UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH, CENTRAL .DIVISION 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, ancl 

UTAH DIVISION OF CONSUMER 

PROTECTION, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

ZURIXX, LLC, a Utah limited liability 

company, 

CARLSON DEVELOPMENT GROUP, 

LLC, a Utah limited liability company, 

CJ SEMINAR HOLDINGS, LLC, a Utah 

limited liability company, 

ZURIXX FINANCIAL, LLC, a Utah 

limited liability company, 

CRISTOPHERA. CANNON, individually 

and as an officer ofZURIXX, LLC, 

JAMES M. CARLSON, individually and as 

an officer of ZURIXX, LLC, and 

JEFFREY D. SPANGLER, .individually and 

as an officer of ZURIXX; LLC 

Defendants. 

Case Number : 

' FILED UNDER SEAL 

PURSUANT TO COURT ORDER 

(DOCKET NO. · ) 

EXPARTETEMPORARY - - RESTRAINING ORDER WITH ASSET 

PRESERVATION, APPOINTMENT OF 

A TEMPORARY MONITOR OVER 

CORPORATE DEFENDANTS, AND 

OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF, AND 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY A 

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION 

SHOULD NOT ISSUE 

Plaintiffs, the Federal Trade Conm1ission ("FTC") and the Utah Division of Consumer 

Protection ("Division"), have· filed their Complaint for Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable 

Relief pursuant to Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act ("FTC Act"), 15 U.S.C. § 

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53(b ), the Consumer Review Fairness Act (''CRF A"), 15 U.S.C. § 45b, the Utah Consumer Sales 

Practices Act ("UCSP A"), Utah Code § · 13-11-1 et seq .. , and the Business Opportunity .Disclosure 

Act ("BODA"), Utah Code§ 13-15-1 et seq., ~nd have moved, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b), 

for a temponiry restraining order that,includes asset preservation, appointment of a temporary 

monitor over Defendants Zurixx, LLC, Carlson Development Group, LLC, CJ Seminar 

Holdings, .LLC~ and Zurixx FinanCial, LLC ("Corporate Defendants"), other equitable relief, and 

an order to show cause why a preliminary injunction should not issue against all Defendants. 

FINDINGS OF FACT 

The Court, having considered Plaintiffs' Complaint, ex parte Motion for a Temporary . 

Restraining Order, declarations, exhibits, and the memor:;mdum: ~f points and authorities filed in . 

support thereof, and being otherwise advised, find~ that: 

A. This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of this case, and there is good 

cause to believe that it w111 have jurisdictioi1 over all parties hereto and that venue in this district 

is proper. 

B. In numerous instances, Defendants, in marketing and selling real estate-related 

investing products and services ("Defendants' Products"), have fal$ely represented that by 

purchasing Defendants' Products, consumers will likely earn thousands of dollars in profit, spend 

. little time and effort to earn thousands of dollars in profit, have ·access to 100% funding for their 

r.eal estate investments, or learn all they need to know to make thousands of dollars in profit 

through real estate investing at the 3-day workshop. Additionally, Defendants have failed to 

disclose, or to disclose adequately, to consumers material aspects of their refund policy. 

Defendants al.so use form agreements that bar or restrict impermissibly the ability of consumers 

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. who purchase Defendants' Products from engaging in reviews, performance assessments, and 

similar analys.es of Defendants and Defendants' Products; 

C. Defendants, in marketing and selling Defendants' Products, fm: a price exceeding 

$500, and for the purpose of enabling purchasers to start a business, have represented that 

Defendants' Products would enable purchasers to generate'income exceeding the price paid for 

the products. Defendants have been operating in Utah since at least 2013, but have never filed 

the i_nformation and documents required to be filed annually with the Divisi01i'under BODA. 

BODA requires them to file a complete statement of oral, written, or visual representations that 

would be made to prospective purchasers about specific levels of potential sales, income, gross 

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and net profits, or any other representations that would have suggested the same. 

D. Defendants' earnings representations were not followed" as required by BODA, 

by a warning to purchasers that: Defendants could not guarantee earnings or ranges of earning; 

identifying the number of purchasers who had earned an amount in excess of the. amount of their 

payment; and clarifying what percentage of total purchasers had earned an amount in excess of 

the amount of their payment. In addition to depriving the Division of informatibn about' . 

Defendants and their operations, Defendants likewise have not provided this information to 

purchasers in a single disclosure statement or prospectus, accompanied by a mandatory cover 

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sheet, at least ten business days prior to the purchase. 

E. There is good cause to believe that Defendants have engaged in and are likely to 

engage in acts or practices that violate Section 5(a) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45(a), the 

Consumer Review Fairness Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 45b, the UCSPA, Utah Code§ 13-11-1 et seq., 

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and BODA, l!tah Code§ 13-15-1 et seq., and that the FTC and the Division are likely to prevail 

on the merits of this action. 

