UNITED STATES DISTRICT CO URT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLO RIDA

FILED BY D.C.

AV 282223

ANaELAe.NOBLE

cuERKu.s.DlsT'c::

s.D.OFFLA.-FT.LAUD.

UNITED STATES OF AM ERICA ,

Plaintiff, Case No.:22-cr-20521-RNS

VS.

THEODO RE FA RNSW ORTH and J.

M ITCHELL LOW E,

Defendants.

PETITION FOR LEAVE OF COURT TO FILE A M ICUS BRIEF,AND

PRO POSED AM ICUS BRIEF

Shadw rickVick,Com m unity Organizerof

www.BBlGfam ily.com

Am icus Curiae,In Pro Per

305Trilith PkwySte 300#1660

Fayettevile,GA,30214

Telephone:(801)-755-9966

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TO THE HONORABLE ROBERT N.SCO LA JR.JUDGE OF THE UNITED

STATES DISTRICT COURT SO UTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA,AND TO THE

UNITED STATES ATTO RNEY AND TO HIS ASSISTA NT UNITED STATES

ATTORNEYS,AND TO THE DEFENDANTS AND TO THEIR ATTORNEYS OF

RECO RD:

The undersigned isa shareholderofcom monstockinVinco Ventures,Inc.,

a Nevada Corporation (herein, BBIG), and the community organizer of

www.bbinfamilv.com,whichhas 1,570shareholders(members)whocolectively

(as ofsaid date)own 47,816,302 shares ofcommon stock in BBIG,and the

undersigned herebyrequeststheperm issionofthisCourttofilethisAm icusCuriae

briefconcerning the im pacton stock marketinvestors due to the terms ofBond

release forDefendantTheodore Farnsworth based upon the past,presentand

future actionsofdefendantFarnswodh,and ofhissurety RoderickVanderbilt.

Mr.Vanderbiltis the Sdomestic partner'and business partnerofDefendant

Farnswodhandatthesam etime,heservesastheChairm anofthe BoardofVinco

V entures,lnc.

The bond conditions in the above-captioned case (specificaly page

paragraph3secondclause)giveDefendantFarnswodhcoudapprovedIicenseto

continueto engageinSecuritiesfraud andwirefraudonascalethatism uchIarger

thanthatofHeliosandMathesonAnalyticsanditssubsidiary,Moviepass(herein

HMNY).TheaverageretailshareholderhasexperiencedaIossontheirinvestment

of98% since defendantFarnswodh and M r.Vanderbiltgained controlofVinco

Venturesin October2021.During thistime the com pany hasseen morethan one

biliondolarsinshareholdercapitalraisedevaporateto$1.5milioninunrestricted

cash.

DefendantFarnswodh is utilizing m any ofthe sam e tactics he used with

HM NY to com mitsecurities fraud w ith BBIG,though doing on a scale thatis

significantly m ore egregiousand devastating to shareholders.Moreover,m ostof

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the co-conspiratorsare identicaland, as detailed herein, actively l;working in

tandem asofthedateofthispetitiontodefraud investorsforfinancialgain.

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Page 7, paragraph 3 of that docum ent which is entitled A dditional Special

Conditions ofBond'statesthat:

M r. Farnsworth is prohibited from the sale, offering, or

promotion ofany securities,including equity,debt,orhybrid

securities, w ithout the perm ission of the governm ent or

PretrialServices,exceptforany securities of,orrelating

to,(a)Zash GlobalMedia,Vinco Ventures,Inc.orIcon

Publishing, or any aliliates or subsidiaries of these

entities,or(b)anytransactions relating to orinvolving y

Zash Global Media, Vinco Ventures, Inc. or Icon 1

Publishing, or any a/iliates or subsidiaries of these !

entities. l

Petitionerbelieves the Governm entwas unaware DefendantFàrnsworth is

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presentlyengaged inSecuritiesandwirefraud (identicaltothatforwhichheis

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currently being prosecuted,as wellas also com m itting the crim es of:sstructuring'

Per26U.S.C.j60501and31U.S.C.j5324,whichadditionalchargel, m ightalso

beapplicabletotheabove-captionedcase)throughatIeastfourbusinrssentities:

ZashGlobalMedia,ZVV,VincoVentures,Inc.and IconPublishing.ihecurrent

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securities and wire fraud ofDefendantFarnsworth (and his co-cqnspirators,

includinghisflifepartner'anddbusinesspartner'RoderickVanderbiliwhoisthe

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surety on the bond in the above-captioned case,and w ho is also the Chairm an of

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theBoardofDirectorsatVinco,dwarfsthesecuritiesfraudandwiryfraud(and

possibletaxfraud)committedinHMNY i

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Thqs far,DefendantFarnswodh's atorneys successfuly deéeived three

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entities:the United States atorney,the United States Probation Depprtment,and

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orable courtinto writing into his Bond release a coud endorsem entfor

DefendantFarnsworthto commitmoreand more extensivesecuritisandwire

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raudcrimeswhileunderthewatchfuleyeofthiscourt,pretrialreleasj,andthatof

