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Meta Platforms, Inc. Board of Directors 1601 Willow Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 United States Investor@FB.com
by Gunnar Larson 10 Feb '24

10 Feb '24

March 24, 2022 BY ELECTRONIC MAIL Meta Platforms, Inc. Board of Directors 1601 Willow Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 United States Investor(a)FB.com Re: USPTO, Digital Assets and Moscow Exchange Dear Meta Board of Directors: Today’s memo is to kindly submit xNY.io’s overall concern of Meta Platforms, Inc. and Moscow Exchange mark similarities, specifically, both marks seemingly resemble a geometric design consisting of two loops and/orovals touching or intersecting. See here: xNY.io asks not whether the first work would damage the market for the second (by, for example, devaluing it through parody or criticism), but whether it usurps the market by offering a competing substitute, potentially causing significant damage to digital asset purity and blockchain software technology innovation. 1. The Moscow Exchange operates Russia's central securities depository, the National Settlement Depository, and the country's largest clearing service provider, the National Clearing Centre. 2. Meta Platforms recently filed USPTO applications from the international jurisdiction of Jamaica, seeking mark approval of a geometric design consisting of two loops and/or ovals touching or intersecting and/or other bands, lines or bars. 3. Meta Platforms suggests bonafide intention to use the mark in commerce, on or in connection with the identified goods and services such as financial transaction processing services relating to tokens, blockchain assets, cryptocurrencies and other virtual assets. With all due respect, Meta’s Board may understand xNY.io cannot logically accept that the recent USPTO applications are not a marketplace manipulation exercise at xNY.io’s overall expense. Meta’s Board must ask itself, to the best of its knowledge, information, and belief, if further inquiry is reasonable under the circumstances? - xNY.io kindly asks Meta’s Board to recall all eight USPTO trademark applications reported by Cointelegraph on March 23, 2022. xNY.io kindly asks Meta’s Board to confirm the application recalls by Friday, March 25, 2022 at 5:00pm EST. xNY.io’s factual contentions made above have evidentiary support and recognize Moscow Exchange’s approach to threats that stifle individual and corporate freedom. Respectfully yours with appreciation, Gunnar Larson - xNY.io <http://www.xny.io> - Bank.org <http://bank.org>MSc <https://www.unic.ac.cy/blockchain/msc-digital-currency/?utm_source=Google&u…> - Digital Currency MBA <https://www.unic.ac.cy/business-administration-entrepreneurship-and-innovat…> - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) G(a)xNY.io +1-646-454-9107

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Full Del. High Court Asked To Revive $1.2B Crypto Merger
by Gunnar Larson 10 Feb '24

10 Feb '24

Full Del. High Court Asked To Revive $1.2B Crypto Merger <https://www.law360.com/fintech/articles/1794819?nl_pk=d2b3e7ef-ab62-4a62-80…> By Leslie A. Pappas Cryptocurrency wallet provider BitGo deserves the chance to go to trial with digital assets firm Galaxy Digital over their broken $1.2 billion merger because the dispute involves complex questions of administrative, agency and securities laws, as well as regulatory guidance, BitGo told Delaware's highest court Wednesday. 3 documents attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/fintech/articles/1794819?nl_pk=d2b3e7ef-ab62-4a62-80…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/fintech/articles/1794819?nl_pk=d2b3e7ef-ab62-4a62-80…>

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TikTok Targeted Female Exec In 'Kill List,' Bias Suit Says
by Gunnar Larson 10 Feb '24

10 Feb '24

TikTok Targeted Female Exec In 'Kill List,' Bias Suit Says <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1795907?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…> By Grace Elletson TikTok put a former marketing executive on a company "kill list" because she was a woman nearing 50 and ultimately fired her from her role after she complained about the prejudice she faced, according to a lawsuit filed against the social media company in New York federal court Thursday. Complaint attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1795907?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1795907?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…>

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Ex-BigLaw Atty Tells Jury LaPierre Didn't Control NRA Board
by Gunnar Larson 10 Feb '24

10 Feb '24

Ex-BigLaw Atty Tells Jury LaPierre Didn't Control NRA Board <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1795949?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…> By Rachel Scharf A former BigLaw partner was the latest National Rifle Association board member to testify in defense of the gun rights group at the New York attorney general's fraud trial, telling jurors Thursday that it's "just not true" that longtime CEO Wayne LaPierre had full power over NRA decisionmaking. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1795949?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1795949?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…>

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Investor Denies Making Yacht Buy To Hide Truth Social Gains
by Gunnar Larson 10 Feb '24