F. As demonstrated by the d~clatations of consumers, investigator declarations, 

transcripts of undercover recordings, public records, a report by the Plaintiffs' expert Teo 

Nicolais, and additional evidence contained in the volumes of exhibits filed by Plaintiffs in 

support of their ex parte Motion for Temp01:ary Restraining Order, Plaintiffs have e.stablished a 

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likelihood of success in showing that Defendants have: (1) made false or unsubstantiated 

earnings claims regarding the products they market and sell to consumers; (2) misrepresented 

that little time and effo1i is required. to earn thousands of dollars in profit using their system, that 

·consumers will have access to 100% funding for their real estate investments regardless of their 

credit history, and that consumers who attend Defendants' 3-day workshop will learn all they 

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need to ·know about real estate investing; (3) failed to.disclose, or disclose adequately, material 

tei·ms of their refund policy; ( 4) used form contract provisions that restrict impennissibly 

consumers' ability to review and share inforniation a.bout Defendants and Defendants' Products; 

(5) failed to annually file information with the Division: required to be filed under BODA; and 

(6) failed to provide a disclosure statement or prospec~us to any prospective purchaser at least ten 

business days prior to a purchase, as required by BODA. 

G. T~1ere is good cause to believe that itmnediate and irreparable harm will tesult 

from Defendants' ongoing yiolations of the FTC Act; CRFA, UCSPA, and BODA unless 

Defendants are restrained and enjoined by order of this Court. 

H. There is good cause to believe that immediate and ineparable damage to the .· 

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Court's ability to grant effective final relief for consumers:- including monetary restitution, 

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rescission, disgorgement, or refunds - will occur from the sale, transfer, destruction, or other 

disposition or concealment by Defendants of assets or records, unless Defendants are 

inimediately restrained and enjoined by order of this Court; and that, in accordance, with Fed.,R. 

Civ. P. 65(b), the interests of justice require that this Order be granted without prior notice to 

Defendants. Thus, there is good cause for relieving the Plaintiffs of the duty to provide 

Defendants with prior notice of Plaintiffs' ex parte Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order. 

I. Good cause exists for appointing a tempo11ary monitor over the Corporate 

Defendants, pre~erving Cor]:,orate Defendants' assets, permitting Plaintiffs and the temporary 

monitor immediate access to the Defendants' business premises and records, and permitting 

Plaintiffs and the temporary monitor to engage in expedited discovery. 

J. Weighing the equities and considering Plaintiffs' likelihood of ultimate success 

on the merits, a temporary restraining order with asset preservatioil, the appointment of a . 

temporary monitor, immediate access to business premises and records, limited expedited 

discovery, and other equitable relief is in the public interest. I 

K. This Court has authority to issue this Order pursuant to Section.13(b) of the FTC 

Act, 15 U.S.C. § 53(b), Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65, the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651, 

Utah Code·§§ 13-l 1-17(l)(b); 13-11-2(4); 13-15-3(1); and 13-2-5(3). 

L. No security is required of any agency of the United States for issuance of a 

temporary restraining order. Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(c). 

DEFINITIONS 

A. "Asset" means any legal or equitable interest in, right to, or claim to, any 

property, wherever located and by whomever held. 

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B. "Corporate Defendants" means Zurixx, LLC, Carlson Development Group, 

LLC, CJ Seminar Holdings, LLC, and Zurixx Financial, LLC, and each of their subsidiaries, 

affiliates, successors, and assigns. 

C. "Covered Communication" means a written, oral, or pictorial review,· 

performance assessment, or other similar analysis of goods or services, including conduct related 

to the goods or services. 

D: "Defendants" meCJ,ns Corporate Defendants and Individual Defendants, 

individually, collectively, or in any combination. 

E. "Defendants Products" means any real estate-related investing products and 

· services marketed and sold by any Defendant. 

F. "Document" is synonymous in meaning and equal in scope to the usage of 

"document" and "electronically stored information" in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34(a), 

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Fed. R. Civ. P. 34(a), and includes writings, drawings, graphs, charts,.photographs, sound and 

video recordings, images, Internet sites, web pages, websites, electronic co1Tespondence, 

including e-mail and instant messages, contracts, accounting data, advertisements, FTP Logs, 

Server Access Logs, books, written or printed records, handwritten notes, telephone logs, 

telephone scripts, receipt books, ledgers, personal and business canceled checks and check 

registers, bank statements, appointment books, computer records, customer or sales databases • ' ' I 

and any other electronically stored infonnation, including bocuments located on remote servers 

or cloud computing systems, and other data or data compilations from which information can be . . 

obtained directly or, if necessary, after transfation into a reasonably usable form. A draft or nonidentical .copy is a separate document within the meaning of the term. 

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G. "Earnings Claim" means any representation, specific or general, about income, 

revenues, financial gains, percentage gains, profit, net profit, gross profit; or return on 

·investment. 

B. "Electronic Data Host" means any Person in the business of storing, hosting, or 

<?therwise maintaining electronically stored information. This includes, but is not limited to, any 

entity hosting a website or server, and any entity providing "cloud based" electronic storage. 

I. "Individual Defendants" means Cristopher A. Cannon, James M. Carlson, 

Jeffrey D. Spangler, individu~lly, collectively; or in any combination. 

J. "Monitor" means the temporary monitor appointedin Section X of this Order and 

any deputy monitors that shall be named by the temporary monitor. 

K. "Monitored Entities" means Corporate Defendants and any other entity that has 

conducted any business related to the marketing or sale of Defendants" Products, including 

receipt of Assets derived from any activity that is subject of the Complaint in.this matter, and 

that the Monitor determines is controlled or owned by any Defendant. ( 

L. "Person" means any natural person or any entity, corporation, partnership, or 

association of persons. 