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ARGUMENT

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SECURITESFRAUD&WIREFRAUDDEFENDANTSSHOULDN6THAVE

BONDCONDITIONSPERMITTINGCOMMISSIONOFIDENTICALICRIMES

UTILIZINGSAMEMODUSOPERANDI&SAMECO-CONSPIRj'TORS

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DefendantFarnsworthischarged byfelony indictm entin Federa:lCoudw ith

one countofSecurities Fraud and two counts ofWire Fraud.1Defendant

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arnswodh has a Iong history ofoperating in the corporate world uping LLC s,

Partnerships l , and otherbusiness entities in orderto comm itfraud by operating

publiclyheldcompaniesanddrivingthem intofinancialdisasterandIbankruptcy

whilepilferingalthecashandothervaluableassets. 1

TheUnitedStatesattorney,theUnitedStatesProbationDepa/tment,and

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s honorable court recognized their duty to take precautionary measures to

protectthepublicfrom DefendantFarnswodhandhiscriminalpartner).

Oneofthosecriminalpadners(RoderickVanderbilt)isalso1Defendant

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Farnswodh's'domesticpadner'aswelasbusinesspartneronanumàerofLl-cs

and corporations.M r.Vanderbiltis Chairm an ofthe Board ofVinco Venturesand

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signing offondeals on behalfofVinco with DefendantFarnswodh,Zaàh and Icon

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Publishing. He is also a key figure w ith powerand authority ofassots in Vinco

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Ventures,apubliclytraded company,thatDefendantFarnsworthhasltargetedfor

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fraud and hasactively pursued thatcrim inalenterprise forthe pastseveralyears,

andhisgrandplanisrapidlyapproachingcompletion,aIlunderthewalchfuleyeof

thishonorablecourt I

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DefendantFarnsworthshould have his Bond revoked,and hé should be

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remanded and held pending trialorchange ofplea to guilty.Hdk should be

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l dia precluded from transacting any businesd in relation to Zash Global1Me , Zvv,

VincoVentures,lnc.andIconPublishing.HeshouldbeorderedtohaveN61 CONTACT

withRoderickVanderbilt(whoisintimatelyinvolvedinatleasttwoorthree'kofthe. above

companies)byinternet,email,text,voicechat,orevenhardcopymailthroughUSPO,

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FEDEX,UPS,orany otherhard copy delivery service.The same ordershould coveraI

boardmembers,includingLisaKing,BrianHart,JesseLaw andRichardLevychin(board

m em bers of Vinco Ventures who are collaborating with and approving deals w ith

Farnsworth).

O n April 11, 2023, a Civil Lawsuit was filed against Defendant Theodore

Farnswodh in Nevada State Court, Case number A-23-868781-8, Vick, et. aI, M.

Farnsworth.The Iawsuit aleges that Defendant Theodore Farnsworth is com m itting

crimes(includingsecuritiesfraud)inconnectionwithastockthattradesunderthesymbol

'BBIG (andTYDE).1,ShadwrickJ.Vickam oneofthreePlaintiffsinthiscase.Farnswodh

refused to appearin an emergency hearing in Nevada Courton Friday April21,

2023 accordingto his Iawyer,dueto an ilem ergency dentalprocedure''.

O n April14,2023,anotherCivilLaw suitwas filed in Nevada State Court,Case

num berA-23-868781-C,M a & Butta, et.aI, v.Farnsworth.The Iawsuit aleges that

DefendantTheodore Farnsworth is commiting crimes (including securitiesfraud)in

connectionwithastockthattradesunderthesymbolBBIG (andTYDE).

Priorto thesetwo cases,onAugust3,2022,the firstCivilLawsuitwasfiledagainst

Defendant Theodore Farnsworth: Case num ber A-22-856404-8, Vinco Ventures v.

Theodore Farnsworth. The Iawsuit alleges that Defendant Theodore Farnsworth is

commitingcrimes(includingsecuritiesfraud)inconnectionwithastockthattradesunder

thesymbolBBIG (andTYDE).

On Novem ber17,2022,DefendantTheodore Farnsw orth signed Bond release

conditions,w hich included dAdditionalSpecialConditions ofBond'on page 7.

Page paragraph 3 of that document w hich is entitled SAdditional Special

ConditionsofBond'statesthat:

M r. Farnsworth is prohibited from the sale, offering, or

promotion ofany securities,including equity,debt,orhybrid

securities, without the perm ission of the government or

PretrialServices,exceptforany securities of,orrelating

to,(a)Zash GlobalMedia,Vinco Ventures,lnc.orIcon

Publishing, or any a/iliates or subsidiaries of these

entities,or(b)any transactions relating to orinvolving

Zash G lobal M edia, Vinco Ventures, Inc. or Icon

Publishing, or any aliliates or subsidiaries of these

entities.

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Thefirstpartofthe above paragraphwould go a Iong way toward insuring thatthe

generalpublic and the investing public wil be protected from the possibility of the

defendantcom m itting new crim es against m ore victims.But the highlighted second

portion starting with the word 'except'creates an exception thatIiteraly elim inates the

rule.This isso because each ofthe com paniesthatare exem pted from the trading ban

are the very business entities defendantTheodore Farnswodh is currently operating in

order to com m it newer financial cri'mes of a Iarger m agnitude than that for which

defendantFarnsworth iscurrently underindictm entand outon bond.

