IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT (Improved)
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE
ZIASUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Nevada corporation, and ANTHONY L. TOBIN,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
Defendant FLOYD D. SCHNEIDER aka ?FLODYIE;?
STEPHEN N. WORTHINGTON aka ?AURIC GOLDFINGER;?
TOM LIVIA aka ?REALMONEY;?
PAUL HARARY aka ?TRADER14U;?
MIKE MORELOCK aka ?CM BURNS;?
DEFENDANT JOHN or JANE DOE 1 aka ?JJS64;?
DEFENDANT JOHN or JANE DOE 2 aka ?GUS SIDERIS;?
DEFENDANT JOHN or JANE DOE 3 aka ?ALPINE SLEUTH.?
Defendants.
No.:
COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND JURY DEMAND
I. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
1.1. This is a complaint for securities fraud, defamation, violation of Washington's Consumer Protection Act, violation of Washington's Criminal Profiteering Act, violation of the Federal RICO statute, and intentional interference with a business expectancy. The claims arise out of the defendants' use of the Internet to disseminate false and defamatory information regarding plaintiffs.
II. PARTIES
2.1 Plaintiff ZiaSun Technologies, Inc. is a Nevada corporation with United States headquarters in San Diego, California.
Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act is what Federal RICO means in the complaint. One of the key elements of a prosecution(civil and/or criminal) under RICO is the establishment of a "pattern of racketeering activity". During the discovery process of a civil RICO case, evidence of criminal wrongdoing can be discovered.
In my opinion, Plaintiffs attorneys will use the various postings of defendants to many message boards to try and establish a "pattern of racketeering activity" by and among the defendants. Again in my opinion, not just the negative postings about ZiaSun, but all the defendants postings that can be reasonably shown as a concerted, organized effort to effect economic gain for the defendants in violation of the RICO Act.
Defendants cannot hide behind aliases once discovery begins. Names of alias posters should be available in the public record at some time, depending upon the various filings of the attorneys.
This suit may have interesting consequences that reach much further than the original complaint.
Crandell
Are any of your co-defendants members of your El Molino supper club? You can bet the plaintiffs' lawyers are going to find out. And speaking of "eat this" in your post, you won't be able to swallow boiled okra when your through with this little suit.
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