Exhibit 812: Search Term scandale

Document Type: scandale

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Okay, let's dive into the exhibits from the case Card Connect, LLC v. Shift4 Payments, LLC. Based on the available docket information regarding this case, it originated in the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and was later removed to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Case No. 5:21-cv-01487-JMG). Many exhibits were filed, including some containing text messages and the word "scandale".

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Here's a breakdown of some exhibits with text messages and the term "scandale," followed by the actual file content:

Key Exhibits:


Document 71-4 (Exhibit 3):

25 1 J. D. Oder II – Cross 10/27/2020 2 Q Right. Okay. 3 Now, are you aware of what the 4 meaning of the word β€œScandale” is? 5 A Yes. 6 Q Can you tell me what that is? 7 A It's a reputation-damaging news story. 8 Q Okay. And that's the name of the blog, 9 correct? 10 A Yes. 11 Q And in that blog article, it says I, 12 quote, was not going to destroy Shift4 until I realized 13 you're not going to get my money back, close quote, 14 correct? 15 A Yes. 16 Q And then you state, quote, I am now going 17 to destroy them and Shift4, close quote, correct? 18 A Can you show me? 19 Q Sure (indicating). 20 A Okay. Yes. 21 Q And then you say, quote, I am going to 22 make it my, quote, number one goal to protect others 23 and Shift4, is that correct? 24 A Yes. 25 Q And did you write that? Veritext Legal Solutions 215-638-9770 26 1 J. D. Oder II – Cross 10/27/2020 2 A Yes. 3 Q Okay. Now, do you remember sending text 4 messages about Scandale? 5 A Some. Yes. 6 Q Okay. And what's his name, the second name

