Facebook Calls Ceglia Ownership Lawsuit a "Fraud"

By Kevin Fayle on May 27, 2011 | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Facebook and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, have responded to a lawsuit filed by Paul Ceglia alleging that a contract with Zuckerberg gives Ceglia a 50 percent stake in the social networking giant. In their answer to Ceglia's complaint, Zuckerberg and Facebook call the suit "a brazen and outrageous fraud on the Court" by an "inveterate scam artist." Facebook Calls Ceglia Ownership Lawsuit a Fraud