Lawsuit: Pending The Crown v. Stratton LLC, Emmet99, Maelzarun, Mr_GrapeJelly, FTLCEO, Talion77, Case 11 (Mag. Ct., 2025)

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IN THE MAGISTRATE COURT OF THE KINGDOM OF ALEXANDRIA
CRIMINAL ACTION

The Crown
Prosecution

v.

Stratton LLC,
Emmet99,
Maelzarun,
Mr_GrapeJelly,
FTLCEO,
Talion77

Defendants​

CRIMINAL COMPLAINT
Emmet99 incorporated Stratton LLC on May 25th, 2025. P-003-1. Stratton LLC functions as a foreign exchange or "forex" business which entirely targets new players. Exhibit P-004-1; P-007-1. On June 8th, 2025, their operations became illegal under the Criminal Code and Procedures Act. However, the group continued plans to operate in the shadows. P-009-1; P-009-2. They additionally planned further illegal activities both within Alexandria, and within Redmont. P-014-1 through P-014-12. These included, bank fraud, ponzi schemes, as well as using banks for a front for their conspiracy to continue to commit New Player Fraud. See Id.

I. PARTIES -
1. The Crown
2. Stratton LLC,
3. Emmet99,
4. Maelzarun,
5. Mr_GrapeJelly,
6. FTLCEO (a.k.a 12700k),
7. Talion77

II. FACTS -
1. Stratton LLC was founded on May 25, 2025. Exhibit P-003-1
2. Despite doing business in Alexandria, they are not a registered corporation. See MOTF Registered Corporations
3. Between May 25, 2025 and June 7, 2025, Stratton bought and sold Alexandrian Pounds at a standard rate of of £1,200 SC for $6,000 DC. Exhibit P-007-1; P-007-2.
4. With the passage of the Criminal Code and Procedures Act, Stratton appeared to halt operations for a day, however, on June 8th, 2025, Stratton's manager, Maelzarun, ordered members to continue operating as normal despite the passage of the law. P-009-1: P-009-2.
5. After this announcement from management, CEO Emmet99 asked his employees for further ideas on how to continue operations. Some of these suggestions included operating banks as fronts, committing bank fraud, and creating ponzi schemes. P-014-1 through P-014-12.
6. In pursuit of their transactions prior to the passage of the Criminal Code and Procedures Act, Stratton LLC targeted new players with predatory exchange rates. P-007-1: P-007-2.
7. Stratton provided guidelines on how their business worked, and how they acquired money. Within those guidelines, members agreed to refuse to not joke about scamming, and not leak information about their activities to others. These guidelines additionally encouraged employees to avoid those who ask too many questions, and to respect ranks. If individuals were not making deals, they were "replaceable." Exhibit P-008-1 through P-008-3.
8. Once reports went public of their activities, the Ministry of Justice joined their discord in order to gather information about possible illegal activities. As soon as members of the MOJ joined, they were greeted with a message from FTLCEO, who engaged with them in conversation. During that conversation, FTLCEO talked about the basic functions of the business. Members of the MOJ could not learn more without joining the group. P-006-1 through P-006-6.
9. After it was discovered by Stratton that the MOJ was looking into their activities, Emmet99 reached out to members of the MOJ of his own accord to give a statement. Within that statement, he asserted (1) Stratton was not a scam, (2) that Stratton did not target new players, (3) That they had no standard exchange rate, (4) they received offers from new players, not the other way around, (5) that he could not control the conduct of his employees and that FTLCEO reaching out to new players with an offer was not the business of Stratton.
10. Prior to their actions becoming illegal, Stratton conducted at least £25,000 of sales. Exhibit P-013-1 through P-013-3.

III. Argument -
1. The order of the manager of Stratton created a conspiracy between all those involved within Stratton to continue operations as they had prior to the enactment of the Criminal Code and Procedures Act.
2. All individuals engaged in overt acts in furtherance of the conspiracy during the chat where they determined how they would continue to scam players.
3. This conspiracy was to commit both fraud, and new player fraud, within the Kingdom of Alexandria.
4. By lying to members of the MOJ, Emmet99 attempted to obstruct justice and prevent the investigation of his company.
5. By operating under an NDA, and by agreeing to not leak or discuss Stratton strategies, members of Stratton additionally engaged in a conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice.

