Allure Labs, Inc. v. Aviles (In re Aviles)

Roger L. Efremsky, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge

I. INTRODUCTION

In 2014, defendant Nelli Markushevska was employed as a bookkeeper at plaintiff Allure Labs, Inc. ("Allure"). While she was employed there, she embezzled $137,000 (the "Embezzlement"). When Allure discovered this, it sued her and her husband Marlon J. Aviles (collectively, with Nelli Markushevska, "Defendants") in state court and obtained an order freezing some $67,000 held in bank accounts in their names. While the state court case was still essentially in its pleading stage, Defendants filed this chapter 13 case. They have filed a…