, 2020 among Chain Bridge Bank, N.A. personnel with the subject Blue Flame Medical incoming wire 450 million. Heather Schoeppe writes that Mike Gula with Blue Flame Medical is expecting a wire from the State of California for 450 Million, and Mike Richardson replies that anything of that size would need to be known on the front end. A message from John J. Brough says Mike Gula is very confident about the transactions, while David and Brough are very skeptical, and asks for ICS documents.

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EXHIBIT 46

Case 1:20-cv-00658-LMB-IDD     Document 130-46     Filed 05/06/21     Page 1 of 4 PageID#
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To:
Heather Schoeppe[HSchoeppe@chainbridgebank.com]; Mike Richardson[mrichardson@chainbridgebank.com]; Joanna
Williamson[jwilliamson@chainbridgebank.com]
Cc:
David M. Evinger[DEvinger@chainbridgebank.com]
From:
John J. Brough
Sent:
Wed 3/25/2020 6:24:22 PM
Subject:
RE: Blue Flame Medical incoming wire 450 million
Heather,
David and I spoke to Mike Gula. He is very confident about the transactions, but David and I are very skeptical. We called
Peter to bring him up to speed. Peter also thinks it is a scam.
In the event we do receive the cash, there is no way we can hold it on our balance sheet. So, would you please prepare ICS
documents? Zero interest rate. I told Mike we would need to move the money off balance sheet into the ICS program.
John
John J. Brough
Chief Executive Officer
Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.
(703) 748-7384
Direct
(703) 748-2005
Main
(703) 216-5477
Cell
(703) 748-2007
Fax
1445-A Laughlin Avenue
McLean, VA 22101
www.chainbridgebank.com
From: Heather Schoeppe <HSchoeppe@chainbridgebank.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 4:22 PM
To: Mike Richardson <mrichardson@chainbridgebank.com>; John J. Brough <JBrough@chainbridgebank.com>; Joanna
Williamson <jwilliamson@chainbridgebank.com>
Subject: FW: Blue Flame Medical incoming wire 450 million
Importance: High
John and Joanna,
We opened and account today for Blue Flame Medical/Mike Gula and he is expecting a wire in today for 450 Million from the
State of California. Mike Gula said the Governor of California just announced that California is buying 100 Million N95 masks
from China and will be deploying them. Mike's company Blue Flame Medical received the contract. He said the money
should be in today and will be spent out fairly rapidly as China produces the masks and they pay them. He said he
understands that the timing is important to us and can give us more information tomorrow on the timing of payments out of
the account.
I will call you right away, but wanted you to see this in case I can't reach you immediately.
Thanks,
Heather
Heather Schoeppe
Senior Vice President and Branch Manager
Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.
(703) 748-2005
Office
(703) 748-7383
Direct
(703) 748-2007
Fax
1445-A Laughlin Avenue
CONFIDENTIAL
CBB00000767
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McLean, VA 22101
www.chainbridgebank.com
From: Mike Richardson <mrichardson@chainbridgebank.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 4:00 PM
To: Heather Schoeppe <HSchoeppe@chainbridgebank.com>
Cc: Wires <Wires@chainbridgebank.com>; Commercial Banking <commercialbanking@chainbridgebank.com>
Subject: Re: Blue Flame Medical incoming wire
Anything of that size would need to be known on the front end because that's half our asset size and could be problems on
our capital ratios.
Please reach out to confirm and let's talk with John and Joanna if it turns out to be something that massive.
MR
Mike Richardson
Sr. Vice President &
Commercial Banking Manager
Chain Bridge Bank
703-748-2074
Sent from my Verizon Wireless mobile device
On Mar 25, 2020, at 3:54 PM, Heather Schoeppe <HSchoeppe@chainbridgebank.com> wrote:
He actually said 450 million. I was hoping Maria knew about it already b/c it is pretty crazy and would explain
why he is going crazy today. If not, then maybe someone should reach out to discuss further to see what it's all
about and the timeline of how long it will be here. I'm happy to do it if you want.
Heather Schoeppe
Senior Vice President and Branch Manager
Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.
(703) 748-2005
Office
(703) 748-7383
Direct
(703) 748-2007
Fax
1445-A Laughlin Avenue
McLean, VA 22101
www.chainbridgebank.com
From: Mike Richardson <mrichardson@chainbridgebank.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 3:53 PM
To: Heather Schoeppe <HSchoeppe@chainbridgebank.com>; Wires <Wires@chainbridgebank.com>
Cc: Commercial Banking <commercialbanking@chainbridgebank.com>
Subject: RE: Blue Flame Medical incoming wire
Heather - I hope you're using "M" as roman numeral for thousands and not "M" for millions. ©
MR
Mike Richardson
Senior Vice President &
Commercial Banking Manager
CONFIDENTIAL
CBB00000768
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Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.
Direct 703-7 48-207 4
Cell
571-329-7456
Main
703-7 48-2005
From: Heather Schoeppe
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 3:31 PM
To: Wires <Wires@chainbridgebank.com>
Cc: Commercial Banking <commercialbanking@chainbridgebank.com>
Subject: Blue Flame Medical incoming wire
Mike Gula with Blue Flame Medical is expecting a wire from the state of California for 450M. and he would like
to be contacted at 202-255-9745 as soon as we receive the funds.
Thank You,
Heather
Heather Schoeppe
Senior Vice President and Branch Manager
Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.
(703) 748-2005
Office
(703) 748-7383
Direct
(703) 748-2007
Fax
1445-A Laughlin Avenue
McLean, VA 22101
www.chainbridgebank.com
CONFIDENTIAL
CBB00000769
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