7 there? 8 A Taylor. 9 Q Taylor? 10 A Yeah. 11 Q What's his last name? 12 A I don't know. 13 Q Okay. He's a friend of yours? 14 A He's a customer of Shift4. 15 Q Okay. So you were corresponding with him or 16 sending him information about Shift4 having to do with 17 the litigation; is that correct? 18 A I do not recall the details of the text 19 message chain, but it looks like I gave him an update of 20 some sort, yes. 21 Q I'm sorry. Gave him an update? 22 A Yeah. Looks like I gave him an update of 23 some sort. 24 Q About -- 25 A I'm not sure. Veritext Legal Solutions 215-638-9770 27 1 J. D. Oder II – Cross 10/27/2020 2 Q Okay. Let's see. The last sentence says, 3 quote -- 4 A Yes. 5 Q -- They are on my radar for a scathing expose 6 and Scandale with the way they ripped you off, close 7 quote. Do you see that? 8 A Yes. 9 Q What did you mean by that? 10 A Given the context of what Scandale is, it 11 means that their practices are going to be exposed. 12 Q And why did you feel that you needed to do 13 that? 14 A Because that's their -- that has evolved into 15 my number one job at this point. 16 Q Which is to expose Shift4, correct? 17 A Yeah. Protect other business owners from 18 Shift4. 19 Q Right. That's to expose Shift4's practices, 20 correct? 21 A That's how I protect, you know, other 22 business owners, yes. 23 Q Okay. And it's more than that, though, isn't 24 it? 25 You want to cost Shift4 business; isn't that Veritext Legal Solutions 215-638-9770 28 1 J. D. Oder II – Cross 10/27/2020 2 correct? 3 A No. 4 Q So it's your testimony today that you have 5 no interest in costing Shift4 business, correct? 6 A My goal is to protect other business owners 7 from practices that violate antitrust laws. 8 Q But you have no interest in Shift4 losing 9 business? 10 A I'm focused on protecting other business 11 owners. 12 Q Okay. Now, if, in fact, as a result of your 13 efforts to, quote, protect business owners Shift4 lost 14 business, you would be fine with that, correct? 15 A That wouldn't be the objective. 16 Q Okay. But you would be fine with that, 17 correct? 18 A Would I be fine if someone didn't use 19 Shift4? 20 Q Uh-huh. 21 A Of course. 22 Q Okay. 23 A Yeah. 24 Q As a matter of fact, you would prefer that, 25 correct? Veritext Legal Solutions 215-638-9770 29 1 J. D. Oder II – Cross 10/27/2020 2 A That they didn't use Shift4? 3 Q Yes. 4 A As opposed to what? 5 Q To using Shift4. 6 A I want them to not be a victim of illegal 7 practices, yes. I'm not telling people not to use 8 Shift4. 9 Q Okay. All Right. Now, you forwarded this 10 text chain -- 11 A Yes. 12 Q -- to Mr. Taylor; is that correct? 13 A Looks like it. 14 Q Okay. 15 A Yes. 16 Q Right. And, in fact, you forwarded -- 17 A Well, he forwarded it to me is what it looks 18 like. 19 Q Okay. He forwarded it to you? 20 A Yeah. He must have changed the name of 21 Shift4's contact to [Redacted]. 22 Q Okay. Which caused you to then do what? 23 A I don't recall. 24 Q Okay. 25 A I said probably LOL. Veritext Legal Solutions 215-638-9770 30 1 J. D. Oder II – Cross 10/27/2020 2 Q Okay. 3 A I'm not sure. 4 Q All right. And then do you see -- 5 A Yeah. 6 Q -- under that, quote, they are on my radar for 7 a scathing expose and Scandale with the way they ripped 8 you off? 9 A Yes. 10 Q And at that time you were working on your 11 website, correct? 12 A Correct. 13 Q Okay. And you were going to do a scathing 14 expose of Shift4, correct? 15 A Correct. 16 Q Okay. And at that time, Scandale didn't exist 17 yet; that is, the website, correct? 18 A Correct. 19 Q Okay. So you used the term Scandale to 20 really identify what it is you were going to do to 21 Shift4, correct? 22 A To try to convey the seriousness of my blog 23 post, correct. 24 Q Okay. And you wanted Mr. Taylor to know that 25 you were really going to go after Shift4, correct? Veritext Legal Solutions 215-638-9770 31 1 J. D. Oder II – Cross 10/27/2020 2 A And all companies like them. 3 Q Okay. Well, Shift4 was the target, correct? 4 A One of them, yes. 5 Q Okay. Now, you don't know if Mr. Taylor's 6 still a Shift4 customer, do you? 7 A What's the date of this? 8 Q 9/4/2020. 9 A I believe they have left Shift4, but I have 10 no way of knowing for sure. 11 Q And did you encourage them to leave Shift4? 12 A I don't recall. 13 Q You might have? 14 A I really don't recall. 15 Q Okay. All right. It's possible that you did, 16 correct? 17 A If I -- it's possible that if I knew that 18 they were getting ripped off that I would have said you 19 should leave. 20 Q Okay. You were also communicating with a 21 gentleman named -- how do you pronounce that? 22 A [Redacted]. 