Meta fights Andrew Forrest for documents in battle over alleged crypto scam
Source: Australian Associated Press
Meta fights Andrew Forrest for documents in battle over alleged crypto scam
Australian Asscoaited Press
Mon 2 Oct 2023 17.54 BST
Last modified on Mon 2 Oct 2023 21.56 BST
Facebook’s parent company Meta has issued a summons for billionaire Andrew Forrest to hand over sensitive documents amid a legal battle over an alleged cryptocurrency clickbait advertising scam.
Lawyers for the tech giant took the unusual step of issuing a summons to demand 20 categories of documents, alleging the mining magnate’s lawyers had failed to hand over papers relevant to the legal battle.
The documents include some of Forrest’s personal emails and communication about overseas litigation funding for the case he has launched against the social media platform in the US.
Prosecutors allege Meta was criminally reckless in allowing bogus advertisements for a cryptocurrency investment scheme using Forrest’s image to appear on its site.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/02/meta-fights-andrew-forrest-for-documents-in-battle-over-alleged-crypto-scam
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Source: WAtoday
Forrest fights Facebook’s bid for files in crypto scam court stoush
Jesinta Burton
October 2, 2023 — 6.11pm
Billionaire Andrew Forrest has been slapped with a subpoena at the hands of social media giant Meta, which is demanding his legal team’s private emails and details on how his crypto scam lawsuit against the company is being funded.
The mining magnate levelled a criminal case against Facebook in 2022 over cryptocurrency scam ads using his image after a failed public appeal to its founder Mark Zuckerberg.
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Read more: https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/state-fights-facebook-s-bid-for-forrest-s-files-in-crypto-scam-court-stoush-20231002-p5e94x.html
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