Most Iikely Defendant Farnswodh and his Iawyers pedorm ed exceptional

Iawyering to hoodwink the United States Attorney's Office and the United States

Probation Olice into taking Defendant(a con man)athis word thatthe companies

exem pted would notbe used fornefarious purposes.

ButDefendantFarnswodh is no ordinary crim inal.He is a highly sophisticated

whitecollarcrim inalspecializing increatingcom paniesthataretakenpublicanddesigned

to fail,butnotbefore he and his partners in crim e steala1Ithe assetsand m oney ofsaid

com panies.He uses a very com plex technique called SW arrantCascade',aka 'W arrant

SPil-aI'.-V

Petitionerfeels thatthis courtwould be very interested in Iearning thatthrough

defense m anipulation and prosecution and probation office Iack ofdue diligence,the

defendanthassucceeded ingettingthis honorable courtto Iiterally place its US stam p of

governm entapprovalupon his curentcrim es by stating in writing thathe is alowed to

conductbusinesswiththese entities.

I/A warrantspiral,also know nasawarrantcascade,isaninvestm entstrategythatinvolvesthebuyingand

sellingofwarrantsto profitfrom price discrepanciesbetween the warrantsandtheirunderlyingassets,

such asstocksorbonds.W arrantsarefinancialinstrumentsthatgivethe holderthe right,butnotthe

obligation,tobuyorseltheunderlyingassetataspecificprice(strikeprice)beforeacertainexpiration

date.Thewarrantspiralstrategytypicaly involvesthefollowingsteps:Identifying Discrepancies:The

investoridentjfiesadiscrepancybetweenthe price ofawarrantandthe price ofitsunderlyingasset.For

exam ple,the warrantm ay betrading atadiscountto itsintrinsicvalue,w hichisthedifference between

theunderlyingasset'scurrentm arketpriceandthewarrant'sstrike price.

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Fora good explanation of how DefendantFarnswodh's crim inalplan with the

companiesexemptedinparagraph3workseethecasewefiledinNevada8thjudicial

court.

Also referenced are the declarations of shareholders Christopher M untz,

M am adou Coulibaly,ShadwrickVick,M ichaelM iziker,ChristopherSparacio and Austin

Gilmore.Petitionerwas one ofthree pro perplaintiffs in case num berA-23-868781-8,

and pleadingsfrom thatcaseandExhibits'.1,'I..2''$''3''$.'4''r1'5''and'.601areavailableupon

requestoratthefolow ing link:

httpsr//- .dropbox.com /sh/qtn8xefaqzddogr/m cEsx7LDzl'qlb6olBlo8W M a?dl=o

Petitionerisconfidentthatonce thiscourtism ade aw are ofthese factsthatitm ay

wish to contactthe Honorable Tim othy C.W iliam s,and Nancy L.Allf,Judges presiding

in the Eighth JudicialDistrictCourtofthe State ofNevada,to discuss the evidence of

securitiesfraud,w ire fraud crim esthathave thusfarbeen presented inhis coudhouse in

three separate butrelated cases,this courtw illrecognize the urgentneed to have the

United StatesM arshalpickthe Defendantup and bring him to courtso thatthe courtcan

revoke hisbond and rem and him to the nearestM DC pending trialand sentencing.

According to the bond Farnsworth w as required to turn over his passportand

Iim ited geographicaly to his US travels. Upon inform ation and belief, it is alleged

Farnsworth may have traveled outside ofthe approved Iocations up to and including

Israel.

THEO DO RE FA RNSW O RTH'S M O NEY-M AKING SCHEM E

Theodore Farnsw orth is a co-founder of private com pany Zash G lobalM edia

(''Zash''),which is entangled through numerousconnectionswiththe Company

suchasjointventures,co-investments,Ioans,payments,and otherties,which

amountto a scheme to defraud the public Com pany shareholderinvestors as

explained in more detailherein.

2. This is notTheodore Farnswodh's firstforay into publicly financing his private

com pany. M r.Farnsworth m asterm inded a sim ilarscheme with regard to HM NY

(apubliclytradedcompany),whichIedtoitsstockpriceeventualydroppingaIthe

wayto zero and HM NY declaring bankruptcy. M r.Farnswodh has been charged

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withcrimesagainstthepublicrelatedtohisroleintheMoviepassfailure.(United

States v. Theodore Farnswodh and J. Michell Lowe I CRIMINAL-VNS I

DepartmentofJustice).

3. Priorto hisroleatHM NY,Theodore Farnswodh m erged private com panyVenture

Beverage with Red CarpetEntertainm entto form the Purple Beverage Com pany

(PPBV) and became CEO

(htns://w- .sec.qov/Archives/edqar/data/l178513/000114420407067434/v0971

09 8k.htm).Among his firstactions as CEO Mr.Farnswodh entered into a

promissorynotefor$1M with GCQ Consultantsofwhich BarryHonigwasthe

President

(htps://- .sec.qov/Archives/edqar/data/l178513/000114420408015911/v1072

32 8k.htm).ln2018BarryHonigwaschargedbytheSEC ofIeadingagroupof

prolific South Florida-based m icrocap fraudsters to manipulate the share price of

thestockofthreecompaniesinclassicpump-and-dumpschemes(SEC.novISEC

Charqes M icrocap Fraudsters for Roles in Lucrative Market M anipulation

Schemes).

