IN RE TELEXFREE SECURITIES LITIGATION

MDL No. 4:14-md-02566-TSH.

357 F.Supp.3d 78 (2019)

IN RE: TELEXFREE SECURITIES LITIGATION.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

Filed January 29, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1332
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 - Diversity: Securities Fraud
Nature of Suit: 190 Contract: Other
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Felicia Guevara, Plaintiff, represented by Adriana Contartese , Cadio Zirpoli , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Carl Hammarskjold , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Michael J. Gayan , Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, pro hac vice, Richard Alexander Saveri , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Robert J. Bonsignore , Bonsignore, LLC. & William L. Coulthard , Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, pro hac vice.

Todd Cook, Individually and behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Mark A. Tate , Tate Law Group, LLC, Cadio Zirpoli , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Carl Hammarskjold , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Michael J. Gayan , Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, pro hac vice, Richard Alexander Saveri , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Robert J. Bonsignore , Bonsignore, LLC. & William L. Coulthard , Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, pro hac vice.

Anthony Cellucci, putative class representatives and those similarly situated, Jamilly Lake, putative class representatives and those similarly situated & Gerivaldo Pacheco, putative class representatives and those similarly situated, Plaintiffs, represented by Martin B. Dropkin , Dropkin and Leavitt, P.A., Robert J. Bonsignore , Bonsignore, LLC., Ronald A. Dardeno , Law Offices of Frank N. Dardeno LLP, Cadio Zirpoli , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Carl Hammarskjold , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Michael J. Gayan , Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, pro hac vice, Richard Alexander Saveri , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice & William L. Coulthard , Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, pro hac vice.

Waldermara Martin, putative claims representatives and those similary situated, Reverend Jeremiah Githere, Joseph Shikhman, Christopher McCormick, Ihuoma Igboanugo & Edivaldo Reis, Plaintiffs, represented by Robert J. Bonsignore , Bonsignore, LLC., Cadio Zirpoli , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Carl Hammarskjold , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Michael J. Gayan , Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, pro hac vice, Richard Alexander Saveri , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice & William L. Coulthard , Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, pro hac vice.

Leandro Valentim, putative claims representatives and those similary situated, Plaintiff, represented by Robert J. Bonsignore , Bonsignore, LLC., Cadio Zirpoli , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Carl Hammarskjold , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Michael J. Gayan , Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, pro hac vice & Richard Alexander Saveri , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice.

John Nkata, Stanley Onyeabo, Violet Smart, FESTO KYANDA, ALICE MBUTHIA, Okoji Ndukwe, EMEKA NWOKORO, RUBY G. WALKER, Veronica Saccoh, Ngozi Wakama, UCHECHUCKWU OKAM, Bose Ndukwe, CHIMA IRECHUKWU, JOHN KALU, Bernadette Igboanugo, Suru Iyesi, UKACHI OKEHIE, Uduka Okoafor, LUCKY IMAFIDON, Maduako C Ferguson, Sr., EZINNE P. ONYEGBULE, Samuel Elekwachi, Hannah Ngugi, ANTHONIA A. OCHIJE, Kingsley Igboanugo, LISA PATTON, Chinedu Chidebe & Ojebe Ifegwu, Plaintiffs, represented by Ihuoma Igboanugo , The Crescent Law Practice, pro hac vice, Cadio Zirpoli , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Carl Hammarskjold , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Michael J. Gayan , Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, pro hac vice, Richard Alexander Saveri , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Robert J. Bonsignore , Bonsignore, LLC. & William L. Coulthard , Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, pro hac vice.

EBERECHUKWU NWOBODO, Plaintiff, represented by Ihuoma Igboanugo , The Crescent Law Practice, pro hac vice, Carl Hammarskjold , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Michael J. Gayan , Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, pro hac vice, Richard Alexander Saveri , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Robert J. Bonsignore , Bonsignore, LLC. & William L. Coulthard , Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, pro hac vice.