M. "Review .. Limiting Contract Term" means a standardized contract term that: 

prohibits or restricts the ability of a person who is a party to the contract to engage in a Covered 

· Communication~ imposes a penalty or fee (:lgainst a person who is a party to the contract for 

engaging in a Covered Communication; or transfers, or 1~equires a person who is a party to the 

contract to transfer, to any other person any intellectual property rights in a Covered 

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Communication,' .;ith the exception of a 'non-excf usive license to lawfully use a Covered 

· Communication ab<;mt a Defendant's goods or services. · 

ORDER 

I. . PROHIBITED BUSINESS ACTIVITIES 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Defendants, Defendants' officers, agents, 

einployees, and attorneys, and all other Persons in active concert or participation with them, who ·. 

receive actual notice of this Order by personal service or otherwise, whether acting directly or 

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indirectly, in connection with the advertising, marketing, promoting, or offering for sale of aI}Y 

goods or services, are temporarily restrahted and enjoined from:· 

· A. Making any Earnings Claim, unless the Earnings Clahn is truthful and not 

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misleading, and, at the time such claim 1s made, Defendants: (1) have a reasonable basis for the 

claim; (2) have in their possession written materials that substanti.ate the claim; and (3) make the 

written substantiation.available upon request to th~ consumer, potential purchaser or investor; the 

Monitor, and Plaintiffs; 

B. Misrepresenting or assisting others in misrepresenting~ expressly or by 

implication, that: 

1. Consumers who purchase any cifDefendants' Products will receive 100% funding 

· to do real estate deals regm·dless of their credit; 

2. Defendants' Products allow consumers to. make thousands of dollars in profit 

through real estate itivesting with little tii:ne and effort; 

3. Consumers will lem·n everything they need to know at Defendants' 3-day, 

workshops to make thousands of dollars in profit throug;h real estate investing; 

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C. Misrepresenting or assisting others in misrepresenting, expressly or by 

implication, any other fact material to consumers conceri1ing any good ot service, such as: the 

total costs; any material restrictions, limitations, cir conditions; or any material aspect of its 

performance, efficacy, nature, or central characteristics; 

· D. Failing to disclose., or disclo.se adequately, to consumers material aspects of 

Defendants' refund policy; and 

E. Offering Defenda;nts' Products for sale without complying with BODA, including 

filing required information amrnally with the Division, providing a dis~losure statement or 

prospectus to any prospective purchaser at least 10 business days prior to a purchase, and 

providmg the required warning to purchasers following an earnings representation that: 

Defendants cannot guarantee earnings or ranges of earning; identifying the number of purchasers 

who had earned an amount in excess of the amount of their payment; and clarifying what 

percentage of total purchasers had earned an amount in excess of the amount of their payment. 

II. INJUNCTION AGAINST SUPPRESSING COVERED 

COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH CONTRACT TERMS 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Defendants, Defendants' officers, agents, 

·· employees, and attorneys, and all other Persons in active concert or participation with them, who 

receive actual notice of this .Order by personal service or otherwise, whether acting directly or 

indirectly, in connection with the advertising, marketing, promoting, or offering for sale of any 

goods or services, are temporarily restrained and enjoined from offering, attempting to enforce, 

or asserting the validity of, any Review-Limiting Contract Term. 

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Provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall: require a Defendant to publish or 

host the content of any person; affect any other legal duty of a party to a contract; or affect any . 

cause of action arising. from tP,e breach of such duty. 

III. PROHIBITION ON RELEASE OF CUSTOMER INFORMATION 

IT IS FURTHERORDERED that Defendants, Defendants' officers, agents, einployees, 

and attorneys, and all other Persons in active concert or participation with any of them, who 

· receive actual notice of this Order, whether acting directly or indirectly, are hereby temporarily 

restrained and ~njoined from:. 

A. . Selling, renting, leasing, transferring, or otherwise disclosing, the name, address, 

birth date, telephone numbe1\ email address, credit card number, bank account number, Social 

Security number, or other financial or identifying; information of any person that any Defendant 

obtained in connection with the practic.es charged in the Complaint or Defendants' Products; and 

B. Benefitting from or using the nanw, address, birth date, telephone number, eman 

address, credit card number, bank accoi..mt number, Social Security number, or other financial or 

identifying information of any person that any Defendant obtained in connection with the 

practices charged in the Complaint or Defendants' Products. 

Provided, however, that Defendants may disclose such identifying information to a law 

. enforcement agency, to their attorneys as required for their defense, as required by any law, · 

regulation, or court order, or in any filings, pleadings or discover)f'in this action in the manner 

required by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and by any protective order in the case. 

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IV. PRESERVATION OF RECORDS AND ASSETS 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED.that Defendants, Defendants' officers, agents, employees, 

and attorneys, and all other Persons in active concert or·participation with any of them, who 

receive actual notice of this Order, whether acting-directly or indirectly, are hereby temporarily 

restrained and enjoined from: 

A. Destroying, erasing, falsifying, writing over, mutilating, concealing, altering, 

transferring, or otherwise disposing of, in any manner, directly or indirectly any business record, 

including a record .from a personal account used for business pmposes, including Documents that 

relate to: (1) Defendants' Products, business practices, marketing, Assets, or finances of any 

Defendant; (2) the real estate investment-related business practices or finai1ces of entities directly-

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or indirectly under the control of any Defendant; or 

B. Disbursing, spending, liquidating, or assigning any Corporate Defendant's Assets 

in the amount of $25,000 or greater, in any maimer, directly or indirectly, without the Monitor's 

advai1ce approval. 

