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- Persona-1 requested that Founder-1 submit an invoice for Founder-1's "consultation services" to Czech Shell Entity-1, which Persona-1 described as "our Czech sister company." Czech Shell Entity-1 has a website purporting to sell automobile parts, but also listing unrelated services (e.g., "CyberAmor Suite, Fortifying Your Digital Defenses"). The website makes no mention of "Eduard Grigoriann," Persona-1, Persona-2, Persona-3, Viewpoint Productions, or Hungarian Shell Entity-1.
- On or about February 6, 2023, Founder-1 responded to Persona-2 that Founder-1 had let Founder-2, "who I work with and who handles finances, know to get an invoice done." Founder-2 subsequently prepared an invoice from Canadian Company-1 to Czech Shell Entity-1, which Founder-2 transmitted to Founder-1, and which Founder-1 then emailed to Persona-1. In Founder-1's February 6, 2023 response to Persona-1, Founder-1 also advised that Founder-1 had reached out to Commentator-1 and "will be speaking with him today." With respect to Commentator-2, Founder-1 cautioned that a contract would likely cost "well over 2 million a year." The next day, on or about February 7, 2023, Persona-1 responded that "Mr Grigorian"—misspelling the name of Persona-1's purported employer, Eduard Grigoriann—was "OK with over $2m as long as we get the right person on board, under the right conditions." Founder-1 agreed to contact Commentator-2 as well.
- On or about February 8, 2023, Founder-1 reported to Persona-1 on Founder-1's outreach to Commentator-1 and Commentator-2. Founder-1 advised that Commentator-1 said "it would need to be closer to 5 million yearly for him to be interested," and that Commentator-2 said "it would take 100k per weekly episode to make it worth his while." Founder-1 cautioned that "from a profitability standpoint, it would be very hard for Viewpoint [i.e., the initial public-facing name of the new venture] to recoup the costs for the likes of [Commentator-1] and
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