To “marinate” something, you visit the world of cooking. To witness someone’s marinade in Aspen in the last century, you met at Ute City Bank restaurant.

The Bank was as close to the city’s zero point as possible. It was not a place to hide. It had windows on three sides (some on an interior arch). Even the bar had three sides, with a legendary vault installed high above. Today it is the Marcus women’s boutique, a “lifestyle boutique”. Back then, it was seeing and being seen.

Or see and be marinated.

Since the Bank was the epitome of downtown, it was usually busy for lunch, dinner, and overnight. The town of Ute adhered to the Aspen dress code. No one, under any circumstances, wore a costume. A costume, seen inside the Ute City Bank, had consequences.

According to legend, the only costume dwellers in town were IBM, IRS, or DEA. Alphabet soup. Even the judges wore robes, not suits. If you saw one in there, you were watching a very lost wedding party from out of town or the relaxing cast of one of Aspen’s many theater groups, or a very lost lawyer.

Wearing a suit was a must see. And look. You were subjected to the “treatment”, according to legend.

My newspaper, the Aspen Daily News, was young. Computers weren’t quite the scene yet, so we “composed” the paper on an elegant IBM “Correcting Selectric” – a sophisticated electric typewriter that weighed more than most of us. We rented one from IBM.

This beautiful machine broke down one day, but we needed it every day to run the copy readers that readers would see in the newspaper. We told IBM we needed a quick fix and a loan. I then learned about IBM’s corporate policy. They would fix it in due time, no loan. And if you read your lease, you would know that the payments are continuing.

I told IBM that they could pick up their machine, and they sent someone to meet me in Aspen with an invoice.

I made a reservation at Ute City at midday. To be late in fashion, I arrived at 12:15. The big boss of IBM was seated elegantly. He glanced around and noticed that everyone was looking at him. Who was he, where was he from and what was he doing in town?

He developed a fine sweat by the time I arrived. He had been softened. It was pure drama. This guy would do whatever I asked him to just get out of there. It was no longer about an abandoned machine and a lease.

The only other time I dared to try “the cure” was on another Alphabet member, the IRS. At the time, the newspaper was only a sole proprietorship – the type of organization viewed by taxpayers as a hotbed of cash and misconduct. Indeed, we have been selected for a random audit. I invited the agents to meet me at the bank before going to the office. Of course, I arrived a bit late.

They got right to the point. What have I done, they asked, loads of money that I need to collect from the classifieds? I don’t know, I replied. It’s in the hands of our classifieds department. He’s going to the bank.

How did I know it had gone to the bank?

“If the money disappears, they get shot,” I reassured them with a straight face.

“Beaten down?” asked an agent.

“Absolutely,” I replied. “It’s the Wild West. We are not joking. The cemetery is the same as that which houses the grave of the original owner of the Bank, HP Cowenhoven. At that, I smiled at owner Jere Michael, who was enjoying the scene.

The agents kind of gave up. They decided I was honest, a lost cause, or both. We were given a clean rating which was good. We were hardly worth their time.

The town of Ute seemed very theatrical. There was an old phone booth. One night we were a little too far in the past remembering a legendary engineer from KSPN, where I had worked before starting the diary. The engineer had a memorable voice, and I stumbled upon an impersonation. The contents of our table required that I call the owner of the station, pretend to be the engineer, and ask for a raise.

I took up the challenge. I almost lost him laughing halfway through, but held my line, put it on the table, and ended the call courteously. A few days later, we learned that the engineer had received a nice raise – strange, because he had never asked for it.

The Ute City Bank is now gone, as are the other nearby memorable bars like Little Annie’s, Andre’s and the Lower East Side.

You can tell you’ve been in Aspen for too long when you describe places not by what they are, but by what they were. Do you remember when Mezzaluna was the Texaco station?

The writer ([email protected]) is one of the founders of Aspen Daily News and his column appears here on Sundays.

BALTIMORE, MD — A judge has sentenced a Baltimore County man to more than four years in prison in connection with an identity theft scheme.

United States District Court Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Igor Cooper Rosensteel, 30, of Middle River, to 50 months in federal prison for device fraud and aggravated identity theft, related to a scheme in which he presented himself as a federal law enforcement officer or federal employee to defraud a total of at least 15 victims.

Rosensteel has previously admitted to posing as a U.S. Secret Service agent to gain the trust of his victims, and then he exploited them, stealing bank checks and credit cards, among others. The guilty plea was entered on September 1, 2020. Rosentel also pleaded guilty to additional charges of identity theft he committed while on bail in June and July 2020.

The sentence was announced by Acting US Attorney Jonathan F. Lenzner; Special Agent in Charge Bo Keane of the US Secret Service – Baltimore Field Office; and Lieutenant-Colonel Kevin M. Anderson, Police Chief of the Maryland Transportation Authority.

According to his guilty plea, on August 3, 2018, Rosensteel was driving in Baltimore when he was arrested by Maryland Transportation Authority police for driving on a suspended license. When the patrol officer requested Rosensteel’s license and registration, Rosensteel instead took out a law enforcement badge from his pocket, placed it in his lap, and told the officer he was a secret service agent. The officer detected the smell of alcohol emanating from the vehicle and believed Rosensteel was attempting to use his law enforcement badge to get out of a traffic ticket.

Rosensteel was taken to the police station and continued to claim he was a law enforcement officer. Local police contacted US Secret Service in Washington, DC The investigation revealed that Rosensteel had never worked as an officer or employee of the US government. After real Secret Service agents came to the Baltimore Police Station, Rosensteel finally admitted that he lied that he was an agent and that the badge was fake.