L Each Corporate Defendm1t may make the following payments without 

Monitor approval for the following purposes, and only for those 

obligations due during the pendency of this Order, as long as the total 

amount spent is less than $25,000; 

2. Payments of reasonable and customary expenses to fulfill contractual 

obligations to third parties other than the Individual Defendants; 

3. Payments tofulfill federal, state, and local tax obligations; -

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4. Payme11ts to employees that are reasonable and customary- other than the 

directors, owners, officers, or Individual Defendants - as required under 

the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., or other state laws; 

and 

C. Failing to create and maintain Documents that, in reasonable detail, accurately, 

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fairly, and compietely reflect Corporate Defendants' revenues, disbursements, transactions, and 

use. of Corporate Defendants' Assets. 

V. DUTIES OF ASSET HOLDERS OF CORPORATE DEFENDANTS' ASSETS · 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any financial or brokerage institution, Electronic 

Data Host, credit card processor, payment processor, merchant battle, acquiring bank, 

h~dependertt sales organization, thifd party processor, payment gateway, insurance company, 

business entity, or Person who receives actual notice of this Order (by service or otherwise) that: 

(a) has held, controlled, or maintained custody, through an account or otherwise, of any 

. Document on behalf of any Corporate Defendant or any Asset that has been: owned or 

controlled, directly or indfrectly, by any Corporate Defendant; held, in part or in whole, 

for the benefit of any Corporate Defendant; in the actual or constructive possession of 

· any Corporate Defendant; or owned or controlled by, in the actual or constructive 

possession of, or otherwise held for the benefit of, any corporation, partnership, asset 

protection trust, or other entity that is directly or indirectly owned, managed or controlled 

by any Corporate Defendant; 

(b) has held, controlled, or maintained custody, through an account or otherwise, of any 

Document or Asset associated with credits, debits, or charges made on behalf of any . 

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(;orporate Defendant, including reserve funds held by payment processors, credit card 

processors, merchant banks, acquiring banks, independent sales organizations, third party 

processors, payment gateways, insurance companies, or other entities; or 

(c) has extended credit to any Corporate Defendant; including through a credit card account, 

shall: · 

A. Provide Plaintiffs' counsel and the Monitor, within three(3) busip.ess days of 

receiving a copy of this Order, a sworn statement setting forth, for each Asset or account covered 

1 by this Section: 

1. · The identification number of each such account or Asset; 

· 2. The balance of each such account, or a description of the nature and value 

. of each such Asset as of the close of business on the da~ on which this Order is 

served, and; if the account or otherAsset has been cfosed or.removed, the date 

closed or removed, the total funds removed 'in order to close the account, and the 

name of the Person to whom such account or other Asset was remitted; 

3. The identification of any safe deposit box, commercial mail box, or 

storage facility that is either titled in the name, individually or jointly, of any . 

Corporate Defendant, or is otherwise subject to access by any Corporate 

Defendant; and 

B. Upon the request of Plaintiffs' counsel or the Monitor, promptly provide 

Plaintiffs' counsel and the Monitor with copies of all records or other Documents pe1iaining to 

each account or Asset covered by this Section, including originals 'or copies of account 

applications, account statements, signature cards, checks, drafts, deposit tickets, transfers to and 

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from the accounts, including wire transfers and wire transfer instructions, all other debit and 

·credit instruments or slips, currency transaction reports, 1099 forms, and all logs and records 

' pertaining to safe deposit bsixes, commercial mail boxes, and storage facilities. 

VI. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that each Defendant, within thre.e (3) business days of 

service of this Order upon them, shall prepare and deliver to Plaintiffs' counsel and the Monitor: 

A. Completed financial statements.on the forms attached to this Order as 

Attachment A (Financial Statement of Individual Defendant) for each Individual Defendant, and . 

Attachment B (Financial Statement of Corporate Defendant) for each Corporate Defendant; and 

B. Completed Attachment C (IRS Form 4506, Request for Copy of a Tax Return) 

for each Corporate Defendant. 

VII. . FOREIGN ASSET ACCOUNl'ING 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that within thfee (3) business days followiiig t~e service 

of this Order, eachDefendant shall: 

A. Provide Plaintiffs' counsel and the Monitor with a full accounting, verified under 

oath and accurate .as of the date of this· Order, of all Assets, Documents,· an~ accounts outside of 

the United States which are: (1) titled in the name, individually or jointly, of any Defendan~; (2) 

.held by any Person for the benefit of any Defendant or for the benefit of any corporation, 

patinership, asset protection trust, or other entity that is directly or indirectly owned, managed, or , 

·controlled by any Defendant; or (3) under the direct or indirect control, whether jointly or singly, 

. of any Defendant; 

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B. ' . . Take all steps. necessary to provide Plaintiffs' counsel and the Monitor with 

access to all' Documents and records relating to the Corporate Defendants that may be held by 

third parties located outside of the territorial United States of America, including signing the 

Consentto Release of Financial Records appended to this Order as Attachment D; . . 

VIII. CREDIT REPORTS 

ITIS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs' counsel and the Monitor may obtain credit 

reports concerning any Corporate Defendant pursuant to Section 604(a)(l) of the Fair Credit . 

Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § l681b(a)(l), and that, upon written request, any credit reporting ' 

agency from which such reports are requested shall provide them to Plaintiffs' counsel. 

