Innovate1

Case 2:20-cv-07681-SB-AGR Document 162 Filed 03/14/ Page 1 of Page ID #:1354

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 INNOVATE1 SERVICES INC, et al., Case No. 2:20-cv-07681-SB (AGRx) 10 Plaintiffs/Counter- Defendants, FINDINGS OF FACT AND

CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

vs.

FIRST BRIDGE MERCHANT

SOLUTIONS, LLC, et al.,

16 Defendants/Counter- Claimants.

21 This case involves a dispute between an online visa and passport application 22 processor, Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant Innovate Services Inc. (Innovate1), and its 23 former payment processor, Defendant and Counter-Claimant First Bridge Merchant 24 Solutions, LLC (FBMS). Innovate1 and its owner and president, Anthony 25 Nwachukwu, have brought claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, 26 fraud, and conversion. FBMS has brought counterclaims for breach of contract, fraud, 27 and unfair business practices. The Court held a bench trial in this case. After

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evaluating the evidence…