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Facebook owner Mark Zuckerburg faces new legal action after a New York man claims he is entitled to 50 per cent of the social network's shares.
Just a day after a US court threw out a claim from Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss for a further portion of Mark Zuckerbergs fortune. Paul Celiga, has made a complaint stating he gave the Facebook boss a $1000 to set up "The FaceBook" in exchange for half the ownerships stake in the company. The emails which are claimed to have been sent between 2003 and 2004, are dismissed as fake by the Facebook team, stating: "There are no merits to this claim". A report in the Financial times said: "Mr Ceglias initial complaint included only a contract as evidence of his claims. He said then that he did not file his initial complaint until 2010, seven years after his alleged dealings with Mr Zuckerberg, because he had forgotten about them until discovering the contract among some old papers."
It is not clear whether the complaint will be heard by a judge. Mr Celiga was convicted of drug possession and is currently being investigated for fraud.
Facebook's law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, said in a written statement.
"This is a fraudulent lawsuit brought by a convicted felon, and we look forward to defending it in court, Orin Snyder, an attorney with From the outset, weve said that this [mans] claims are ridiculous and this newest complaint is no better." photo credit: Facebook PR
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