IX. REPORT OF NEW BUSINESS ACTIVITY 

. . IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that pefendants,Defendants' officers, agents, employees, 

and all other Persons in active concert or participation with any of them, who receive actual 

notice ofthis Order, whether acting directly or indirectly, are hereby temporarily restrained and 

enjoined from creating, operating, or exercising any control over any business entity, whether 

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newly formed or previously inac~ive, ineluding any pa1inership, limited partnership, joint 

venture, sole proprietorship, or corporation, without first providing Plaintiffs' counsel and the 

Monitor with a written statement disclosing: (1) the mime of the business entity; (2) the address 

. and telephone number of the business entity; (3) the names of the business entity's officers, 

directors, principals, managers, and employees; and (4) a detailed description of the business 

entity's intended activities. 

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X. APPOINTMENT OF TEMPORARY MONITOR 

IT IS FURTHER. ORDERED that (1.v ;A 'J3 t-tJ,vA fu11 :C is appointed as 

temporary monitor for the Monitored Entities and any of their affiliates, subsidiaries, su9cessors, 

and assigns, wherever located. The Monitor shall be solely the agent of this Court in acting as 

Monitor under this Order. The Monitor shall be accountable directly to this Court. 

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· XI. DUTIES AND AUTHORITY OF THE TEMPORARY MONITOR 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Monitor shall have the following duties and 

authority: · 

A. Monitor the M~nitored Entities' compliance with this Order by identifying and 

reviewing their marketing materials, live events, recordings of live events, telephone calls (both 

live and recorded), call logs, call detail records, reports, or other Documents that reflect 

Monitored Entities' marketing, advertising, promotion, distribution, offer for sale, sale or 

fulfillment of their real estate investing products; 

B. Identify and r~view the Monitored Entities' records ·and financial transactions, 

including bank records; .as they relate to the practices charged in the Complaint or Defendants' 

Products and ensure that all such related documents are preserved; 

C. · Identify and inventory all Assets of the :Monitored Entities, including but not 

limited to: 

1. Conducting an accounting of the Monitored Entities' Assets; and 

2. Opening and inventorying any safe deposit boxes, commerdal mail boxes, 

or storage facilities titled in the name of any Monitored Entity, either 

individually or jointly, or subject to access by any Monitored Entity; 

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D. Review anCl authorize, any Monitored Entities' request to: 

1. Incur reasonable charges or cash advances on any credit or bank card · 

issued in the name, individually or jointly, of any Monitored Entity or any 

corporation, patinership, or other entity directly or indirectly o:wned, 

managed, or cmitrolled by any Monitored Entity or of which any 

Monitored Entity is an Officer, Director, Member, or Manager, including 

but not limited to corporate bank cards or corporate credit card accounts 

for which any Defendant is, or was on the date that this Order was signed, 

an authorized signor; 

2. Make reasonable payments to fulfill contractual obligations to third parties 

other than the Individual Defendants; 

3. Make payments to fulfill federal, state, and local tax obligations,; and 

4. Make reasonable and customary payments to the Monitored Entities'· 

employees - other than the directors, owuers, officers, or the Individual 

. Defendants - as required under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 

201 et seq., or other state laws; pursuant to Section IV; 

Provided, however, that this Section does :hot prohibit any Corporate Defendant from 

making any payments authorized by Seetion IV.B. 

E. Maintain accurate records of all receipts and expenditures of the Monitored 

·Entities; 

F.. Maintain accurate records of all receipts and expenditures incurred as Monitor; 

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G. The Monitor shall have immediate, unfettered access to all information or 

Documents the Monitor deems ne.cessary to cany out the Monitor's duties pursuant.to this Order, 

to the same extent as the Monitored Entities, themselves, are allowed by right, contract; or 

practice including, but not limited to: 

1. · Access to all Documents pertaining to the Monitored Entities' business 

activities and finances related to the practices charged in the Complaint or 

Defendants' Products wherever located and in whomever's custody or 

control; 

2. Access to all property or premises in possession of, owned by, or under 

the control of the Monitored Entities related to the practices charged in the 

Complaint or Defendants' Products, wherever located; 

3. The right to interview any qment or former ei'nployee, independent 

. contractor, principal, owner, manage1: or member of the Monitored 

Entities, including Individual Defendants, to obtain and copy pertinent 

. information including, but not limited to, the name, home address, Social 

Security number, job description, company hiStory, passwords or access 

codes, method of compensation, and all accrued and unpaid commissions 

and compensation of each such employee; 

4. The right to int.erview any Monitored Entity's current or former officer, 

manager, independent contractor, subcontractor, financial institution, 

vendor, telecommunications provider, agent, service bureau, or other 

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entity involved in the provision of any services from, to, or on behalf of 

the Monitored Entities, including Individual Defendants; 

5. Access to all Documents of any officer, manager, independent contractor, 

em:rloyee, or agent of any Monitored Entity pertaining to the Monitored 

Entities' business activities and finances related to the practices charged in 

the Complaint or Defendants' Products; 

6. The right to copy or image all Documents that the Monitor deems 

necessary to carry out the Monitor's duties pursuant to this Order, 

including any .documents in the custody, or control of Individual 

Defendants; and · 

·. 7. The right to issue subpoenas to obtain Documents and records pe1iaining 

to the Monitored Entities, and conduct discovery in this actipn that the 

Monitor deems necessary to carry out the Monitor's duties pursuant to this 

Order; and 

H. The Monitor is authorized to choose, engage, and employ attorneys, investigators,· 

acc~untants, appraisers, and other independent contractors and technical specialists, as the 

Monitor deems advisable or necessary in the performance of duties and responsibilities under the 

authority granted by this Order. The Monitor is also authorized to obtain the assistance of the 

U.S. Marshal's office and other federal, state, and iocal law enforcement officers as the Monitor 

deems necessary to fulfill the duties set forth in this Section·. If requested by the Monitor, the 

United States Marshal shall provide, and state or local faw enforcement may provide, appropriate · 

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and necessary assistance to the Monitor to implement this Order and is authorized to use any 

necessary and reasonable force to do so. 

