Abatement Corp.

Letter from Turks and Caicos Islands-based attorney Courtenay Barnett, of Barnett and Associates law firm, denying that he was ever president of Delaware-domiciled International Balanced Fund, even though he was described as such in a corporate filing.

An investment fund of which Turks and Caicos Islands-based attorney Courtenay Barnett was identified in a corporate filing as "president" - a position he says he never held - has had its assets frozen as part of an investigation into a suspected $4.6 million Ponzi scheme.

Complaint in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Abatement Corp. Holding Company Limited, domiciled in the Turks and Caicos Islands, as defendant, and Brenda M. Davis, International Balanced Fund, as relief defendants, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.