IV. CHARGES -

Stratton LLC and All Defendants

1. Conspiracy to violate CCPA Sec. 21 (3)(i) - New Player Fraud
2. Conspiracy to violate CCPA Sec. 20 (6)(f) - Fraud

Emmet99 Additional Charges
1. Two Violations of CCPA Sec. (7)(a) - Obstruction of Justice.

Maelzarun, Mr_GrapeJelly, FTLCEO, and Talion77 Additional Charges
1. Conspiracy to violate CCPA Sec. (7)(a) - Obstruction of Justice
 

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REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY INJUNCTION:

Your honour,

The Crown requests an emergency injunction to prevent the movement of any and all assets within the Stratton LLC account. This account holds the majority of the money related to Stratton LLC's business assets, and there is a high likelihood of it being moved based on the defendants previous actions of attempting to remove evidence of his guilt. See the attached exhibits from the warrant served on Stratton LLC.
 

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Your honour,

We at this time request a warrant for the transaction history of Stratton LLC's account. We believe this information will further show where money went to and from in furtherance of covering up the conspiracy. We additionally request the transaction history of all defendants at this time based on the copious transactions they have undertaken in this case.
 
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REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY INJUNCTION:

Your honour,

The Crown requests an emergency injunction to prevent the movement of any and all assets within the Stratton LLC account. This account holds the majority of the money related to Stratton LLC's business assets, and there is a high likelihood of it being moved based on the defendants previous actions of attempting to remove evidence of his guilt. See the attached exhibits from the warrant served on Stratton LLC.
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IN THE MAGISTRATES COURT OF ALEXANDRIA
RULING ON REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY INJUNCTION

After reviewing the complaint, evidence provided, and charges levied against the Defendants, the Court contends that, given the previous actions of one of the Defendants in relation to Stratton LLC, there is a high likelihood of asset transference between some Defendants and unrelated parties of the case in order to evade punishment.

Accordingly, the Court has decided to grant an extended Emergency Injunction to freeze any transfer of any and all assets owned by Stratton LLC or Emmet99 to any other person, business, entity, organization, or any other intermediaries to conceal or aid asset transference of any kind.

This Emergency Injunction is effective immediately and shall remain in force until such time as the Court expressly lifts or modifies the Injunction, or until the verdict on the criminal matter is rendered, whichever occurs earlier.

Any violation of this Emergency Injunction shall constitute Contempt of Court and may result in additional legal sanctions or criminal charges against those responsible.
 
Your honour,

We at this time request a warrant for the transaction history of Stratton LLC's account. We believe this information will further show where money went to and from in furtherance of covering up the conspiracy. We additionally request the transaction history of all defendants at this time based on the copious transactions they have undertaken in this case.
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IN THE MAGISTRATES COURT OF ALEXANDRIA
RULING ON REQUEST OF A SEARCH WARRANT INTO THE TRANSACTION HISTORY OF STRATTON LLC

Given the relevance of the information in the Search Warrant request in relation to the charges levied against the Defendants, the Court grants the Search Warrant in its entirety.

This warrant is effective immediately and shall remain in force until the conclusion of discovery proceedings of this criminal case, or fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of this ruling, whichever is earlier. The warrant may be extended upon a further application to this Court, with reasons provided for the necessity of the extension, particularly detailing any impediments faced by the investigators in completing their search within the initial period.
 
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IN THE MAGISTRATE'S COURT OF ALEXANDRIA
WRIT OF SUMMONS
@Emmet99, @Maelzarun, @Mr_GrapeJelly, @12700k, @Talion77, and Stratton LLC's legal counsel are required to appear before the Magistrate's Court in the case of The Crown v. Stratton LLC, Emmet99, Maelzarun, Mr_GrapeJelly, FTLCEO, Talion77, Case 11 (Mag. Ct., 2025).

Failure to appear within 72 hours of this summons will result in a default judgment based on the known facts of the case.

Both parties should make themselves aware of the Court Rules and Procedures (General and Specific), including the option of an in-game trial should both parties request one.
 