XII. REPORTING BY THE MONITOR 

'IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, prior to the preliminary injunction show cause 

hearing set by Section XXII of this Order, the Monitor is directed to report to this Court on the 

Monitor's findings, including: 

A. The Monitored Entities' compliance with this Order; 

B. An accounting of the Monitored Entities' financial transactions as they relate to 

the practices charged h1 the Complaint or Defendants' Products; 

C. A description of the Monitored Entities' corpoi·ate structures including all parents, 

. ' 

subsidiaries (whether wholly or partially owned), divisions (whether incorporated or not), I 

affiliates, branches, charters, joint ventli!'.es, partnerships, franchises, operations under assumed 

names, and all ownership interests of the Monitored Entities. 

XIII. PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO MONITOR 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants shall provide to the Monitor, 

immediately upon request, without need of any subpoena or further order, the following: 

A. A list of all Assets and accounts of the Monitored Entities, including Assets of 

the Monitored Entities that are held in any 11ame other than the name of a Monitored Entity, or. 

by any Person other than a Monitored Entity; 

:B. · .A list of all Assets and Documents belonging to other Persons whose interests are 

under the direction, custoqy, or control, or in the possession, of the Monitored Enti.ties;. . ' ' 

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C. . A list of all locations where Documents of the Monitored Entities are located, arid 

. . . 

the means to access such Documents within fiye (5) hours of the Monitor's request; 

D. Access to all Documents of the Monitored Entities including, but not limited to, 

· books and records of accounts, all financial and accomi.ting records, balance sheets, income 

statements, bank records (including monthly statements,. canceled checks, records of wire 

transfers, and check registers), client lists, title' Documents and other papers that relate to the 

practices charged in the Complaint or Defendants' Products; 

E. · Access to all computers, electronic devices, mobile devices, and machines ( onsite 

.or remotely) and any cloud account (including specific method to access account), electronic file 

in any medium, or other data in whatever form used to conduct the business of the Monitored 

Entities; 

F. Copies of all keys, .codes, ~ser names and passwords necessary to gain or to 

secure access to any Assets or Documents of the Monitored Entities including, but not limited to, 

access to their business premises, means of communication, accounts, computer systems, or 

other property; and 

G. A list of all agents, employees, independent contractors, officers, attorneys, 

servants, and those Persons in active concert and participation with the Monitored Entities, or 

who have been associated or done business with the Monitored Entities since January 1, 2013. 

XIV. COOPERATION WITH THE MONITOR 

ITIS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendantsi Defendants' officers, agents, empfoyees,· 

and attorneys, all other Persons in active concert or participation. with any of them, and all other 

persons or entities served with a copy of this Order shall fully cooperate with and assist the 

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Monitor. This cooperation and assistance shall ii1clude, but is not llmited to, providing 

information to the Monitor that the Monitor deems necessary to exercise the authority and 

discharge the responsibilities of the Monitor under this Order; pro~iding any keys, codes, u'ser 

names, and passwords re~uited to access any computers, electronic .devices, mobile devices, arid 

machines (onsite qr remotely) and any cloud accpunt (including specific method to a~cess 

aocount) or electronic file iii any medium; informing the Monitor of all Persons who owe money 

to any Monitored Entity; transferring funds at the Monitor's direction; and producing Documents 

related to the Assets and sales and refunds of the Monitored Entities. 

XV. NON~INTERFERENCE WITH THE MONITOR 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants, Defendants' officers, agents, employees, 

attorneys, and all other. Persons in active concert or participation with any of them, who receive 

actual notice of this Order; and any other Person served with a copy of this Order, are her~by 

restrained and enjoh1ed from directly or indirectly: 

A. Interfering with the Monitor's efforts to inventory or review the Assets or 

Documents of the Monitored Entities; 

B. Destroying, secreting, defacing, transferring, or otherwise altering or disposing of 

any Documents of the Monitored Entities; 

C. Transferring, receiving, altering, selling, encumbering, pledging, assigning, 

liquidating, or otherwise disposing of any Assets owned, controlled, or in the possession or 

custody of, or in which an interest is held or claimed by, the Monitored Entities except as 

. provided in Section IV; 

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' .D. Refusing to cooperate with the Monitor or t11e Monitor"s duly authorized agents in 

the exercise of their duties or authority under any order of this Court; and · · 

E. Failing to provide any assistance or info1mation requested by the Monitor in 

comiection with the performance of the Monitor's duties under this Order. 

XVI. COMPENSATION OF MONITOR 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Monitor and all personnel hired by the Monitor, . 

as herein authorized, includi.ng counsel to the Monitor and accountants, are entitled to reasonable 

compensation for the performance of duties pursuant to this Order and for the cost of actual outof-pocket expenses incurred by them, from the Assets now held by, in the possession or control 

of, or which may be received by, the Monitored Entities. The Monitor shall file with the Court 

ai1d serve on the parties periodic requests for the payment of such reasonable compensation, with 

the first such request filed no more than sixty (60) days after the date of entry of this Order. The . . ' ' 

Monitor shall not increase the hourly rates used as the bases for such fee applications without 

prior approval of the Court. 