4.On April11,2019 investigativejournalist,TeriBuhl,published a reporttitled:

''HudsonBayCapitaltiedtoBarryHonigPumpandDumpRing :MabvaxSMBVX.''

(HudsonBavCapitaltiedtoBarrvHoniqPumnandDumnRinn:MabvaxSMBVX

(teribuhl.com).Thereportstates,$1(iJnaIawsuitfiledinSuperiorCoudofCalifornia

this week,M abvax Therapeutics Holdings details how New York-based Hudson

BayCapitalplayed apivotalrole in inducingthecom panyto go publicviaa reverse

mergerso thatBarry Honig and his crew could take controlofthe board and

m anipulate the stock.''Theodore Farnsworth hasa Iong-standing associationw ith

Hudson BayCapital.Theywere asignificantinvestorandfinancierforM oviepass.

M ore recently,they have prim arily financed Vinco Ventures through convertible

notes and warrantexercise agreements.

5. Farnswodh's m oney-m aking schem e is as follows. Farnswodh creates a private

shelcom panysuchasprivatecom panyw iththeintentto m ergethe shellcom pany

w ith a public com pany. Shelcom pany takes controlofthe Board ofDirectors of

the public com pany. Public com panies establish financing w ith Farnsworth's

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associates(e.g.,HudsonBayCapital)intheform ofnotesandwarrantstogenerate

capital. Farnswodh creates fake businesses and/or assets and fraudulent

agreem entsto siphonpubliccom pany'scashto hisprivate com panythrough Ioans

thatw illneverbe repaid orby undeserved transaction fees such asd'finderfees''.

Farnsworth's financierassociates pum p the price ofthe stockand execute their

warrants/notes forIarge profits while creating mass dilution ofthe outstanding

stockofthe publiccom pany. Farnsworthgets paid inspades bythe scheme,and

thefinanciersgetpaid,butthe comm on shareholdersofthe publiccom pany suffer

m assiye IossesatFarnsworth's hands.

6. In thepresentcase,Farnsworthcreated private shellcom panyZashG lobalM edia

with the intentto mergew ithpubliccom panyVinco.Zash hastaken controlofthe

BoardofDirectorsofVinco by placingVanderbiltaschairm anofthe board,asw ell

as Vinco board m em berLisa King who is form erC EO ofZash. CurrentVinco

board m em bersJesse Law and Brian Hartwere placed onthe Board byLisa King

and Rod Vanderbilt follow ing the resignation of the 3 rem aining directors.

appointed Both Hartand Law had priorassociation and business relations with

Farnswodhastheyw ere hired asZash m anagersonJuly 28,2022.By controling

4 outofthe 5 board ofdirectorseats,Farnswodh has no roadblocksto executing

dealsthatfavorhim .

7. The Com pany's court-appointed CEO Ross M ilerleftthe Company on Dec 15,

2022 and the Company did notreplace him with a new CEO untilApr20,2022,

causingVanderbiltto runVinco asthe Executive Chairm anduring thattim e.W hile

VanderbiltwasExecutiveChairm an,Vinco establishedfinancingw ithFarnsworth's

associatesatHudson Bay Capital,5NLand otherhedge funds intheform ofnotes

andwarrantsto generate capital.

8.FarnsworthhascreatedshelbusinessesandassetsinZash,LoveisBlurred(LlB),

and Icon Publishing.These shelbusinesses siphon Vinco's cash to Farnswodh

through Ioansthatw illneverbe repaid orby undeserved transactionfees,such as

a finder's fee forbringing assetAdRizerto Vinco. Hudson Bay Capitaland the

otherfinanciers pum p the price through stock m arketm anipulation and execute

theirwarrants and notes for Iarge profitwhile creating m assive dilution of the

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outstanding com mon stock,thereby destroying bilions ofdollars ofshareholder

value overthe Iasttw oyears.

9. Now thatZash hasseem ingly exhausted itsabilityto feign value to the com pany,

it appqars Farnsworth is attem pting to execute the same scheme to defraud

investorswithIconPublishingthroughitsnew jointventurewithVincoVentures,

VVIP.As partofthis arangem ent,Vinco Ventures along with lcon Publishing w ill

be acquiring the NationalEnquirer,G lobe,and NationalExam inerfrom a360

M edia.This requiresshareholderapprovalin orderto com plete the transaction.It

isunclearatthispointhow thisfinancialagreem entbenefitsFarnsw orthandVinco,

and how m uch considerationVinco isactualygiving up unfairly,aswe have seen

w ith priordeals.

111.

VINCO'S UNLAW FUL ISSUANCE O F PREFERRED SHA RES TO O FFSET THE

POW ER O F THE RETA IL SHAREHO LDER VOTE

10.On October14,2022,Vinco filed an am endm entto itsAdicles ofIncorporation to

realocate its previously authorized 250 m illion shares of stock as 245 m illion

shares ofCom mon Stockand 5 m illionsharesofPreferred Stock.

11.OnOctober20,2022,anSEC form 8*wasfiledbytheCompany(Exhibit1).A

copyofthe Cedificate ofAmendm entis attached hereto and incorporated herein

as(Exhibit2)and(Exhibit3).

