Grigoriann nor Hungarian Shell Entity-1 nor Czech Shell Entity-1, but rather an entity based in the United Kingdom ("U.K. Shell Entity-1") that has no website. After forwarding the contract to Founder-2 and discussing it with Founder-2 on Discord, Founder-1 signed the contract.
27. Despite describing U.S. Company-1's investor to Commentator-1 and Commentator-2 as "Eduard Grigoriann," a purported finance professional in Western Europe, Founder-1 and Founder-2 admitted to each other in their private communications that their "investors" were, in truth and in fact, the "Russians"—the same term that Founder-1 and Founder-2 previously used to refer to RT while working directly under contract with RT, as described above. On or about May 27, 2023, Founder-1 messaged Founder-2 on Discord: "I'm gonna ask the russians about hiring [Producer-2] this coming week." Approximately two days later, Founder-1 messaged Producer-2 on Discord: "Here's a list of responsibilities I sent over to the investors to approve bringing you on, waiting to hear back on timeline, salary." On or about August 8, 2023, Persona- informed Founder-1 and Founder-2 in Discord that their request to hire a "producer/booker" (i.e., Producer-2) was "approved."
Founder-1 and Founder-2 Await Payment from Moscow
28. On or about May 31, 2023, KALASHNIKOV created a private Discord server containing a channel initially comprised solely of KALASHNIKOV, Founder-1, and Persona-1 (the "Investor Discord Channel").[1] KALASHNIKOV employed the Discord username "kostya_k," which includes a variant of his first name ("kostya") and the first initial of his last
- ↑ In order to use the Discord messaging platform, Discord users must first create or join a server. Servers are then broken down into sub-categories, or "channels," through which users can communicate with each other by chat, voice, or video. Among other things, users can send messages to an entire channel, which can be viewed or read by the full membership of that channel, or users can send direct messages to other Discord users, which can be viewed only by the recipient.
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