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IN THE MAGISTRATES COURT OF THE KINGDOM OF ALEXANDRIA
Ruling of the Search Warrant Application by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) regarding an investigation into Stratton LLC's Discord server


Having considered the application submitted by the Honourable Joseph Ibney0, Minister of Justice of the Kingdom of Alexandria, the Court is satisfied that there exists *probable cause* to issue a search warrant in relation to the Discord server operated by Stratton LLC, a purported foreign exchange enterprise.

The affidavit submitted outlines in detail a well-organized and extensive conspiracy to conduct predatory foreign exchange transactions, particularly targeting new players from the Commonwealth of Redmont.

The depth and scope of the misconduct establish reasonable grounds to believe that further evidence exists within the Discord server of Stratton LLC.

Accordingly, the search warrant request is granted in its entirety, authorizing any investigator delegated by the Ministry of Justice to conduct a comprehensive search of the Stratton LLC Discord server.

These investigators shall be provided with full administrator permissions within the server without delay. Their access of the Stratton LLC Discord server are to only serve the purposes of accessing, viewing, and extracting all communications, files, documents, or other information that may be relevant to the alleged offences, as well as identifying communications related to the alleged fraud and conspiracy, including but not limited to discussions regarding continued operations post-CCPA, and efforts to obstruct or evade investigation.

This warrant is effective immediately and shall remain in force until the filing of the criminal case in the Magistrates Court, or thirty (30) calendar days from the date of this ruling, whichever is earlier. The warrant may be extended upon a further application to this Court, with reasons provided for the necessity of the extension, particularly detailing any impediments faced by the investigators in completing their search within the initial period.

SO ORDERED.

Signed,
Magistrate Pepecuu
Magistrate, Kingdom of Alexandria
Date: June 12, 2025 17:10 UTC

NOTE: This Court Order was issued to the Defendants through the MoJ pre-case filing (See Date above, and Photo Attached below).

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IN THE MAGISTRATES COURT OF THE KINGDOM OF ALEXANDRIA
Court Order to preserve evidence located within the Stratton LLC Discord Server

Given the Defendants’ previous attempts to hide and lie about their conduct to law enforcement officials, as well as their prior efforts to obstruct justice, the Court concurs with the Plaintiff’s belief that there exists a substantial risk of the destruction, alteration, or concealment of evidence relating to this matter.

Accordingly, the Court hereby issues the following order:
**Stratton LLC, including any of its affiliates, employees, agents, and any other individuals acting under its direction or with access to the Stratton LLC Discord server, is strictly prohibited from engaging in any activity that results in the deletion, modification, or concealment of any message, file, or any form of data on said server.** This includes, but is not limited to, the deletion or editing of messages, the alteration or removal of channels, the use of bots or automated processes to purge server history, the adjustment of member roles or permissions, or any attempt to otherwise interfere with, conceal, or destroy content relevant to the ongoing investigation.

This preservation order is effective immediately and shall remain in force until such time as the Court expressly lifts or modifies the order, or until the verdict on the criminal matter is rendered, whichever occurs earlier.

Any violation of this order shall constitute Contempt of Court and may result in additional legal sanctions or criminal charges against those responsible.

The Ministry of Justice is authorized to serve this order directly to any representative or agent or affiliate of Stratton LLC and may employ reasonable technological means to ensure compliance with the terms stated above.

SO ORDERED.

Signed,
Magistrate Pepecuu
Magistrate, Kingdom of Alexandria
Date: June 12, 2025 17:29 UTC


NOTE: This Court Order was issued to the Defendants through the MoJ pre-case filing (See Date above, and Photo Attached below).

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At this time, your honor, we request the Court find Emmet99 in contempt for violations of its order to prevent the destruction of evidence. Exhibit P-020-1 through P-020-3 show the defendant deleting evidence from the Stratton discord server after the warrant was issued. This is a direct violation of the Courts orders, and we ask that he be held in contempt and punished accordingly.

Additionally, I request to amend the complaint to add an additional count of Obstruction of Justice to Emmet99.
 
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At this time, your honor, we request the Court find Emmet99 in contempt for violations of its order to prevent the destruction of evidence. Exhibit P-020-1 through P-020-3 show the defendant deleting evidence from the Stratton discord server after the warrant was issued. This is a direct violation of the Courts orders, and we ask that he be held in contempt and punished accordingly.