23 Q Okay. All right. And he was somebody that 24 you talked to about Shift4, correct? 25 A Correct. Veritext Legal Solutions 215-638-9770 32 1 J. D. Oder II – Cross 10/27/2020 2 Q Okay. And do you see what it says here, I 3 have it coming from -- 4 A Yeah. 5 Q -- me but it's someone else. 6 A Yeah. 7 Q Okay. It says, quote, [Redacted] 8 A Yes. 9 Q -- I can't tell you what's going to happen, 10 but it will be public and it will be talked -- and 11 there will be talks between Shift4 and Department of 12 Justice and other three-letter agencies. 13 What was that about? 14 A When you're reporting antitrust activities, 15 you contact the FTC, the FBI, the Department of 16 Justice. 17 Q Right. 18 A So that's what that's referring to. 19 Q Okay. And have you, in fact, done that? 20 A Yes. 21 Q Okay. So you've contacted the FBI? 22 A Yes. 23 Q Okay. About Shift4? 24 A Yes. 25 Q Okay. Veritext Legal Solutions 215-638-9770 133 2 J. D. Oder II - Cross 11/10/2020 3 Q Okay. And then 9/5, quote, Scandale is going 4 to be very effective in opening up the eyes of 5 thousands of merchants, exclamation point. 6 Who is "J"? 7 A Jared. 8 Q And is that Jared Isaacman? 9 A Yes. 10 Q Okay. And then under -- let's see, 9/7, 11 quote, blog will destroy Shift4, exclamation point, 12 exclamation point, exclamation point, do you see that? 13 A Yes. 14 Q Okay. Were you communicating that to 15 Mr. Isaacman? 16 A Yes. 17 Q And you told him the blog will destroy 18 Shift4? 19 A Yes. 20 Q Okay. Do you see under that on 9/23/2020 you 21 state, quote, I am sure my content can easily be 22 manipulated to hurt their IPO, close quote, do you see 23 that? 24 A Yes. 25 Q Okay. And who is "he" in that? It says, Veritext Legal Solutions 215-638-9770 134 1 J. D. Oder II - Cross 11/10/2020 2 quote, he hates you, close quote, do you see that? 3 A Yes. 4 Q Who is "he"? 5 A Nate Hirshberg. 6 Q Okay. And you say, I am sure my content can 7 easily be manipulated to hurt their IPO, correct? 8 A Yes. 9 Q And when you say "my content," you're 10 referring to the blog, correct? 11 A Yes. 12 Q And you were sending that text message to 13 Mr. Isaacman, correct? 14 A Correct. 15 Q And your intent in sending that message was to 16 convey to him that his IPO could be jeopardized by your 17 blog; is that correct? 18 A No. 19 Q Okay. Why did you send that message to him? 20 A Because it was clear that they were not going 21 to be returning my money. 22 Q All right. And you wanted to let him know 23 that because of that, you could hurt his IPO, correct? 24 A No. That's not what the message says. 25 Q What does the message mean? Veritext Legal Solutions 215-638-9770 135 1 J. D. Oder II - Cross 11/10/2020 2 A The message means that I'm sure, as in, you 3 know, not a hundred percent, but, like, I assume my 4 content can easily be manipulated to hurt the IPO. 5 Q So what? 6 A Meaning, it could, yeah. 7 Q Okay. So your message is, is that you 8 believed, at least at that time, 9/23/2020 that your 9 content could hurt his IPO; is that -- 10 A Could, yeah. 11 Q Could easily hurt their IPO, correct? 12 A Yeah. That's -- yes. 13 Q Okay. And you believed, did you not, that if 14 you made Mr. Isaacman aware of that, that he might 15 resolve your monetary issues, correct? 16 A No. 17 Q Okay. Why did you tell him that? 18 A Because this chain, if reviewed in 19 chronological order, shows that my intentions were to 20 talk to Shift4 about a breach of contract. 21 MR. ADLER: Objection. 22 THE WITNESS: And after it was clear 23 they weren't going to discuss the breach of contract, I 24 let them know that the content could be damaging to the 25 IPO. Veritext Legal Solutions 215-638-9770 136 1 J. D. Oder II - Cross 11/10/2020 2 BY MR. COHEN: 3 Q Okay. And you let them know it could be 4 damaging to the IPO in the hopes that they may do 5 something to compensate you; isn't that correct? 6 A No. 7 Q Okay. So you weren't -- were you trying to 8 leverage his concern about his IPO to your monetary 9 benefit? 10 A No. I was trying to leverage his concerns 11 about his IPO so that I could have a conversation with 12 him. 13 Q So you could settle your lawsuit, correct? 14 A No. 15 Q So you could have them return money to Harbortouch? 16 is not the case? 17 A So that I could protect other business 18 owners from these practices. 19 Q Okay. And you made it clear to him that if, 20 in fact, he didn't want his IPO to be jeopardized, he 21 should resolve the Harbortouch monetary claim, 22 correct? 23 A No. 24 Q Okay. And you were in communication 25 directly with him through text messages, correct? 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