A lawsuit has been filed in Georgia seeking to return a $100,000 donation made to Rudy Giuliani's legal defense fund by Matthew Martorano. The lawsuit argues the donation rightfully belongs to victims of an alleged online fraud scheme involving the marketing of skin care products. Martorano and his company, Konnektive, are defendants in a separate federal class action lawsuit alleging they facilitated fraud through software that helped hide chargebacks from credit card companies. The new lawsuit claims Martorano and others have begun transferring assets to avoid paying such a judgment, including the $100,000 donation to Giuliani's fund.
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00:00 It's Benzinga, and here's what's on the block.
00:02 A lawsuit has been filed in Georgia seeking to return a $100,000 donation made to Rudy
00:07 Giuliani's legal defense fund by Matthew Marderano. The lawsuit argues the donation
00:12 rightfully belongs to victims of an alleged online fraud scheme involving the marketing
00:16 of skin care products. Marderano and his company, Connective, are defendants in a separate federal
00:20 class action lawsuit alleging they facilitated fraud through software that helped hide charge
00:25 backs from credit card companies. The new lawsuit claims Marderano and others have begun transferring
00:30 assets to avoid paying such a judgment, including the $100,000 donation to Giuliani's fund.
00:35 Marderano also donated to Trump political campaigns, raising questions about his
00:39 motives in supporting Giuliani, who represented Trump in election matters.
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