10 Feb '24

Investor Denies Making Yacht Buy To Hide Truth Social Gains <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1795770?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…> By Pete Brush A Florida venture capitalist on Thursday denied laundering insider-trading proceeds via the purchase of a $14.7 million yacht, after prosecutors alleged in Manhattan federal court that he illegally profited from a secret plan to take Donald Trump's Truth Social company public. 1 document attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1795770?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1795770?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…>

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Texas Adjuster No Longer To Pretend To Be Lloyd's Of London
by Gunnar Larson 10 Feb '24

10 Feb '24

Texas Adjuster No Longer To Pretend To Be Lloyd's Of London <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1795779?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…> By Elizabeth Daley An insurance adjuster who hijacked the good name of British underwriting giant Lloyd's of London after blaming it for lost compensation agreed in Texas federal court to shut down businesses he opened in its name. 2 documents attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1795779?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1795779?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…>

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6 Charged With Defrauding Court-Appointed Attorneys
by Gunnar Larson 10 Feb '24

10 Feb '24

6 Charged With Defrauding Court-Appointed Attorneys <https://www.law360.com/cybersecurity-privacy/articles/1795352?nl_pk=3dfd2fd…> By Elliot Weld Six defendants were charged in Brooklyn federal court with stealing and cashing checks that were meant for court-appointed attorneys' legal work, prosecutors announced Wednesday. 3 documents attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/cybersecurity-privacy/articles/1795352?nl_pk=3dfd2fd…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/cybersecurity-privacy/articles/1795352?nl_pk=3dfd2fd…>

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Crypto Issues To Watch Amid Evolving Legal Landscape
by Gunnar Larson 10 Feb '24

10 Feb '24

Subject: Crypto Issues To Watch Amid Evolving Legal Landscape Crypto Issues To Watch Amid Evolving Legal Landscape <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1791581?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…> This year will likely be a momentous one for crypto in the U.S., but whether it is successful or disastrous will depend on the outcome of high-profile court decisions and key regulatory actions, say attorneys at Venable. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1791581?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1791581?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…>

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First Charge and Trial Conviction for Cryptocurrency in Securities Price Manipulation Conspiracy
by Gunnar Larson 10 Feb '24

10 Feb '24

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-convicted-300m-securities-price-manipula… First Charge and Trial Conviction for Cryptocurrency in Securities Price Manipulation Conspiracy A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted a Pennsylvania man today for manipulating the price of a security and scheming to defraud investors in connection with the purchase of Hydrogen Technology’s cryptocurrency, HYDRO. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Shane Hampton, 32, of Philadelphia, served as the head of financial engineering at Hydrogen Technology and orchestrated a months-long scheme to manipulate the price of HYDRO. Hampton and his co-conspirators hired an outside firm, Moonwalkers Trading Limited of South Africa, to run an automated trading system or “bot” to manipulate the price of HYDRO on a cryptocurrency exchange in the United States by flooding the market with fake and fraudulent orders from October 2018 to April 2019. Hampton and his co-conspirators executed approximately $7 million in “wash trades” and placed over $300 million in “spoof trades” for HYDRO through the bot. Collectively, these spoof and wash trades were designed to, and did, fraudulently induce retail investors to purchase HYDRO so that Hampton and his co-conspirators could sell Hydrogen Technology’s own holdings of HYDRO for over $1.5 million over the course of a seven-month period. The jury convicted Hampton of conspiracy to commit securities price manipulation and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He is scheduled to be sentenced on April 29 and faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison for the conspiracy to commit securities price manipulation conviction and 20 years in prison for the conspiracy to commit wire fraud conviction. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors. Hampton is the fourth defendant to be convicted as part of the case. Michael Kane, the CEO of Hydrogen Technology, pleaded guilty to the same charges and is awaiting sentencing; Andrew Chorlian, an engineer at Hydrogen Technology, also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities price manipulation and wire fraud and is awaiting sentencing; and Tyler Ostern, the CEO of Moonwalkers Trading Limited, also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities price manipulation and wire fraud and has been sentenced to two years in prison. Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Markenzy Lapointe for the Southern District of Florida, and Assistant Director Michael D. Nordwall of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division made the announcement. The FBI Miami Field Office investigated the case. Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Morales for the Southern District of Florida assisted in the investigation of the case. Trial Attorney Andrew Jaco and Assistant Chief Scott Armstrong of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section are prosecuting the case.

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High Court Ruling Solidifies SOX Whistleblower Protections
by Gunnar Larson 10 Feb '24

10 Feb '24

High Court Ruling Solidifies SOX Whistleblower Protections <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1795939?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…> By Sarah Jarvis The U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous decision Thursday in favor of a UBS whistleblower has solidified whistleblower protections across a wide range of industries, with one attorney saying the ruling has made the Sarbanes-Oxley Act the most pro-employee labor law in the country. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1795939?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1795939?nl_pk=ac5a3855-e47c-4403-be…>

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