He obviously lied to get business. That WAS apparently illegal. We don't know if he just took money and decided to keep it, or if as soon as he opened his business with all the lies, a whole bunch of desperate people sent him checks before he had the investors lined up to help him, and after a month or few of "where's my money/help?" he goes sued before he even had a chance to do anything.
You know what you do if someone just sends you a check and you don't think you can provide services? You don't cash the check.
How do you know the service of actively looking for investors was not being performed?
Because the fucking court found that not one fucking customer could be found that a investor was fucking found for. If you could have a read through the fucking court documents and see what people have beeen talking about for fucking weeks...
That is true, but the court said fuck-all about whether he was actually trying or not. Yes, I did read "the fucking court documents." Please point me to the part where it said he was sitting on his ass doing nothing.
Also, what I do with your mom and animal costumes is none of your business, kid.