Bank Email on $22.68M Outbound Wires (Exhibit 55) — Blue Flame v. Chain Bridge

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Exhibit 55 (Document 132-55), filed May 7, 2021, in Blue Flame v. Chain Bridge, Case 1:20-cv-00658-LMB-IDD. The page is a Chain Bridge Bank internal email chain dated March 25 and 26, 2020, with the subject "Blue Flame Medical incoming wire". A message from Maria Cole on March 26, 2020 says two wires totaling $22,680,000.00 will go out that day and asks whether funds are available. The chain includes a wire transfer notice listing an amount of wire of $456,888,600.00, the originator California State Treasurer and the beneficiary Blue Flame Medical LLC. An earlier message from Heather Schoeppe says Mike Gula of Blue Flame Medical is expecting a wire from the state of California.

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EXHIBIT 55
Case 1:20-cv-00658-LMB-IDD     Document 132-55     Filed 05/07/21     Page 1 of 11
PageID# 2982

To:
Mike Richardson[mrichardson@chainbridgebank.com]; Claudia A. Mojica[cmojica@chainbridgebank.com]; Rick
Claburn[rclaburn@chainbridgebank.com]
Cc:
Heather Schoeppe[HSchoeppe@chainbridgebank.com]; Wires[Wires@chainbridgebank.com]
From:
Maria Cole
Sent:
Thur 3/26/2020 12:12:21 PM
Subject:
RE: Blue Flame Medical incoming wire 450 million
Thanks Claudia,
They will wire out today 2 wires totaling $22,680,000.00
Funds are available?
Maria Cole
Assistant Vice President &
Commercial Relationship Manager
Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.
(703) 748-3432
Direct
(571) 405-0600
Cell
(703) 748-2005
Main
(703) 748-2007
Fax
1445-A Laughlin Avenue
McLean, VA 22101
From: Mike Richardson <mrichardson@chainbridgebank.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 12:09 PM
To: Claudia A. Mojica <cmojica@chainbridgebank.com>; Rick Claburn <rclaburn@chainbridgebank.com>; Maria Cole
<mcole@chainbridgebank.com>
Cc: Heather Schoeppe <HSchoeppe@chainbridgebank.com>; Wires <Wires@chainbridgebank.com>
Subject: RE: Blue Flame Medical incoming wire 450 million
Copy that.
Thanks
MR
Mike Richardson
Senior Vice President &
Commercial Banking Manager
Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.
Direct 703-7 48-207 4
Cell
571-329-7456
Main
703-7 48-2005
From: Claudia A. Mojica
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 12:06 PM
To: Mike Richardson <mrichardson@chainbridgebank.com>; Rick Claburn <rclaburn@chainbridgebank.com>; Maria Cole
<mcole@chainbridgebank.com>
Cc: Heather Schoeppe <HSchoeppe@chainbridgebank.com>; Wires <Wires@chainbridgebank.com>
Subject: RE: Blue Flame Medical incoming wire 450 million
Here you go Mike:
WIRE TRANSFER NOTICE
3/26/20
chain Bridge Bank NA
McLean, VA 22101
CONFIDENTIAL
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PageID# 2983
Plaintiff's
Trial Exhibit
560

IMAD:
OMAD:
INCOMING WIRE TRANSFER
20200326BlQGC06C006570
20200326MMQFMPCZ00001103261155FT01
Amount of wire:
Credit Account:
Originator:
Originator Address:
Originator Bank:
Originator Bank ABA:
Originator to Beneficiary:
wire Fee:
$.00
Beneficiary:
Blue Flame Medical LLC
499 s Capitol St, SW, Ste 420
Washington DC 20003
$456,888,600.00
Acct Ending 7459
CALIFORNIA STATE TREASURER
CONCENTRATION ACCOUNT
915 CAPITOL MALL RM 319
JPMORGAN CHASE
021000021
BY ORDER OF DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL
SERVICES
chain Bridge Bank NA wire Department
***This is an automated email. Please do not respond to this email. ***
C~
A. M oji<;a,
Operations Technician II
Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.
(703) 748-2078 Direct
(703) 748-3430 Operations
(703) 942-8891 Fax
6718 Whittier Ave Ste 120
McLean, VA 22101
www.chainbridgebank.com
From: Mike Richardson <mrichardson@chainbridgebank.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 12:01 PM
To: Rick Claburn <rclaburn@chainbridgebank.com>; Maria Cole <mcole@chainbridgebank.com>
Cc: Heather Schoeppe <HSchoeppe@chainbridgebank.com>; Wires <Wires@chainbridgebank.com>
Subject: RE: Blue Flame Medical incoming wire 450 million
Rick- can you forward the details on the incoming wire?
Thanks
MR
Mike Richardson
Senior Vice President &
Commercial Banking Manager
Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.
Direct 703-7 48-207 4
Cell
571-329-7456
Main
703-7 48-2005
CONFIDENTIAL
CBB00000972
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PageID# 2984

