On January 6, 2012, Defendant's New York counsel e-mailed, promising a return of the items — and that, before January 17, 2012, a "full list" of the Art Works would be sent. . . .
Instead, unbeknownst to Plaintiff, a few days later (on January 10, 2012) Defendant made an
ex parte “application” in a local Greek municipal court of limited jurisdiction (with a maximum jurisdictional amount of 20,000 €) seeking an in rem interim escrow by a museum. . . .In a patent falsehood made to allow him to get into a court quickly, he represented to the magistrate that the value of all of the 233 works was under 18,000 €.
