291: Mark Zuckerberg Signed This Contract

Published: March 27, 2024, 11:30 a.m.

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In this final episode of Let\\u2019s Go To Court, Kristin takes us full circle \\u2014 with a con man.
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\\nIn his hometown of Wellsville, New York, Paul Ceglia was known for his dishonesty. He always had a scheme going. He often got caught. In fact, he got caught in 2009 running a fraudulent business. But our pal Paul claims that it was in that dark moment, with the government coming after him, he discovered something incredible. While going through his old files, he found a contract that had been signed by an 18-year-old Mark Zuckerberg. According to that contract, Paul was the rightful owner to 84% of Facebook.\\xa0
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\\nAnd now for a note about our process. For this episode, Kristin read a bunch of articles, then spat them back out in her very limited vocabulary. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.
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\\nIn this episode, Kristin pulled from:
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\\u201cFacebook Face-off\\u201d episode of American Greed
\\n\\u201cFacebook fraud suspect on the lam; family, dog also missing,\\u201d Associated Press
\\n\\u201cFacebook friend or foe?\\u201d by Tim Graham for The Buffalo News
\\n\\u201cFugitive Ceglia to be returned to U.S. to face charges of attempting to defraud Facebook,\\u201d by Phil Fairbanks for The Buffalo News
\\n\\u201cCeglia has bad day in Facebook lawsuit,\\u201d by Dan Herbeck for The Buffalo News
\\n\\u201cPaul Ceglia: The man who owns 84% of Facebook?\\u201d by Van Voris for Bloomberg Businessweek
\\n\\u201cThe buy who says he owns 50% of Facebook just filed a boatload of new evidence \\u2013 and it\\u2019s breathtaking,\\u201d by Henry Blodget for Business Insider
\\n\\u201cFacebook\\u2019s suit against lawyers for Ceglia thrown out on appeal,\\u201d by Bob Van Voris for Bloomberg News\\xa0
\\n\\u201cWhere in the world is Paul Ceglia? Possibly Ireland,\\u201d by Phil Fairbanks for The Buffalo News\\xa0
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