Additionally, I request to amend the complaint to add an additional count of Obstruction of Justice to Emmet99.
Given Emmet99's misconduct in deleting evidence from the Stratton LLC Discord server despite an issued and in effect court order for the preservation of evidence, the Court finds Emmet99 in Contempt of Court and shall fine him £1000 for the severe implications that his actions might have had in the evidence gathering process.

The request to append an additional count of Obstruction of Justice against Emmet99 to the Complaint is granted, due to the destruction of evidence and in violation of the Court Order, as stated above.
 
I, MJ43, appear before this court as counsel for Defendant Stratton, on behalf of my firm, Agrari, Tallion & Partners LLC.
 
IN THE MAGISTRATES ORDER FOR THE KINGDOM OF ALEXANDRIA​
The Crown,

Prosecutor,

v.

STRATTON LLC, EMMET99, MAELZARUN, Case No. 2025-11
MR_GRAPEJELLY, FTLCEO, and TALION77, Hon. Pepecuu

Defendants.
DEFENDANT STRATTON'S ENTREATY FOR JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW
NOW COMES Defendants, STRATTON LLC, EMMET99, MAELZARUN, MR_GRAPEJELLY, FTLCEO, and TALION77 (hereinafter referred to as "Stratton"), by and through their attorneys, AGRARI, TALION & PARTNERS, LLC, and for their Entreaty for Judgment as a Matter of Law states the following:

1. Stratton engages in business working off of the exchange rates between DC currency and the currency of the Kingdom of Alexandria.

2. The Criminal Code and Procedure Act § 20(e) specifically states that it is illegal to trade"Alexandrian Pounds for any other foreign currency, or asset, or other item of monetary value, for a price below its market rate . . ."

3. As it stands in the statute, there is no determinable way to figure out what counts as the "market rate" of Alexandrian Pounds. Due to these variable exchange rates that are wildly volatile, it would be unfair for this Court to say what counts as "below market value" without further direction from parliament.

4. The CCPA § 20(3)(i) states that to create new player fraud, a player must "defraud another player, and their target was chosen based on said target's actual or percieved lack of experience in Alexandria."

5. At no point does the Crown allege facts that would lead to a clear conclusion that the employees of Stratton were seeking to engage in new player fraud.

6. At no point does the Crown allege facts that would lead to a clear conclusion that the employees of Stratton were seeking to engage in fraud.

7. At no point does the Crown allege facts that would lead to a clear conclusion that the employees of Stratton engaged in a conspiracy to commit fraud.

8. The Crown's sought after warrant seeks only to engage in investigation of fraud, which would result in an a priori charging document (we charge you, and then we investigate the crime). This spits in the face of the freedoms that the Kingdom of Alexandria provides to enterprises who wish to engage in business within the kingdom.

WHEREFORE, Defendant STRATTON humbly asks this Honorable Court, due to the Crown's lack of ability to state a claim upon which relief can be granted:

A. GRANT Defendants' Entreaty for Judgment as a Matter of Law;

B. DISMISS these charges with prejudice;

C. GRANT all other relief that is just and equitable under the circumstances.

Respectfully Submitted,

Agrari, Talion & Partners, LLC

MJ43
Attorney for Defendants
Or-c053, Oakridge, Redmont​
 
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IN THE MAGISTRATE COURT OF THE KINGDOM OF ALEXANDRIA
CRIMINAL ACTION

The Crown
Prosecution

v.

Stratton LLC, Emmet99, Maelzarun, Mr_GrapeJelly, FTLCEO, Talion77
Defendants

RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT STRATTON'S MOTION (sic) FOR JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW

Your honour,

The Crown of the Kingdom of Alexandria ("The Crown") opposes the defendants entreaty (stylized as "motion") for judgment as a matter of law.

THE COURT SHOULD VIEW THIS MOTION AS A MOTION TO DISMISS AS OUTLINED IN SEC. 10(c) OF THE CRIMINAL CODE AND PROCEDURES ACT ("CCPA")
Defendant's request a motion for judgment as a matter of law. While the Court under the CCPA is able to hear entreaties under any styling, this Court would be served better by standardizing such entreaties to entreaties to dismiss. As a procedural matter, an entreaty to dismiss should be the only accepted entreaty for dismissal of charges with prejudice, and this Court should view this motion as such under Sec. 10(c) of the CCPA.