As detailed in his plea agreement, further investigation found that from around January 2018 to around February 2019, Rosensteel falsely presented himself as a federal law enforcement officer and he used that enforcement status of the law to defraud at least eight victims. Specifically, Rosensteel has used his law enforcement status to gain everything from free parking and food in restaurants to the trust of the women he has met online. Using his fake law enforcement persona to create a sense of security and trust, Rosensteel then exploited his victims by cashing in bank loans on behalf of the victims, imposing debt and the resulting fees on the victims. After being invited to the victims’ homes, Rosensteel admitted that he surreptitiously searched their belongings, stole keys, bank checks and credit cards, and then used these items for lavish expenses, with resulting losses further of $ 20,000.

According to his second plea agreement, Rosensteel was provisionally released on January 30, 2020, due to his pending federal charges. While on bail, Rosensteel used his previous strategy of deceptive online relationships and began a romantic relationship with Person A under the alias “Cooper Kent”. In this relationship, Rosensteel falsely claimed he was an employee of the Central Intelligence Agency. After an argument with his third-party custodian on June 3, 2020, Rosensteel removed his ankle watch bracelet and fled Maryland.

On July 7, 2020, the United States Marshal’s Service apprehended Rosensteel in another state, and it was discovered that he had at least seven debit and credit cards on behalf of at least six other victims. Law enforcement also discovered Rosensteel had bank details of another victim, which had been handwritten in a note inside his wallet.

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Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 16, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte SA. (the “Transmitter“) announced today that it is seeking consents (the”Consent solicitation“) of all registered holders (individually, a”Holder, “and collectively, the”Holders“) of its 9.75% Senior Guaranteed Bonds maturing in 2022 (the”Remarks“), under the terms and conditions described in the Issuer’s Consent Solicitation Statement, dated July 16, 2021 (the “Declaration“), certain proposed exemptions (the”Proposed exemption“) under the act dated October 25, 2010 (the “Indenture“), between the Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, under which the Bonds were issued.

The proposed waiver will allow the Issuer not to comply with Section 10.3 of the Indenture (Redemption at the option of the holders in the event of a change of control) in connection with the acquisition of control of the Issuer by Empresa de Energía del Cono Sur SA., without the Notes being subject to any defect or event of default as a result of such omission. Unless defined otherwise herein, capitalized terms used herein have the meanings given to them in the Declaration.

The consent solicitation will expire at 5:00 p.m.New York time on July 30, 2021, unless it is extended or terminated earlier by the Issuer in its sole discretion (the date and time, which may be extended, the “Expiration date“). The date of registration of the consent request is 5:00 p.m., New York City It’s time July 15, 2021.

The Solicitation of Consents is subject to, and conditional on, the satisfaction or waiver of certain customary conditions described in the Declaration, including receipt of consents from holders of at least the majority of the total principal amount of the outstanding Bonds ( the “Consents required“).

In the event that the required consents for the Notes are received on or before the Expiration Date, the Issuer will pay a total cash payment equal to US $ 20 through US $ 1,000 principal amount of the banknotes (the “Payment of consent“) for which the consents required to the proposed waiver are validly issued on or before the expiration date and not validly revoked before (i) receipt of the required consents and (ii) the expiration date. Payment of consent should be paid on a date after the expiration date, but no later than five business days after the expiration date and the later effective time of consent.

The proposed waiver will be effective and effective upon execution for all Holders at the time the consent becomes effective, whether or not a Holder has granted consent.

BCP Securities, LLC. is acting as solicitation agent in the consent solicitation, Quantum Finanzas is acting as financial advisor to the issuer and DF King has been retained to serve as information and tabulation agent.

Persons with questions regarding the consent solicitation should contact BCP Securities, LLC. at +1 (203) 629-2186. Disclosure requests should be directed to DF King at (866) 828-6931, new York and +44 20 7920 9700 London, or by e-mail at [email protected], or can be viewed through the consent website: https://sites.dfkingltd.com/edenor.

None of the Issuer, the solicitation agent, the financial advisor, the information and tabulation agent and the trustee or any of their respective affiliates makes any recommendation as to whether the Noteholders should give their consent in response to the Consent Request. Holders must make their own decisions as to whether or not to issue consents.

This press release is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities. This announcement is also not a solicitation of consents with respect to the proposed waiver or otherwise. The solicitation of consent is made only through the aforementioned statement and related documents. The Consent Solicitation is not made to Noteholders in a jurisdiction in which the Issuer is aware that completing the Consent Solicitation would not comply with the laws of that jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction in which securities laws or blue sky laws require that the solicitation of consent be made by a broker or licensed broker, the solicitation of consent will be deemed to be made on behalf of the issuer by the solicitation agent or one or more registered brokers or dealers licensed under the laws of that jurisdiction.

Neither the Declaration nor any documents relating to the Consent Solicitation have been filed, approved or reviewed by any federal or state securities commission or regulatory authority of any country. No authority has commented on the accuracy or adequacy of the statement or of any material relating to the solicitation of consent, and it is illegal and may constitute a criminal offense to make a statement to the contrary.

Forward-looking statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are information that is not historical in nature or that relates to future events and is subject to risks and uncertainties. No assurance can be given that the transactions described in this document will be completed or as to the ultimate terms of such transactions. The Issuer assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information or future events or for any other reason.

SOURCE Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte SA