From: Rick Claburn
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 11:58 AM
To: Maria Cole <mcole@chainbridgebank.com>; Mike Richardson <mrichardson@chainbridgebank.com>
Cc: Heather Schoeppe <HSchoeppe@chainbridgebank.com>; Wires <Wires@chainbridgebank.com>
Subject: RE: Blue Flame Medical incoming wi re 450 million
Hi Maria,
The wire has been received and credited to the client's account.
Best Regards,
Rick Claburn
Operations Associate
Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.
703-748-3439 Direct
703-748-3430 Main
703-942-8891 Fax
1445-A Laughlin Avenue
McLean, VA 22101
www.chainbridgebank.com
From: Maria Cole
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 11:12 AM
To: Mike Richardson <mrichardson@chainbridgebank.com>
Cc: Heather Schoeppe <HSchoeppe@chainbridgebank.com>; Wires <Wires@chainbridgebank.com>
Subject: RE: Blue Flame Medical incoming wire 450 million
John Thomas just called me asking if the wire already hit their account. They are expecting it today, they were told it was
going to be sent at 8:00 am Western Time.
I told them they are set up for wire notifications, both him and Mike Gula.
This is just an update.
Best,
Maria Cole
Assistant Vice President &
Commercial Relationship Manager
Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.
(703) 748-3432
Direct
(571) 405-0600
Cell
(703) 748-2005
Main
(703) 748-2007
Fax
1445-A Laughlin Avenue
McLean, VA 22101
From: Mike Richardson <mrichardson@chainbridgebank.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 9:30 AM
To: Maria Cole <mcole@chainbridgebank.com>
CONFIDENTIAL
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PageID# 2985

Cc: Heather Schoeppe <HSchoeppe@chainbridgebank.com>
Subject: RE: Blue Flame Medical incoming wire 450 million
No rush on it.
Thanks
MR
Mike Richardson
Senior Vice President &
Commercial Banking Manager
Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.
Direct 703-7 48-207 4
Cell
571-329-7456
Main
703-7 48-2005
From: Maria Cole
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 9:30 AM
To: Mike Richardson <mrichardson@chainbridgebank.com>
Cc: Heather Schoeppe <HSchoeppe@chainbridgebank.com>
Subject: RE: Blue Flame Medical incoming wire 450 million
I just have to request a transfer for Stephanie Fenjiro and will get this account ready ... will let you know when ready.
Maria Cole
Assistant Vice President &
Commercial Relationship Manager
Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.
(703) 748-3432
Direct
(571) 405-0600
Cell
(703) 748-2005
Main
(703) 748-2007
Fax
1445-A Laughlin Avenue
McLean, VA 22101
From: Mike Richardson <mrichardson@chainbridgebank.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 9:27 AM
To: Maria Cole <mcole@chainbridgebank.com>
Cc: Heather Schoeppe <HSchoeppe@chainbridgebank.com>
Subject: RE: Blue Flame Medical incoming wire 450 million
Don't upload yet . We'll wait on this to go live.
I'll have the ICS Agreement ready in the next 10 minutes.
MR
Mike Richardson
Senior Vice President &
Commercial Banking Manager
Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.
Direct 703-7 48-207 4
Cell
571-329-7456
Main
703-7 48-2005
From: Maria Cole
CONFIDENTIAL
CBB0000097 4
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PageID# 2986

Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 9:25 AM
To: Mike Richardson <mrichardson@chainbridgebank.com>
Cc: Heather Schoeppe <HSchoeppe@chainbridgebank.com>
Subject: RE: Blue Flame Medical incoming wire 450 million
Awesome. Thanks Mike. I couldn't remember the numbers upfront .... ! think I got it from there. Do you want me to upload it
of just wait?
Best,
Maria
From: Mike Richardson <mrichardson@chainbridgebank.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 9:22 AM
To: Maria Cole <mcole@chainbridgebank.com>
Cc: Heather Schoeppe <HSchoeppe@chainbridgebank.com>
Subject: RE: Blue Flame Medical incoming wire 450 million
Hey Maria - ICS shadow accounts will be 2199+the last 6 digits of the account it will be linked to, so in this case the last 6
digits of the Blue Flame Medical account that was opened yesterday.
You will have to select "ICS Shadow Acct" in the account type field on the first screen of the account opening.
Let me know if you have ?'s
Thanks
MR
Mike Richardson
Senior Vice President &
Commercial Banking Manager
Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.
Direct 703-7 48-207 4
Cell
571-329-7456
Main
703-7 48-2005
From: Maria Cole
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 6:50 PM
To: Mike Richardson <mrichardson@chainbridgebank.com>
Cc: Heather Schoeppe <HSchoeppe@chainbridgebank.com>
Subject: Re: Blue Flame Medical incoming wire 450 million
Sure thing Mike! I will do this first thing in the morning.
Just finished up his wire agreement and sent it via DocuSign.
The shadow account starts with 2300***** ?
Thanks and have a great evening!
Best,
Maria
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 25, 2020, at 6:34 PM, Mike Richardson <mrichardson@chainbridgebank.com> wrote:
CONFIDENTIAL
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Hey Heather - yeah I'm skeptical of this whole thing too.
In any event, will monitor and adjust as needed. I don't believe any funds were transferred in today. He may be
opening himself up if he provides wire instructions to this group that supposedly is sending him funds. So we
should be on the lookout for potential fraudulent transactions.
I'll work up the ICS agreement just in case and Maria, can you work up the ICS shadow account and not upload
yet?
Thanks and let me know if there are questions.
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 5:46 PM, Heather Schoeppe <HSchoeppe@chainbridgebank.com> wrote:
Hi Mike,
John and David were going to reach out to him to confirm the information b/c they are very
skeptical about this. If it ends up being real, then we discussed putting them on ICS. Would it be
possible for Maria to prepare ICS paperwork tomorrow in case it goes that way? They said we
would need it off of the books asap. They just think it seems very strange a company established 2
days ago would get awarded this huge contract from California. I'll keep you posted and thanks for
telling me to reach out to them.
Have a great evening,
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
From: Mike Richardson <mrichardson@chainbridgebank.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 5:12 PM
To: Heather Schoeppe <HSchoeppe@chainbridgebank.com>
Subject: RE: Blue Flame Medical incoming wire 450 million
Hey Heather - tried to cal l you but missed you .. . checking to see what the verdict was on this
anticipated wire.
Thanks
MR
CONFIDENTIAL
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Mike Richardson
Senior Vice President &
Commercial Banking Manager
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 4:31 PM
To: John J. Brough <JBrough@chainbridgebank.com>; Mike Richardson <mrichardson@chainbridgebank.com>;
Joanna Williamson <jwilliamson@chainbridgebank.com>
Subject: RE: Blue Flame Medical incoming wire 450 million
Call me back
Heather Schoeppe
Senior Vice President and Branch Manager
Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.
(703) 748-2005
Office
(703) 748-7383
Di rect
(703) 748-2007
Fax
1445-A Laughlin Avenue
McLean, VA 22101
www.chainbridgebank.com
From: John J. Brough <JBrough@chainbridgebank.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 4:31 PM
To: Heather Schoeppe <HSchoeppe@chainbridgebank.com>; Mike Richardson
<mrichardson@chainbridgebank.com>; Joanna Williamson <jwilliamson@chainbridgebank.com>
Subject: RE: Blue Flame Medical incoming wire 450 million
I'm on the phone with David. Trying to conference you in Heather.
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>
CONFIDENTIAL
CBB00000977
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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
t iming 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
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
CONFIDENTIAL
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
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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 t imeline 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
Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.
Direct 703-7 48-20 7 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
CONFIDENTIAL
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
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www.chainbridgebank.com
CONFIDENTIAL
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