12.On Novem ber 17,2022,the Com pany filed an am endm ent to its Articles of

Incorporationto realocate its previously authorized 250 m ilion sharesofstockas

249 m ilion sharesofComm on Stockand 1 m illion shares ofPreferred Stock.No

filing was donew iththe SEC to repod the am endm ent.

13.The Com pany filed an am endm entto its Articles of lncorporation Pursuantto

NevadaRevisedStatutes(NRS)78.380asshownin(Exhibit4).NRS78.380only

alows ''AtIeasttwo-thirds ofthe incorporators orofthe board ofdirectorsofany

corporation to am end the adicles of incorporation'', if no voting stock of the

corporation has been issued.

14.On M ay 23,2022,there were 210,590,593 shares forthe registrant's com m on

stockoutstanding.A copyofForm 10-Q isattachedheretoandincorporatedherein

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as(Exhibit5).

15.As the signerofthe Certificate ofAm endm ent,Roderick Vanderbilt,chairman of

Vinco Ventures,lnc.board ofdirectors knew orshould have know nthatsharesof

com m on stockwere already issued as ofOctober14,2022.Roderick Vanderbilt

signed the CertificateofAmendm entaffirm ativelydeclaring that,as ofthe date of

the Cedificate,no stock ofthe corporation had been issued. As indicated in

Paragraph12 herein,stockofthe corporation had infactbeen issued,thusm aking

Vanderbilt's declaration false and m isleading to shareholders.

16.On February5,2023,the Com panyentered into aSecuritiesPurchaseAgreem ent

with unidentified investors forthe purchase ofa $1,500,000 principalamount

convertiblenote,a$10,000,000principalamountconvertiblenoteandsharesof

SeriesA perpetualnon-convertible preferred stockofthe Com pany designated as

Series A Preferred Stock.The holdersofeach share ofSeriesA Preferred Stock

weredeemedtohavetherighttovote,inanamountequaltoonepercent(1D/c)of

the totalvoting power of then-outstanding shares of Com m on Stock of the

Com panyentitled to vote in suchclass.

17.The Series $A''Prefered Stock hasthe potentialofgranting up to 50% oftotal

voting powerto unidentified investors,w hich would effectively offsetthe voting

powerofretailcom m on stockholders. A copy ofthe 8K is attached hereto and

incorporatedhereinas(Exhibit6)andtheCERTIFICATE OFDESIGNATION OF

SERIES A NON-CO NVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK O F VINCO VENTURES,

INC.(Exhibit18).

18.By creating Series ''A''Preferred Stock,each share ofwhich carriesvoting power

of 1% of the outstanding shares,Vinco's Board appears to intend to dilute

shareholdersvoting powerwithoutsubm itting itselfto the rulesand law governing

theamendmentasshownin(Exhibit3)and(Exhibit6)and(Exhibit18).

19.The Series ''A''Preferred Stock referenced in Paragraphs 17-19 herein is notthe

first instance w herein Vinco's board of directors has attem pted to authorize

preferred stocksharesw ithoutseeking Iegally required shareholderapproval.O n

March 25,2020,Edison Nation,Inc.(which was the formername ofVinco

Ventures Inc.)filed a certificate ofamendmentto the Company's articles of

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incorporationwiththeSecretaryofStateofthe State ofNevada inorderto:(i)

increase the num berofshares ofthe Com pany's authorized preferred stock,par

value$0.001pershare,from 0sharesto30,000,000sharesofpreferedstock.A

copyofthe8K isatachedheretoandincorporatedhereinas(Exhibit7),(Exhibit

8)and(Exhibit9).

20.On September 7,2021,Vinco filed a Certificate ofCorrection to cancelthe

previousfilingonthedateofMarch25,2020.A copyoftheCertificateofCorrection

isattachedheretoandincorporatedhereinas(Exhibit10).

21.O n May27,2022,Vinco invitedthe shareholders to an annualm eeting to be held

onJuly1,2022,withtheproposals.(Exhibit11).TheDefl4-afortheexpected

annualm eeting indicated thatNevada law requires approvalfrom shareholders.

Hence,Vanderbiltandthe Board were aware ofthis required approval.

22.The annualmeeting announced forJuly 1,2022,w as cancelled,and no annual

meeting was held in 2022.

IV.

FARNSW ORTH'S RECENT FA ILURES LEADING PUBLIC CO M PA NIES A ND

INVESTIGATIONS BY FEDERAL REG ULATO RS

23.As indicated in Vinco Ventures, lnc.v.Theodore Farnswodh efa/., Nevada

SupremeCt.CASE NO:A-22-856404-8,Page6-8#24-29(Exhibit14):

24.'$From January2017 throughSeptem ber2019,Farnsw orthserved asChairman of

the Board and Chief Executive O#icerof Helios and Matheson Analytics lnc.

('1HeIios''),aformerNasdaqlistedandpubliclytradedcompany.''

25.1n Decem ber 2017, Helios,w hich was operating under Farnswodh's control,

acquiredacontrolinginterestinMoviepass,Inc.($'MoviePass'').Farnswodhthen

becam e a directorforM oviepass untilSeptem ber2019,when Moviepassceased

operations.''

26.1$HeIios and the Company are similarin thatboth companies owned a major

subsidiary uponw hichvirtually aIIofits operations are based.''

