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Christopher Shuji Watanabe

Case #14351 California Filed 2015-09-30

๐Ÿ“‹ Case Information your existing 272M-case database

Plaintiff: Person
Defendant:Christopher Shuji Watanabe Person
Case Number:14351
Full Title:8:15-bk-14351-TA Christopher Shuji Watanabe
Activity:Type: bk Office: 8 Chapter: 13 Trustee: Cohen, (TR) Amrane (SA) [Statement of Financial Affairs (Official Form B7)] (13)

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Dockets matching "Watanabe":
๐Ÿ“Œ Searched: CourtListener RECAP archive ยท Result: 0 dockets found

Court Opinions mentioning "Christopher Shuji Watanabe":
๐Ÿ“Œ Searched: 9 million CourtListener opinions ยท Result: 0 opinions found

โš ๏ธ OFAC SDN Sanctions Check โœ… No records found (searched 19678)

๐Ÿ“Œ Searched: 19,678 U.S. Treasury OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (sanctioned individuals, terrorists, narcotics traffickers)
Names queried: Christopher Shuji Watanabe
Source: OpenSanctions.org US OFAC SDN dataset, daily updates
โœ… No OFAC sanctions matches found. Neither party appears on the U.S. Treasury sanctions list.

๐Ÿšจ FBI Most Wanted โœ… No records found (searched 988)

๐Ÿ“Œ Searched: 988 persons on the FBI Wanted list (Top Ten, Fugitives, Crimes Against Children, Bank Robbers, Cyber's Most Wanted, ECAP, etc.)
Name queried: Christopher Shuji Watanabe
Source: FBI.gov Wanted API, real-time
โœ… No FBI Wanted matches found for "Christopher Shuji Watanabe".

๐Ÿ”ž National Sex Offender Public Registry link-out only (federal site forbids redisplay)

๐Ÿ“Œ Source: NSOPW.gov โ€” aggregates 50 states + DC + 5 U.S. territories + tribes (~900,000 registered offenders)
Federal restriction: NSOPW Terms of Use prohibit republishing offender data. We provide search-link only.
For full integration: Commercial APIs available (Offenders.io ~$0.15/call, 900K records with 70+ fields each).
โ†’ Search NSOPW.gov for "Watanabe" โ†—

๐Ÿš“ Local Arrest/Booking Records source anonymizes names

๐Ÿ“Œ Searched: LAPD (LA City Open Data) โ€” arrest data anonymized
Result: Source does not publish defendant names (privacy redaction).
Note: This source anonymizes defendant names (privacy policy).

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๐Ÿ“Œ TDCJ Inmate Search covers all ~135,000 Texas state prisoners. Skipped: TDCJ only covers Texas cases.

๐Ÿ’ฐ California Unclaimed Property โš ๏ธ 100+ possible matches

๐Ÿ“Œ Searched: California State Controller's public unclaimed property database (~2.89M records, $9.3B total in $500+ tier) for surname "WATANABE".
Result: 100 possible matches with $500+ unclaimed (top 10 shown by dollar value).
WATANABE BRUCE FBO (IRVINE, CA 92614) claim pending
Amount Owed: $249,999.37 · Holder: MERRILL LYNCH 4
Property Type: SC20: CREDIT BALANCES · Property ID: 963601884
๐Ÿ“ Source: California State Controller ยท claimit.ca.gov ยท weekly refresh
WATANABE MORIO (S SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94080)
Amount Owed: $146,523.05 · Holder: CHEVRON CORPORATION
Property Type: SC19: DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN · Property ID: 999604432
๐Ÿ“ Source: California State Controller ยท claimit.ca.gov ยท weekly refresh
WATANABE WESLEY T (LOS ANGELES, CA 90029)
Amount Owed: $91,714.10 · Holder: METROPOLITAN TOWER LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Property Type: IN01: INDIVIDUAL POLICY BENEFIT/CLM · Property ID: 979452820
๐Ÿ“ Source: California State Controller ยท claimit.ca.gov ยท weekly refresh
WATANABE JANET (LOS ANGELES, CA 90029)
Amount Owed: $91,714.10 · Holder: METROPOLITAN TOWER LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Property Type: IN01: INDIVIDUAL POLICY BENEFIT/CLM · Property ID: 979452820
๐Ÿ“ Source: California State Controller ยท claimit.ca.gov ยท weekly refresh
WATANABE JANET S (LOS ANGELES, CA 90029)
Amount Owed: $62,098.71 · Holder: NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
Property Type: SC20: CREDIT BALANCES · Property ID: 966565298
๐Ÿ“ Source: California State Controller ยท claimit.ca.gov ยท weekly refresh
WATANABE SANFORD (TORRANCE, CA 90504)
Amount Owed: $46,803.40 · Holder: KINECTA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
Property Type: CK01: CASHIER'S CHECKS · Property ID: 1037771254
๐Ÿ“ Source: California State Controller ยท claimit.ca.gov ยท weekly refresh
WATANABE WESLEY T (LOS ANGELES, CA 90029)
Amount Owed: $35,911.66 · Holder: METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Property Type: IN03: PROCEEDS DUE BENEFICIARIES · Property ID: 979533870
๐Ÿ“ Source: California State Controller ยท claimit.ca.gov ยท weekly refresh
WATANABE JANET (LOS ANGELES, CA 90029)
Amount Owed: $35,911.66 · Holder: METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Property Type: IN03: PROCEEDS DUE BENEFICIARIES · Property ID: 979533870
๐Ÿ“ Source: California State Controller ยท claimit.ca.gov ยท weekly refresh
WATANABE ROGER (CANYON COUNTRY, CA 91351)
Amount Owed: $20,385.53 · Holder: AXOS CLEARING LLC
Property Type: SC20: CREDIT BALANCES · Property ID: 1037508227
๐Ÿ“ Source: California State Controller ยท claimit.ca.gov ยท weekly refresh
WATANABE BOBBY (OXNARD, CA 93035)
Amount Owed: $18,537.89 · Holder: NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO
Property Type: IN03: PROCEEDS DUE BENEFICIARIES · Property ID: 1039555772
๐Ÿ“ Source: California State Controller ยท claimit.ca.gov ยท weekly refresh
๐Ÿ’ก How to claim: If any match is the named party, they can file a free claim at claimit.ca.gov. The State Controller never charges fees.

๐Ÿ”— Related Cases in Open Public Records your own 272M-case database

๐Ÿ“Œ Searched: Open Public Records California court records ยท Found: 30 cases involving "Watanabe" (showing top 8)
William I Watanabe โ€” Case #14912 ยท 2014-11-19 ยท California
Interush INC V. Watanabe โ€” Case #01843 ยท 2014-12-12 ยท California
Ryugen Watanabe โ€” Case #28115 ยท 2015-02-10 ยท California
USA V. Watanabe โ€” Case #00071 ยท 2015-04-07 ยท California
Wells Fargo Bank NA V. Watanabe โ€” Case #90205 ยท 2015-05-27 ยท California
Anthony J Reed And Amy Watanabe-reed โ€” Case #12234 ยท 2015-07-04 ยท California
Christopher Shuji Watanabe โ€” Case #14351 ยท 2015-09-03 ยท California

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๐Ÿ“Œ State source: California Courts (Tyler) โ€” the official California court records portal
โ†’ Open California Courts (Tyler) โ†—

๐Ÿ” Research Hub for "Christopher Shuji Watanabe" outbound search URLs ยท zero scraping

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๐Ÿ“Š Structured Data Output Schema.org JSON-LD in <head>

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    "publisher": {
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    "about": {
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    "isPartOf": {
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    }
}

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