Nmah Abbah, Plaintiff, represented by Ihuoma Igboanugo , The Crescent Law Practice, pro hac vice, Cadio Zirpoli , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Carl Hammarskjold , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Michael J. Gayan , Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, pro hac vice, Richard Alexander Saveri , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice & Robert J. Bonsignore , Bonsignore, LLC.

Ihuoma Igboanugo, Plaintiff, pro se.

Olavo Ferreira Magalhaes, Individually and on behalf of class members, Plaintiff, represented by Evans J. Carter , Evans J. Carter, P.C., Cadio Zirpoli , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Carl Hammarskjold , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Michael J. Gayan , Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, pro hac vice, Richard Alexander Saveri , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice & William L. Coulthard , Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, pro hac vice.

Esam Abdelgadir, Plaintiff, represented by Robert J. Bonsignore , Bonsignore, LLC., Cadio Zirpoli , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Carl Hammarskjold , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Michael J. Gayan , Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, pro hac vice, Richard Alexander Saveri , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice & William R. Baldiga , Brown Rudnick LLP.

Rita Dos Santos, Plaintiff, represented by Robert J. Bonsignore , Bonsignore, LLC., Alexander D. Wall , Law Offices of Frank Dardeno LLP, Cadio Zirpoli , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Carl Hammarskjold , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Edwin H. Howard , Bonville & Howard, Michael J. Gayan , Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, pro hac vice, Richard Alexander Saveri , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Steven Jay German , Adelman German PLC, pro hac vice & William L. Coulthard , Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, pro hac vice.

Paulo Eduardo Ferrari & Rafaela Serrano, Trustee of the Telexfree settlement trust pursuant to 26 USC Section 468B, Plaintiffs, represented by Daniel S. Dullea , Metaxas, brown & Pidgeon LLP, Jan R. Schlichtmann , Jan R. Schlichtmann, Attorney at Law, PC, Orestes G. Brown , Metaxas Brown Pidgeon LLP, Cadio Zirpoli , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Carl Hammarskjold , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Michael J. Gayan , Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, pro hac vice, Richard Alexander Saveri , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice & William L. Coulthard , Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, pro hac vice.

Samuel E. Griffith, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Jason M. Leviton , Block & Leviton LLP, pro hac vice, Orin Kurtz , Grady & Notis, LLP, pro hac vice, Cadio Zirpoli , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Carl Hammarskjold , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Michael J. Gayan , Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, pro hac vice, Richard Alexander Saveri , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice & William L. Coulthard , Kemp, Jones & Coulthard, LLP, pro hac vice.

Plaintiffs, Plaintiff, represented by Robert J. Bonsignore , Bonsignore, LLC., Steven Jay German , Adelman German PLC, pro hac vice, Alexander D. Wall , Law Offices of Frank Dardeno LLP, Cadio Zirpoli , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice & Carl Hammarskjold , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice.

DLI Inc, class plaintiff, Plaintiff, represented by Cadio Zirpoli , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Carl Hammarskjold , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice, Jordan L. Shapiro , Shapiro & Hender & Richard Alexander Saveri , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., pro hac vice.

Plaintiffs' Interim Executive Committee, Plaintiff, pro se.

James M. Merrill, Defendant, represented by Robert M. Goldstein .

Carlos N. Wanzeler, Defendant, represented by John J. Commisso , Commisso Law P.C., Paul V. Kelly , Jackson Lewis PC & Sarah W. Walsh , Jackson Lewis PC.

Joseph H. Craft, also known as & Craft Financial Solutions, LLC, Defendants, represented by Thomas E. Dwyer, Jr. , Dwyer LLC & Jonathan C. Crafts , Dwyer LLC.

Randy N. Crosby, Defendant, represented by Scott P. Lopez , Lawson & Weitzen.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A., Defendant, represented by Adam K. Doerr , Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, pro hac vice, Paul S. Samson , Riemer & Braunstein & Robert W. Fuller , Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, pro hac vice.

