Evergreen principals allegedly fleeced 2,203 investors in the United States and abroad out of a total $214 million in unregistered mortgage-backed securities. Cuthill hopes to recover a total $53.5 million or about 25% of the missing $214 million.

Cuthill's latest suit names five area defendants, including two lawyers. They are Matthew A. Tavrides of Orlando and David H. Tedder of Longwood.

Tedder is no longer licensed in Florida and California. He formerly represented the Charles J. Givens Jr. organization which has been investigated by the Internal Revenue Service and Florida Attorney General Robert Butterworth for allegedly selling deceptive financial advice in television infomercials.

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