XVII. IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO BUSINESS PREMISES AND RECORDS 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that: 

A. To ensure the preservation of Assets and evidence relevant to this action, 

Plaintiffs and the Monitor, and their representatives, agents, contractors, and assistants, shall 

have immediate access to the business premises, records, and storage facilities, owned, 

controlled, or used by the Monitored Entities. Such locations include, but are not limited to, 

2750 East Cottonwood Parkway, Suite 200, Cottonwood Heights, Utah 84121, and any offsite 

location or commercial mailbox used by the Monitored Entities; 

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· B. Plaintiffs and the Monitor, and their representatives, agents, contractors, and 

assistants, are authorized to remove Documents from the Monitored Entities' premises in order 

that they may be inspected, inventoried, and copied. Plaintiffs shall return any renioved 

materials to the Monitor within five ( 5) business days of completing inventorying and copying, 

or such time as is agreed upon by Plaintiffs and the Monltor; 

C. Plaintiffs' and the Monitor's access to the Monitored Entities' Documents. 

pursuant to ~his Sectioh shall not provide grounds for any Defendant to object to any subsequent 

request for Documents or other disco:very served by Plaintiffs or the Monitor; 

D. Plaintiffs and the Monitor, and their representatives, agents, contractors, and 

assistants, are authorized to obtain the assistance of federal, state, and local law enforcenient 

officers as they deem necessary to effect service and to implement peacefully the provisions of 

this Order; 

E. If any Docufoents, computers, or electronic storage devices contaming 

information related to the business practices or finances of the Monitored Entities are at a 

location other than that listed above, including pei·sonal residence(s) of any Individual 

Defendant, then, immediately upon receiving notice of this Order, Individual Defendants and 

Monitored Entities shall pr~duce to the Monitor all such Documents, computers, and electronic 

storage devices, along with any codes or passwords .needed for access. In order to prevent the 

destruction of computer data, upon service of this Order, any such computers or electronic 

. storage devices shall be powered down in the normal course of the operating syst~m used on 

such devices and shall not be powered up or used until produced for copying and inspection; and 

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F. If any communications or records of any Monitored Entity are stored with an 

Electronic Data Host, such Entity shall, immediately upon receiving notice of this Order, provide 

the Monitor with the username, passwords, a~d any other login credential needed to access the 

communications and records, and shall not attempt to access, or cause a third-party to attempt to 

access, the communications or records. 

XVIII. DISTRIBUTION OF ORDER BY DEFENDANTS 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants shall immediately provide a copy of this 

Order to each affiliate, telemarketer, marketer, sales entity, successor, assign, member, officer, 

director, employee, agent, independent contractor, client, attorney, spouse, subsidiary, division, 

and representative of any Defendant, and shall, within ten (10) days from the date of entry of this . 

Order, provide Plaintiffs and the Monitor with a sworn statement that this provision of the Order 

has been satisfied, which statement shall include the names, physical addresses, phone nunibers, 

and email addresses of each such Person who received a copy of the Order. Furthermore, 

Defendants shall not take any action,that would encourage officers, agerits, members, directors, 

employees, salespersons, independent contractors, attorneys, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, 

assigns, or other Persons or entities in active concert or participation with them to disregard this ' . . ' 

Order or believe that they are not bound by its provisions. • 

XIX. EXPEDITED DISCOVERY 

IT IS FURTHER. ORDERED that, notwithstanding the provisio11s of the Fed. R Civ. P. 

26(d) and (f) and 30{a)(2)(A)(iii), and pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(a),J4, and 45, Plaintiffs and 

the Monitor are granted leave, at any time after service of this Order, to co;nduct limited 

. expedited discovery for the prnpose of discovering: (1) the nature, location, status, and extent of 

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Defendants' Assets; (2) the nature, ~ocation, and extent of Corporate Defendants' business 

transactions and operations; (3) Documents reflecting Corporate Defendants' business . 

·transactions and operations; (4).control of the Corporate Defe~dants; (5) information related to 

Individual Defendants' role in Corporate Defendants' business transactions and operations; and· 

( 6) compliance with this Order. The limited expedited discovery set forth in this Section shall 

proceed as follows: · 

A. · Plaintiffs and the Monitor may take the deposition of paiiies and non-parties. 

Forty-eight ( 48) hours' notice shall be sufficient notice for such deposition·s. The limitations and 

conditi~ns set forth in Rules 30( a)(2)(B) and 31 ( a)(2)(B) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 

regarding subsequent depositions of an individual or corporation shall not apply to depositions 

... 

taken pursuant to this Section. Any such deposition taken pursuant to this Section shall not be 

counted towards the deposition limit set forth in Rules 30(a)(2)(A) and 3 l(a)(2)(A), and 

depositions may be taken by telephone or other remote electronic means; 

B. Plaintiffs and the Monitor n;iay serve upon paiiies requests for production of 

Documents or inspection that require production or inspection within five (5) calendar days of 

service, provided, however, that three (3) calendar d~ys of notice shall be deemed sufficient for 

the production of any such Documents that are maintained or stored only in an electronic format; 

· C. Plaintiffs and the Monitor may serve upon parties interrogatories that require 

response within five (5) calendar days after service of the interrogatories. Any interrogatories 

served pursuant to this Section shalLbe not counted toward the interrogatory lilnitset forth in 

Rule 33(a)(l); 

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D. Plaintiffs and the Monitor may serve subpoenas upon non-parties that direct 

pro~uction or inspection within five calendar (5) days of service; 

E. Service of discovery upon any Defendant or non-party taken pursuant to this 

Section, shall be .sufficient if made by email, or by personal or overnight delivery; 

· F. Any expedited discovery taken pursuant to this Section is in addition to, and is not 

subject to, the limits on discovery set f01ih in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local 

· Rules of this Court. · The expedited discovery permitted by this Section does not require a 

meeting or conference of the parties, pursuant to Rules 26( d) & (f) of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedur~; and 

G. The Parties are exempted from making initial disclosures under Fed. R. Civ. P. 

26(a)(l) until fmiher order of this Court. 

