Default entered against Trevon James in BitConnect class-action
Despite being served notice of a BitConnect class-action in which he’s a named defendant, Trevon James has failed to file a response.
James, whose actual name is Trevon Brown, was initially served notice of the class-action on April 12th.
He was then served again after a third amended complaint was filed.
As of the date of this filing, Defendant JAMES has not filed any paper in response to the Complaint or any of its subsequent amendments.
On August 23rd the class plaintiffs filed a motion requesting an entry of default be recorded.
An entry of default is the first step towards default judgment. The request is made to the Court Clerk, who records the entry of default.
Once recorded, the filing party can then file for a motion of default judgment – which if granted is basically a loss judgment against the non-responsive defendant.
Following the filing, the Florida District Court clerk recorded an entry of default against James on August 24th.
By ignoring the class-action lawsuit filed against him, Trevon James now risks default judgment.
After a hiatus following BitConnect’s collapse, James (right) has resurrected his primary YouTube channel.
Recent videos uploaded to the channel showcase James’ newly built house and BMW SUV.
Assets that are believed to have been purchased with stolen BitConnect investor funds, and could be liquidated to satisfy default judgment should it come to that.
Separately, James is a person of interest in an ongoing SEC investigation into BitConnect.
For some of the remaining defendants, namely Glenn Arcaro, Ryan Hildreth, Ryan Maasen and YouTube, the case appears headed to mediation.
On August 29th a joint notice was filed advising the court that a mediator had been agreed upon.
Pending approval by the court, the class plaintiff representatives and the defendants above are expected to enter into mediation at a later date.
Stay tuned…
didn’t he vow to defend his scamming activity?
Can’t remember now. He’s stated multiple times that he “has nothing to hide” in YT videos though.
Well, in his videos he kept repeating and I quote;
That is until he took them all down. Me thinks he just might have coughed up the coins to get the advice from an attorney; or he got advice from other Ponzi pimps he needed to try to destroy the evidence.
I bet he also has now figured out what a “security” is. It is also a hoot to watch all these Ponzi pimps boast at how big and bad they are, and then when it all hits the fan they all run for the tall grass and try to disappear.
I don’t know why the suing they grown they know the investment risk. people retarted.
Probably because “knowing the risk” has fuck all to do with the case. Nor does it have any legal bearing.
PEOPLE DIDNT KNOW THE RISK. IT WAS A SCAM ALWAYS. MORON.
Looks like Trevon is the “retarted” one for not retaining a lawyer. This default could not come at a worse time considering that he’s going up against the SEC on the 14th.
Hopefully he wised up by now and realized that choosing to defend himself is monumentally stupid.