by Structured Settlement Watchdog
The lawsuit Woodbridge Structured Funding LLC v Structured Settlement Quotes, Genex Capital and Genex Strategies, Inc. sees Genex Strategies fighting tooth and nail to get dismissed from the lawsuit pending in Connecticut Federal Court, on the contention that it does not do business in the United States.
Our research continues to reveal some interesting facts which raise a question that should be as obvious to you as it was to me:
FACT: Genex Strategies, Inc. is the registrant of the domain genexcapital.us and appears to have been going back to at least 2005. [ source: whois records] Download GeneXCapital.us WHOIS, D..
FACT: Today "any U.S. Citizen or permanent resident, as well as any business or organization, including federal, state and local government with a ‘bona fide' presence in the United States can register a .us domain name"
- Any entity or organization that is incorporated within one of the fifty (50) U.S. states, the District of Columbia, or any of the United States possessions or territories or (ii) organized or otherwise constituted under the laws of a state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, or any of its possessions or territories."
- "An entity or organization (including federal, state, or local government of the United States, or a political subdivision thereof) that has a bona fide presence in the United States. See Section B.3.1 of the NeuStar proposal to the Department of Commerce for details concerning what constitutes a 'bona fide presence'."
- "A natural person (i) who is a citizen or permanent resident of the United States of America or any of its possessions or territories or (ii) whose primary place of domicile is in the United States of America or any of its possessions,
Nexus Category 3
A foreign entity or organization that has a bona fide presence in the United States of America or any of its possessions or territories.
- Applicant must state country of citizenship.
- Applicant must also (1) regularly engage in lawful activities (sales of goods or services or other business, commercial or non-commercial including not-for-profit activities) in the United States; or (2) maintain an office or other property within the United States.
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FACT: On August 11, 2014 Genex Strategies, Inc CEO Roger W. Proctor declared under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America, including pursuant to United States Code Sec 1746 that "Genex Strategies Inc. is not registered to do business anywhere in the United States, has no place of business, representative office, mailing address or any other location or address in the United States. Genex Strategies, Inc. is not engaged in any trade or business in the United States" Woodbridge Structured Funding LLC v Genex Strategies, Inc. et al. United States District Court District of CT 3:14-cv-00214-JAM Document 29 p2 #4. [see Pacer.gov]
FACT: Screen shots of the genexcapital.us domain show "copyright Genex Strategies, Inc." going back to 2005.
FACT: Genex Strategies, Inc. renewed the registration of the domain on or about July 15, 2014 and it shows active until 2015. [ source whois records]