27.$'On January 28,2020,after suffering over $150 milion in Iosses under

Farnsworth'scontrol,Heliosfiled forChapter7 Bankruptcy.''

28.$'OnJune7,2021,the FederalTrade Commission (the''FTC'')filed acomplaint

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againstM oviepass,Helios,Farnsw orth and anotherofficerofM oviepassw hereby

the FTC alleged that,am ongotherthings,M oviepass, Helios,Farnswodhand the

otherofficerdeceptively m arketed M oviepass services and em ployed tactics to

preventsubscribersfrom using the M oviepassservice as advertised.''

29.$O n O ctober1,2021,the FTC,Farnswodh and the otherdefendants finalized a

settlem entofthe FTC'S allegations.Pursuantto Farnswodh's settlem entwith the

FTC,Farnsworth is barred fortwenty (20)years from,among otherthings,

m isrepresenting his business and security practices and collecting or sharing

consum ers'personalinform ation withoutfirstim plementing stringentsafeguards

and controls.''

30.Dueto the conductdescribed in Paragraph24,the Com panyhasnotified the FTC,

SEC and Nasdaq regarding potentialviolations ofthe FTC settlementorderand

otherapplicable Iaws,rulesand regulations.

V .

INHERENT CO NFLICT OF INTEREST CREATED FA RNSW O RTH'S

LONGSTANDING PERSONALRELATIONSHIP(bothasdlifepartner'andas

businessassociate)W ITHVANDERBILT

31.As discussed in the pleadings of Vinco e. Farnsworth,etaI.,CASE NO:A-22-

856404-8Page6-8#30-36(Exhibit14):

32.''Uponinformationand belief,VanderbiltandFarnsworthhaveoveratwenty-year

personaland businessrelationship.''

33.d$Upon inform ation and belief,Farnsworth and Vanderbiltshare com m on property,

one appears as trustee on the other's trustdocum ents,and the two have been

directly involved various business ventures over the years, including

M oviepass.''

34..1From October2017 to Septem ber2019,Vanderbiltserved as Brand Managerof

M oviepass while Farnswodh w as in controlof M oviepass. Vanderbilt's form er

position with M oviepass is the sam e position he held with the Com pany untilhe

wasterm inated onJuly24,2022.''

r3s.'ivanderbilt and Farnsworth also co-founded ZASH G lobal Media and

EntertainmentCorporation ('.ZASH'')together,andVanderbiltserved asZASH'S

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Business DevelopmentM anagerand Presidentfrom January 2021 untilOctober

2021.''

36.I1From June 2021 to Decem ber2021,Vanderbiltalso served as one ofZASH'S

appointeesontheboardofmanagersofZVVMediaPadners,LLC (i$ZVV''),ajoint

venture betweenthe Com pany and ZASH.''

37.sv anderbiltalso currently serves as the President of Farwest HaitiM ission, a

nonprofitorganizationthathe co-founded with Farnsworth in 2007.''

38.''Thesearejustafew ofthemostrecentbusinessventuresinwhich Farnsworth

andVanderbiltareinvolvedandshow theyhaveaIonghistorytogether.''

3g.vanderbiltand Farnswodh co-founded ZASH G lobalM edia and Entedainm ent.

(Exhibit15)

40.As shown on the July 8,2022,8* signed by Lisa King (then CEO)ofVinco

Ventures,Inc.,Vanderbiltw asCo-FounderofZash,servedasZashPresident,and

wasandisVinco'sChairmanoftheboard.(Exhibit17)

41.TheJuly8,2022 814states:

Mz.uvanderbilt,co-founded ZASH and served as the PresidentofZASH,and has a

pre-existing personaland business relationship with M r.Farnsworth,who is the

controlling shareholderofZash.''

4.rs.'vanderbiltwastheoriginalsignerontheincorporationofZashinFlorida.'(Exhibit

17)

44.W hen Farnswodh was released on bond on Novem ber17,2022,by the courtin

UnitedStatesv.TheodoreFarnsworthandJ.MichellLowe,CourtDocketNo.:22-

20521-CR,Vanderbiltwas the signer of the bond,describing his relationship

betweenthetwoas'dpartner''.(Exhibit16)

45.0nJanuary24,2021,ZVV MEDIA PARTNERS,LLC (d'ZVV'')wasincorporated

withthe NevadaSecretaryofStatewiththe officersofthe com panybeing Roderick

Vanderbilt,Ted Farnsworth,Brian M cFadden and BrettVrom an.A copy ofthe

entityinformationisattached hereto and incorporated hereinasExhibit13.

46.0nMay28,2021,ZVVwasconvertedtoajointventurebetweenZashandVinco

Ventures,lnc.withtheinitialVincoManagersofthejointventureZVV beingChris

Fergusonand BrettVroman,andtheinitialZASH Managersofthejointventure

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ZVV being Theodore Farnsworth,Roderick Vanderbilt,and Lisa King.A copy of

theAmendm entAgreem entisattached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit

47.Asshown inSchedule A oftheAmendmentAgreement(Exhibit13),the initial

unreturnedcapitalofVincoVentures,lnc.,was$125,000,000withamembership

interestof50% .Zash contributedan amountequaltothe average ofthe d'Iow''and

the''high''''EquityValue''allocatedtoZASH w ithrespectto LomotifPrivate Lim ited

whichequalsavalueof$338milionfortheZashInitialUnreturnedCapitalAccount

assetfodhinthe FairnessO pinionofG em iniValuationServicesdatedasofM arch

28,2020witha membershipinterestof500/0.

