ashida denies being Radford Davis

[Mr_Mantis]

Welcome back to the land of the living!

[Ronin]

@Samuel Browning

I’m back, I had to get my computer repaired after it crapped out.

Damn Ninjas.

[SamuelBrowning]

Thank you, I’ve asked M.C. busman if he’d like to sit in on this section and will post some info about the PI on the other thread.

[johnnycache]

Sweet.

[Fantasy_Warrior]

Guys, at a guess, using the innacurate term “Dojo Press, Inc” might break the “Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act”. I’m not familiar with that legislation but the fact that TNK (the purchaser) is not in Florida might be an issue: http://library.findlaw.com/1999/Nov/1/126085.html

The act defines the term person as “an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other entity doing business in Florida” (Emphasis supplied). F.S. §817.416(1)(a). Inasmuch as the private right of action afforded under subsection (3) of the act is expressly limited to “any person,” the aggrieved purchaser must be “doing business in Florida.”

No appellate court has squarely discussed the issue of whether the act applies to govern a dispute between an in-state franchisor and an out-of-state franchisee. However, four federal district courts in Florida have dealt with this issue, albeit with inconsistent results.

That legislation might be a useful anvil to apply further moral leverage over Ashida.

@Mr_Mantis

Even if he is incorporated somewhere else, he may have to file as a foreign corp in FL to have a principle place of business there.

If we find enough of this stuff out, we may be able to sue the ninja in florida wit the help of lawdog (a florida attorney I believe)

If he is not paying federal taxes or in some other way scamming the government, we could bring a “qui tam” action against him. “qui tam” means “on behalf of the king”. After a complaint is filed, the government has the option of picking up the case. If they refuse, we keep the $$, if they accept the case, then I think they will give us 10% of an award.

You now know more about “qui tam” than most of the lawyers in the united states.

We went through this topic at some length in a previous thread. I searched every state online corp check i could get to work -47 states IIRC. No trace on “dojo Press” as a company (quite sure of that) and aslo tried to find "Ashida Kim, Radford Davis, Redford Davis etc etc as directors, again able to check most states. Researched Florida incorporation rules and agree re the PPOB requirements. Also you are not allowed to use a “fake name” as a director.
Basically, if he is incorporated, it’s not as “Dojo Press”.

We could enquire with the Dep of State:

Corporations
The Department of State’s Division of Corporations also has a Public Inquiry Line at (850)488-9000 for Florida Corporations. Select menu item #1.

That’s the line consumers would use to complain about corporations.
I’m in UK so I’m retecent to have long telephone conversations with the Florida State dep.

[Te_No_Kage]

Kickcatcher I do live in Florida and I’ll look into getting some free time to try and make that call

[johnnycache]

I don’t know about florida, but here a corporation can “do buisness as” something else, like “Taxshelter Inc. DBA Max’s Camera Free Tanning Parlor”