THE CROWN DOES NOT ALLEGE THAT DEFENDANTS ENGAGED IN FORIEGN EXCHANGE FRAUD
Nowhere within the indictment against Stratton LLC or any of its agents does the Crown assert that defendants engaged in foreign exchange fraud. Instead, the Crown asserts that all members engaged in conspiracies to commit "New Player Fraud" as well as general "fraud." The Crown additionally charges separate defendants with Obstruction of Justice and Conspiracy to commit Obstruction of Justice. As such, this section of defendants motion may be ignored or denied.

THE CROWN HAS PROVIDED SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO SHOW A PRIMA FACE CASE FOR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT NEW PLAYER FRAUD
Defendants allege "At no point does the Crown allege facts that would lead to a clear conclusion that the employees of Stratton were seeking to engage in new player fraud [...] were seeking to engage in fraud" or "engaged in a conspiracy to commit fraud." No current case law exists on how a court should determine whether a entreaty to dismiss has merits. At this time, the Crown asserts that for the Court to properly grant an entreaty to dismiss, the Court should determine whether there is substantial evidence to support the charges against the defendant. Substantial evidence should be defined as relevant evidence that a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion. The magistrate court should determine whether there is substantial evidence of each essential element of the offense charged and that the defendant is the perpetrator. This evidence should be viewed in the light most favorable to the Crown, and give the Crown the benefit of every reasonable inference.

1. Stratton Employees did Seek to Engage in a Conspiracy to Commit New Player Fraud and Fraud
As seen in P-009-1 and P-009-2, members of Stratton internally agreed to conspire to continue their new player fraud after it became illegal. This agreement was facilitated by the manager of Stratton, who informed their employees that they would continue in the practice. P-009-1 and P-009-2. Such actions constituted the intent to form the conspiracy. Later, members of Stratton engaged in a brainstorming session within their discord, in which they took the overt act of proposing business plans for how to use a bank as a front for their plans of new player fraud. See P-014-1 through P-014-12. See also P-021-1.

Conspiracy is defined as: "If multiple players have the specific intent to commit a crime, agree to commit that crime, and at least one of them takes an overt act in furtherance of the criminal conspiracy, they are guilty of that offense." CCPA Sec. 19(3).

Fraud is defined as: "us[ing] deceit, falsehoods, or trickery to obtain something of value from another player." CCPA Sec. 20 (6)(f).

New Player Fraud is defined as: "if [a player] defraud another player, and their target was chosen based on said target's actual or perceived lack of experience in Alexandria." CCPA Sec. 21 (3)(i)

As can be seen in P-009-1 and P-009-2, members agreed to continue in the new player fraud after it took place, using the bank, as well as other suggestions as a front. These players additionally committed an overt act in furtherance of this conspiracy by submitting a business plan for a bank which they could use to defraud these players.

If this evidence is additionally not enough, the Court should take into account evidence of consciousness of guilt present within the record. After this Court granted a warrant of probable cause, and after that warrant was submitted with an order to preserve evidence from the Court to Stratton, Emmet99, the CEO of stratton, deleted evidence from several channels within his discord. This Court previously sanctioned Emmet99 for this action, and should additionally take these actions to show consciousness of guilt. Emmet99 even admitted he did this to avoid having to provide evidence to the Crown. P-022-1. These actions show clear consciousness of guilt, and in the absence of evidence destroyed in bad faith by the defendant, the Court can only assume that evidence would have been unfavorable to the defendant and would have shown further intent and action to commit these acts.

For these reasons, the Court should deny the entreaty to dismiss, as the Crown has shown a prima face case.

Respectfully submitted,

Joseph Ibney0
Minister of Justice
Kingdom of Alexandria
 
I, MJ43, appear before this court as counsel for Defendant Stratton, on behalf of my firm, Agrari, Tallion & Partners LLC.
The Court would like to enquire if you are representing any of the other Defendants listed in this case, as well as request a proof of retainer for Stratton LLC (and for any other Defendants being represented by Agrari, Tallion & Partners LLC).
 