48.As indicated in ARTICLE VIIIof the ''SECOND AM ENDED AND RESTATED

LIM ITED LIABILIW CO M PANY AG REEM ENT O FZW M EDIA PARTNERS,LLC''

(available at

httns://> w.sec.nov/Archives/edcar/data/1717556/000149315221017599/ex10-

7.htm),thedistributionbythecompanymemberswasdoneasfolows;

49.First,totheMembyrs,proratainproportiontotheirrespectiveUnreturnedCapital,

untilthe Unreturned Capitalofeach M em beris reduced to zero;and

so.Thereafter,totheMembersprorataonthebasisof75% totheZASH Memberand

25% to the Vinco Mem ber.

51.On July 19,2021,ZASH,Lom otif,the Lom otif Selling Shareholders and ZVV

entered into a Deed ofVariation and Supplem entw hereby,among otherthings,

ZASH novated aIIofits rights and obligations underthe LomotifSPA to ZVV and

ZVV assum ed aIIofZASH'Srightsand obligationsunderthe Lom otifSPA.O nJuly

25,2021,ZVV com pleted the acquisition ofan 80% equity ow nership interestin

Lomotifonafullydiluted basisforatotalpurchasepriceof$109,765,000.

52.The deed ofvariationalowed Zash to transferthe costofbuying Lom otifto Vinco

Ventures,Inc.,itsalsoalowedZashtoenterinajointventurewithVincoVentures,

Inc.witha50% membershipanda75% financialinterestwithouthavingto invest

any capital.

53.AsofJune30,2022,VincoVentures,lnc.hasIoaned$19,500,250toZASH under

multiplefinancings,$18,451,250ofwhichisoutstanding.Theinterestratesonthe

notesare 3% or6% perannum.The Ioansare due in 2023with$10,000,000

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classifiedascurrentand $8,451,250classifiedasnon-current.The purposeofthe

Ioans is to engage in the acquisition,developm entand production ofconsum er

facing contentand related activities.

54.0 n Decem ber 19,2022,Vinco Ventures,Inc.entered into a materialdefinitive

agreementtocompletethepurchaseofthemembershipinterests(d'Membership

Interests'')inZVV MediaPartnersfrom ZASH GlobalMedia.Thepurchaseprice

shalbe(a)10sharesofVincoVentures,Inc.'sSeriesB PreferredStock(which

shalbe convertible into 144 m illion com m on shares ofZVV M edia Partners,for

which issuancewilbe subjectto Nasdaq rules)and forwhicha Cedificate of

DesignationwastobefiledintheStateofNevadabeforeDecember21,2022(and

wilbe issued inthe nearfuture),wassubjectto approvalofb0thZVV Media

Partners and ZASH G lobalM edia and com pliance with aI Nasdaq and SEC

compliance('lpurchaseEquityn),and(b)thedeemedsatisfactionofaIoutstanding

indebtednessand otherobligationsowing from ZASH GlobalM ediato ZVV Media

PadnersortheZVV MediaPartners,including,withoutIimitation,pursuantto (i)

the Prom issory Note issued byZASH GlobalM edia to ZVV M edia Padners dated

February 18,2021 in the originalprincipalamountof$5,000,000,and (i)the

Secured Prom issory Note issued by ZASH G lobalM edia to Vinco Ventures,Inc.

dated June 29,2022 in the originalprincipalamountof$56,955,168.Vinco

Ventures,lnc.

55.Vinco, and specifically Defendant Theodore Farnswodh 'pum ped' the stock

dividendoftheVincospin-offTYDE(now OCTO)whichoffereda1for10dividend

inthe(thenprospectivelynew)publiclytradedcompanyCryptyde(TYDE).

56.W henthe dividendwas paid out,theoptionschainwasm arriedto BBIG ,theShare

PriceofBBIGwasadjusteddownwardby40% andimainstreet'retailtraderswere

unabletoseltheirshareswhichwereenteredatabasisofapproximately$17per

share.ButInstitutionsw ere able to sell,and theydid sell.The price plum meted to

$3before mainstreetretailerscouldsellasingleshare.

57.TYDEsharepricedidnothingbutdropuntilitwaswelbelow the$1thresholdand

asa resultitreverse split.

58.The vote to reverse splitwas m anipulated the sam e as the vote to reverse split

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has been doneon BBIG .

59.Sincethe split,theschemeofwarrantcascade(seefootnote 1)hasresultedin

continued declineasthecompanyheadsbackbelow the$1threshold.

60.Petitioner believes thatTYDE was a securities fraud manipulation which also

violàted w ire fraud Iaws and that itwas used foratIeasttwo reasons,firstto

dramatically reduce BBIG share price in one day,two,to hide shortpositionsand

helpShorthedge funds Iike Hudson Bayavoid beingforced to buysharesto close

naked shod positions,andfinaly,Petitionerbelieves TYDE wasused asa BETA

testforBBIG securitiesand w ire fraud techniquesthathave recently been utilized

and foractionsaboutto happen.

