Ceglia

In an effort to make billions of dollars by suing Facebook, Paul Ceglia is actually putting a large dent in his own wallet.

Federal Magistrate Leslie Foschio ordered Ceglia to pay the social network almost $90,000 in attorney fees today, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The order comes because of Ceglia's last-minute cancellation of legal depositions that Facebook had already paid its lawyers to do. Foschio also ordered Ceglia to reimburse an additional $7,000 in travel and lodging expenses for the social network's experts that were to be deposed.

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Paul Ceglia has chased away his lawyers before and now another one is begging to get off the case. But, Ceglia doesn't want to let him go.

Ceglia, who is suing Facebook with the claim that he owns half of the social network, is up to his neck in legal woes. But, his lawyer Dean Boland, has said he can no longer represent Ceglia because of threats he's received, according to the Associated Press.

Boland has filed a motion to withdraw from the lawsuit but Ceglia has opposed the motion.

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As if Paul Ceglia doesn't have enough problems.

Now the man claiming to own half of Facebook -- who last month was arrested on fraud charges for allegedly fabricating evidence in the case -- might end up paying part of Facebook's attorneys fees.

Ceglia, who was released from jail today after posting a $250,000 bond, is continuing to fight his civil lawsuit against Facebook and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.

The case now centers around why additional hard copies of a purported contract between Ceglia and Zuckerberg were destroyed. Ceglia's legal team has said that additional files -- … Read more

As if Paul Ceglia, the man claiming to own half of Facebook who was arrested on fraud charges last week, didn't have enough trouble, his civil lawsuit against the social-networking company ran aground this week.

A federal judge in New York allowed Facebook to present what appears to be a damning forensics report that concludes the purported "contract" giving Ceglia part ownership of Facebook was altered.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie Foschio on Wednesday ruled that excluding an expert witness report about the authenticity of the documents -- which Ceglia had requested -- was a "drastic … Read more

The man who claimed ownership of half of Facebook is now in federal custody. Paul Ceglia was charged today in New York with single counts of mail and wire fraud. The maximum prison sentence for each count is 20 years.

Ceglia become known for his suit against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg claiming that he was entitled to a 50 percent stake in the company. The charges against him filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan state that he falsified records and destroyed evidence in a multibillion-dollar scheme to defraud both Facebook and Zuckerberg.

Read the U.S. vs. Paul Ceglia Complaint … Read more

The feds have arrested and charged Paul Ceglia, the man who claims he owns half of Facebook, with mail and wire fraud for allegedly doctoring a contract and creating fake emails in an attempt to cheat Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg out of billions of dollars, a U.S. district attorney revealed today.

He faces up to 40 years in prison for the two charges, which relate to Ceglia using the U.S. Postal Service and email to transmit the materials, according to the complaint (see below).

Federal agents arrested Ceglia at his home in Wellsville, N.Y., this morning … Read more

A federal judge has ordered Paul Ceglia, the man who claims he's entitled to half ownership of Facebook, to produce a letter that appears to support the social network's claim that his alleged contract is a fabrication.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio today ordered the release of the letter, in which one of Ceglia's former law firms advises two other former Ceglia law firms that it had determined that the purported contract with Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg was a fraud. Foschio also reprimanded Ceglia and his current lawyer, Dean Boland, for failing to produce the … Read more

The judge hearing pretrial motions in Paul Ceglia's lawsuit against Facebook suspects the man suing for half of the social-networking giant is trying to stall the legal proceedings and has suggested that further sanctions might be necessary as a result.

Federal Magistrate Leslie G. Foschio, of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, sometimes used strong language today in explaining his reasons for dismissing five motions filed by Ceglia. The motions included requests to have expert testimony stricken and Facebook's attorneys disqualified from the case.

Foschio said the "complete dearth of any … Read more

Paul Ceglia, the guy who in 2003 commissioned Mark Zuckerberg to work on a Web site that he says now entitles him to 50 percent of Facebook, is fighting back in response to Facebook's request to get the case thrown out of court.

Last last month, Facebook said it had uncovered 200 forged e-mails between Zuckerberg and Ceglia, and Facebook's attorneys charged that the entire "lawsuit is a fraud and a lie."

So now Ceglia is asking the court to dismiss Facebook's request to dismiss the case. The filling dated April 1, in the U.… Read more