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IN THE MAGISTRATES COURT OF THE KINGDOM OF ALEXANDRIA
Ruling on the Entreaty of Judgement as a Matter of Law by the Defendants

The Court has reviewed the Defendants Entreaty of Judgement as a Matter of Law and the Prosecution’s response to the Entreaty of Judgement as a Matter of Law. Given that no such entreaty explicitly exists within the Rules and Procedures of the Court, and the fact that one of the Defendant’s claims for relief as stated in their Entreaty is to “DISMISS these charges with prejudice”, the Court will be treating this entreaty as an Entreaty to Dismiss. Both the Defendant and the Prosecution are reminded to use the wording as stated in the Criminal Code and Procedure Act (herein referred to as the “CCPA”) or the Rules and Procedures of the Court, whenever possible.

Given that, the Court shall break down the Defendant’s Entreaty into their two main arguments for a Dismissal, which are a Lack of Claim relating to §20.6.e of the CCPA (Foreign Exchanges Fraud), and a Lack of Claim relating to the Charges alleged by the Prosecution (Conspiracy to commit New Player Fraud in §19.3 of the CCPA while using §21.3.h of the CCPA as its basis of a crime, Fraud in §20.6.f of the CCPA, and Conspiracy to commit fraud which is in §19.3 of the CCPA while using §20.6.f of the CCPA as its basis of a crime).

On the Defendant’s argument on Foreign Exchanges Fraud
The Defendants claim (in their 3rd statement within the Entreaty) that “it would be unfair for this Court to say what counts as "below market value" without further direction from parliament.”. This statement is problematic on multiple levels, both in general and in relation to this case.

Firstly, in Part III, §14 of the Constitution, it is stated that the Judiciary “interpret the‌ ‌law‌ ‌as‌ ‌written‌ ‌by‌ ‌the‌ ‌legislature‌ ‌and‌ ‌administered‌ ‌by‌ ‌the‌ ‌Executive.‌”, therefore allocating this Court (which is part of the Judiciary) the power to dictate what is reasonable even without the further direction from any other branches of government, as long as fundamental legal principles and the rule of law are upheld, and the rights and freedoms of the people are not infringed upon (within reason that shall be specified by the Chancery in past, current and future cases).

Secondly, as the Prosecution duly pointed out, their filing against the Defendants does not specifically charge them of Foreign Exchanges Fraud, instead charging them with New Player Fraud, Fraud and Conspiracy to commit fraud based on the acts that they committed within Stratton LLC, not the act of Foreign Exchanges being a fraud directly, thus making statements 1 to 3 of the Defendants’ Entreaty irrelevant to the case presented.

Therefore, the Court concurs with the Prosecution’s response to the Entreaty and it will be disregarded when considering a dismissal of the case.

On the Defendant’s argument on Lack of Claim for the indictment of New Player Fraud, Fraud, and Conspiracy to commit fraud
The Defendants’ further claim in Statements 5 to 7 of their Entreaty that “At no point does the Crown allege facts that would lead to a clear conclusion that the employees of Stratton” either “were seeking to” engage New Player Fraud, Fraud, or “engaged in a conspiracy to commit fraud”.

While the Court acknowledges that the facts stated by the Prosecution do not directly accuse the Defendants of the crimes stated within the indictment, the purpose of the facts are not to state that they have committed the crime (for that is up to the Courts to judge based on the evidence and witness testimony provided), but rather to state important and relevant actions that the Prosecution believes will prove the Defendants guilt in the crimes alleged, which the Prosecution has evidently done so in the initial case filing.

Additionally, the facts (and attached evidence) provided by the Prosecution in the case filing are extensive and detailed, where the Court believes it has surpassed the requirement for a “Prima face (sic) case” on all charges that they have alleged.

Accordingly, the Court rejects the Defendants' argument for a dismissal of this case in their Entreaty.

Small note by the Court on the Defendants’ statement in their Entreaty relating to the Search Warrant
Lastly, the Court would like to address the 8th and final statement made by the Defendants in their Entreaty (“The Crown's sought after warrant seeks only to engage in investigation of fraud, which would result in an a priori charging document …”). This statement unfortunately does not address or add to any of the above arguments made within the Entreaty of Dismissal, as well as itself not a valid reason for a dismissal, and therefore shall be disregarded by the Court within it's consideration for a dismissal of the case.

Therefore, with the reasons above, the Court denies this Entreaty of Judgement as a Matter of Law by the Defendants.
 
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Your honor, may we set a time limit for any further pretrial motions? The prosecution has none other than to request discovery for anything the defense intends to use in their case.
 
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