Opinion
BENJAMIN B. WAGNER, United States Attorney, LEE S. BICKLEY, HEIKO COPPOLA Special Assistant United States Attorney, Sacramento, CA, Attorneys for Plaintiff, United States of America.
ORDER PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. §§ 6002-6003 GRANTING IMMUNITY AND REQUIRING TESTIMONY - VASILIY MELNIK
TROY L. NUNLEY, District Judge.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 6002 that Vasiliy Melnik give testimony or provide other information which he refuses to give or to provide information with respect to his knowledge concerning the purchase of homes and loan applications submitted to lending institutions in connection with the charged fraud scheme in the above-referenced case, in this case on the basis of his privilege against self-incrimination as to all matters about which he may be asked to testify in this trial.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no testimony or other information compelled under this order, or any information directly or indirectly derived from such testimony or other information, shall be used against Vasiliy Melnik in any criminal case, except that Vasiliy Melnik shall not be exempted by this order from prosecution for perjury, giving a false statement pursuant to this order, or otherwise failing to comply with this order, and that immunity granted herein is co-extensive with 18 U.S.C. § 6002.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
EXHIBIT A
Assistant Attorney General United States v. Vera Kuzmenko, et al.Pursuant to the authority vested in me by 18 U.S.C. § 6003(b) and 28 C.F.R. § 0.175(a), I hereby approve your request for authority to apply to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California for an order, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 6002-6003, requiring Vasily Melnik to give testimony or provide information in the above matter and in any further proceedings resulting therefrom or ancillary thereto.