FMR LLC, also known as Fidelity Investments, Defendant, represented by Michael T. Gass , Choate, Hall & Stewart & Stuart M. Glass , Choate Hall & Stewart LLP.

Fidelity Co-Operative Bank, also known as Fidelity Bank, Defendant, represented by Ian D. Roffman , Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP, Joseph T. Toomey , Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP, Pressly M. Millen , Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC & Matthew J. Connolly , Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP.

International Payout Systems, Inc., Defendant, represented by David M. Losier , Burns & Levinson & Dennis J. Kelly , Burns & Levinson.

Propay, Inc., doing business as Propay.com, Defendant, represented by Douglas S. Brooks , LibbyHoopes, P.C., J. Andrew Pratt , King & Spalding, LLP, pro hac vice & Phyllis B. Sumner , King & Spaulding LLP, pro hac vice.

Base Commerce, LLC, doing business as Phoenix Payments, Defendant, represented by Thomas S. Vangel , Murtha Cullina, LLP, James F. Radke , Murtha Cullina LLP & John C. Wyman , Murtha Cullina, LLP.

Vantage Payments, LLC & Dustin Sparman, Defendants, represented by Gary L. Crandell , Law Office of Gary L. Crandell.

Gerald P. Nehra, individually, doing business as Law Offices of Nehra and Waak & Gerald P. Nehra Attorney at Law, PLLC, Defendants, represented by Christopher F. Robertson , Seyfarth Shaw, LLP & Katherine R. Moskop , Seyfarth Shaw, LLP.

Sanderley Rodrigues De Vasconcelos, Defendant, pro se.

Law Offices of Nehra and Waak, Defendant, represented by William J. Hanlon , Seyfarth Shaw, LLP, Christopher F. Robertson , Seyfarth Shaw, LLP & Katherine R. Moskop , Seyfarth Shaw, LLP.

Merrill F. John, Defendant, represented by Michael J. Pineault , Clements & Pineault, LLP.

Katia B. Wanzeler, Defendant, represented by John J. Commisso , Commisso Law P.C.

Allied Wallet, Ltd., Defendant, represented by David Paul Steiner , David Steiner & Associates, pro hac vice, Jonathan C. Balfus , David Steiner and Associates, pro hac vice, Myles W. McDonough , Sloane & Walsh, LLP & Ryan B. MacDonald , Sloane & Walsh.

Daniil Shoyfer, Defendant, represented by Evan M. Fray-Witzer , Ciampa Fray-Witzer, LLP & Matthew Shayefar , Boston Law Group PC.

Synovus Bank, Defendant, represented by Alan G. Snipes , Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tuker & Ford P.C., pro hac vice, John O. Mirick , Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee, Thomas Gristina , Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tuker & Ford P.C., pro hac vice, Thomas E. Reilly , Troutman Sanders LLP, pro hac vice, William N. Withrow, Jr. , Troutman Sanders LLP, pro hac vice & Kenneth C. Pickering , Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Loungee, LLP.

Opt3 Solutions, Inc., Defendant, pro se.

Jason Borromei, Defendant, pro se.

Ann Genet, Defendant, pro se.

John Hughes, Defendant, represented by Ben N. Dunlap , LeClair Ryan, P.C. & Kevin G. Kenneally , Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP.

Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, Defendant, represented by Adam K. Doerr , Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, Robert W. Fuller , Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson & Paul S. Samson , Riemer & Braunstein.

United States of America, Interested Party, represented by Andrew E. Lelling , United States Attorney's Office MA.

Stephen B. Darr as Trustee of the Chapter 11 Estates of TelexFree, Inc. and TelexFree, LLC, Intervenor, represented by Charles R. Bennett, Jr. , Murphy & King, PC.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT GLOBAL PAYROLL GATEWAY'S MOTION TO DISMISS (Docket No. 167)

Global Payroll Gateway ("GPG:), one of numerous defendants in the TelexFree multidistrict securities litigation, moves to dismiss all counts in the Second Consolidated Amended Complaint...

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