XX. SERVICE OF THIS ORDER 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that copies of this Order as well as. the Ex Parte Motion 

for Temporary Restraining Order, and all other pleadings, Documents, and exhibits filed 

contemporaneously with that Motion (other than the Complaint and summons), may b.e served by 

any means, including facsimile transmission, el<,::ctronic mail or other electronic messaging, 

personal or overnight delivery, U.S: Mail or FedEx, by agents and employees of Plaintiffs, by 

any law enforceme;nt agency, or by private process server, upon any Defendant or any Person 

(including any financial institution) that may have possession, custody or controi of any Asset or 

Document of any Corporate Defendant, or that may be subject to any provision of this Order . 

pursuant to Rule 65( d)(2) of the Federal Rules· of Civil Procedure: For plit'poses of this Section, 

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service upon any branch, subsidiary, affiliate, or office of any entity shall effect service upon the 

entire entity. 

XXI. CORRESPONDENCE AND SERVICE ON PLAINTIFFS 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, for the purpose of this Order, all conespondence 

and service of pleadings on Plaintiffs shall be addiessed·to: 

Collot Guerard 

Josh Doan 

Miry Kim 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION . 

600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., CC-8528 

Washington, DC 20580 

cguerard@ftc.gov 

jdoan@ftc.gov 

mkim@ftc.gov 

Thomas M. Melton 

Robert G. Wing 

Kevin Mclean 

Assistant Attomeys General 

Attomeys for Plaintiff Utah Division of Consumer Protection 

UTAH ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE 

160 East 3 00 South, Fifth Floor 

Salt Lake City, Utah 84114 

tmelton@agutah.gov 

rwing@(:lgutah.gov 

lanclean@agutah.gov 

XXII! . PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION HEARING 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b), Defendants shall 

appear before this Court on the Ls"+h day of .C2c Jc> bee '2019, at IQ/ a~ tfr~o 

show cause, ifther~ is any, why this Court should not enter a preliminary injunction, pending 

final ruling on the Complaint against Defendants, enjoining the violations of the law alleged in 

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the C9mplaint, continuing the preserva,tion of Corporate Defendants' Assets, continuing the 

appointment of the Monitor, and imposing such additional relief as may be appropriat,e. 

XXIII. BRIEFS AND AFFIDAVITS CONCERNING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that: 

A. D'efendants shall file with the Court and serve on Plaintiffs' counsel any 

answering pleadings, affidavits, motions, expert reports or declarations,· or legal memoranda no 

later than four ( 4) calendar days prior to the order to show cause hearing set by Section XXII of 

. . . . . . 

this Order. Plaintiffs may file responsive or supplemental pleadings, materials, affidavits, or . ' 

memoranda with the Court and serve the same on cou~sel for Defendants no later than one ( 1) 

calendai· day prior to the ordef. to .show cause hearing. 

Provided that.such affidavits, pleadings, motions, expeit reports, declarations, legal 

memoranda, or oppositions must be served by personal or overhight delivery, or by email, and be 

received by the other party or parties·no later than 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time on the appropriate 

dates set forth in this Section; and 

B. An evidentiary hearing on Plaintiffs' request for a preliminary injunction is not 

. · necessary unless Defendants demonstrate that they have, .and intend to introduce, evidence that 

raises a genuine and material factual issue. The question of whether this Court should enter a 

preliminary injunction shall be res()lved on the pleadings, declarations, exhibits, and memoranda 

filed by, and oral argument of, the parties. Live testimony shall be heard only on further order of 

I . 

this Court. Any motion to permit such testimony shall be filed with the Comi and served on 

counsel for the ot~1er parties at least'five (5) calendar days prior to the order to show cause 

hearing. Such motion shall set forth the name, address, and telephon~ number of each proposed 

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witness, a detailed summary or affidavit revealing the substance of each proposed witness's 

expected testimony, and an explana,tion of why the taking of live testimony would be helpful to 

this Court. Any papers opposing a timely moti.on to present live testimony or to present live 

testimony in response to another party's timely motion to present live testimony shall be filed • ' . • ! 

with this Comi and served on the other parties at least three (3) calendar days prior to the order 

to show cause hearing. 

Provided, however, that service shall be performed by personal or overnight delivery, or 

· by email, and Documents shall be delivered so that they shall be received by the other parties no 

later than 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time on the apptopriate dates provided in this Section . 

. XXIV. DURATION OF THE ORDER 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Order shall expire fourteen (14) days from the 

date of entry noted below, unless within such time, the Order is extended for an additional period 

pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b)(2). 

XXV. RETENTION OF .TIJRISDICTION 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Court shall retain jurisdiction of this matter' for 

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