Paul Ceglia, the New York businessman who claimed to own half of Facebook,
was charged with fraud Friday over evidence presented in the case. [BBC]
Previously.
— Rob
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The contract presented by Paul Ceglia, who claims he paid Zuck to build Facebook, was forged, according to
a forensic report(PDF) by Stroz Friedberg.
Wired's David Kravetz: "The metadata shows they were backdated to 2003 when Zuckerberg, as a Harvard University student, agreed to perform the contracted work for Ceglia. But
the copies of the contract were created in 2011."
— Rob
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Rob Beschizza at 5:52 am • • 
Facebook entered into evidence
what it says is the original contract between founder Mark Zuckerberg and Paul Ceglia, who is suing the company for part-ownership. Unlike the version produced by Ceglia, identifying him as part-owner of "The Face Book", this version has no mention of the company at all. The "original" coding contract was recovered from Ceglia's own computer by forensic specialists; Facebook says he tried to keep it out of the lawsuit by claiming attorney-client privilege. [Wired]