VI.

POSSIBLEEVIDENCEOFVIOLATION OFCRIMINALSTRUCTURING (MONEY

LAUNDERING)LAWS

61.DefendantTheodoreFarnsworthandhis'partner'RoderickVanderbilt(unindicted

co-defendantin Moviepass,aswellas surety to the bond inthe above-captioned

case,are partofa nonprofitform anyyears known as FarwestHaitiM ission Inc.

6z.petitioner is inform ed and believes and thereupon aleges that Farwest Haiti

M ission lnchas notfiled with the IRS in the Iast5 years.

63.Defendant Theodore Farnswodh and his dpadner' Roderick Vanderbilt were

consistentevery yearpriorto Iastfiled in Dec2017.See exhibitsxyz

64-Petitioneris inform ed and believes and thereupon alleges thata Iarge sum of

money m ay have been funneled through Farwest HaitiM ission Inc,and the

governm entshould investigate thisavenue because ata m inimum there maybea

fortune to be seized to m akevictimsw hole.

VII.

CO NCLUSIO N

DefendantTheodore Farnswodh isamajorandserialfinancialconspiratorwho

has repeatedly defrauded investors.He has m any equaly dangerous co-conspirators,

manyofwhom workedwithhim (including hisdomestic/businesspartner,andcurrent

ChairmanofVincoVentures,RoderickVanderbilt)andhascausedBilionsofdolarsin

damage to investors overthe course ofhis Iife.

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DefendantTheodore Farnswodh should notbe allowed to rem ain outon Bond

pending the charges in the above captioned case.He should be rem anded into the

custodyofthe United States Marshalland housed during pretrialin a Bureau ofPrisons

Metropolitan Detention Center, with orders that he not be alowed any form of

comm unication with anyone connected with any ofthe entities named in Paragraph 3 of

Page 7 ofhiscurrentladditionalbond conditions'.

Even if the courtfinds that revocation of bond is too draconian, Defendant

Farnswodhshouldcertainlynotbealowedtocommitcrimeswith(implicit)courtapproval

m emorialiàed in officialbinding coud docum ents.

The investing publicdeserves to be protected from thisSerialFinancialTerrorist,

and his co-conspirators,including his 'Iife partner'and Iongtime business associate and

unindictedco-conspirator(Vanderbilt).Itistimetostopprotectingthe Defendantand

startprotecting the public.

PRAYER FOR RELIEFREQUESTED BY W AY OFAMICUS BRIEF

Petitionerprays(onhisbehalfbutmoreimpodantlyintheinterestofjustice

and for the protection ofaIIpersons who invest in the United States financial

m arkets ofthiscourtim m ediate action as follows:

This honorable courtshould:

1.ImmediatelyinstructtheUnitedStatesMarshalandPretrialservices(UnitedStates

ProbationDepartment)todetainDefendantFarnsworthandbringhim tocourt;and

2. Revoke his bond and place him inthe custodyofthe FederalBureau ofPrisons in

Pretrialdetention in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Southern District of

Florida;and

3. Revoke the second halfofPage 7,paragraph3 ofthatdocumentwhich isentitled

'AdditionalSpecialConditionsofBond'and make new and differentordersoutside

ofany bond,specifically prohibiting any and aIIactivity with respectto each and

every business entity mentioned therein and also to add to thatlistDefendant

Farnsworth's Iatestbusinessentity Icon Publishing and

4. M akeordersthatDefendantFarnsworthbe prohibitedfrom having anycontactwith

RoderickVanderbilt,orany mem berofthe Board ofDirectorsofVinco Ventures,

including that none of these individuals shallbe allowed personalvisits w ith

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defendantinthe BO P,and noneshalbe alowedto com m unicatewith him orvisa

versa via USPO,the Corlinks em ailsystem ,orthe Prison phone system .AI

communicationbetweenFarnswodh(thepuppetmaster)andhisco-conspirators

(puppets) mustbe effectively quashed,pending the outcome ofthe above

captioned case;and

5. This honorable courtshouldim m ediatelyreferthism attertotheSecurity Exchange

Com m ission,the FBI,the DOJ,the AG ,and the United StatesAttorney's Office,

forfurthercrim inaland civilinvestigation,including butnotIim ited to adding new

charges and new co-conspirators,starting with Roderick Vanderbilt,Lisa King,

Jesse Law,Brian Hart,and Richard Levychin',and

6. This coud should orderthatVinco Ventures be com m anded to cease and desist

from effecting anyofproposals invalidly approved atthe shareholdermeeting on

Apr27,2023 untilfurtherorderofthis court,orin the alternative to contactJudge

NancyAlfoftheEighthJudicialDistrictinthe Nevada(state)DistrictCourtand

recomm end thatshe make such orders in case num berA-23-868781-8,Vick,et.

al,v.Farnsworth,et.aI..,and

This courtshould orderthataItrading ofany shares,options,warrants orother

securitiesrelated to BBIG be suspended orhalted untilfurtherorderofthis court.

Respectfully subm itted,

Dated:M ay 8,2023

* >

Sha ' J.Vick,andwww .biqqfam ilv.com ,Petitioner

Am icus Curiae

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