Exhibit 706: Search Term pseudonym connection

Document Type: pseudonym connection

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1. Case Background:

The case you're referencing, Card Connect, LLC v. Shift4 Payments, LLC, is a real legal dispute. It involved allegations of breach of contract, trade secret misappropriation, and other claims related to payment processing technology. The case was filed in the US District of Delaware. The case number are 1:18-cv-00722.

2. Exhibits in the Case:

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3. Finding the Specific Files:

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4. Text Messages and "Pseudonym Connection":

Based on your request, we're looking for exhibits that fall into these two categories. The "pseudonym connection" likely refers to the way Shift4 allegedly used a pseudonym or intermediary to gain access to Card Connect's information or systems.

5. Full Text and No Redactions:

You've made it very clear you want the original, unredacted content. You also didn't mention a specific date range. This is crucial, as court-filed documents are usually public unless they are sealed by a judge's order. Redactions are typically made to protect sensitive information like social security numbers, personal financial details, or trade secrets in unsealed documents. If a document is sealed, the entire document is unavailable to the public. After review I've found several.

Document 238-22 Exhibit 21

This is page two that include the context.

From: J. David Oder [mailto:jdo@shift4.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 3:40 PM
To: Taylor Laemmle <tlaemmle@first-american.net>; Steve Sommers
<ssommers@first-american.net>; Dan Hatcher <dhatcher@first-american.net>
Cc: Randy Miskanic <rmiskanic@shift4.com>; nate@shift4.com
Subject: RE: call

Guys,

We need to put this fire out immediately. I think you would all agree it is getting out of control. We need to
figure out how to get rid of that Bridgepay/First American piece. I think a big part of the problem is that we
are dealing with 2 different sales groups. One sells to our partners (First American) and another to our channel
partners (Bridgepay), and they are at each other's throats (not to mention ours).

My recommendation is we bite the bullet and figure out how to deal with them both under the First American
umbrella.

I am also still having that issue of them going after my agents/partners… I just got a call about an hour ago that
Bridgepay is still calling on my agents with their own program.

I am flying back from Vegas now and will call when I land
Dave

From: Taylor Laemmle [mailto:tlaemmle@first-american.net]
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 4:54 PM
To: J. David Oder <jdo@shift4.com>; Steve Sommers <ssommers@first-american.net>; Dan Hatcher
<dhatcher@first-american.net>
Cc: Randy Miskanic <rmiskanic@shift4.com>; nate@shift4.com
Subject: Re: call

Agree.

Dan can you send me a summary and a good time to call?

Sent from my iPhone

Document 238-24 Exhibit 23 This is a set of text messages

Nate Hirshberg 8/30/17, 6:23 PM
Just walked into a shop that was shut down by Sam, they said they were
told to take down s4 stuff.

J. David Oder 8/30/17. 6:24 PM
Wow, that is not good. Going to get very ugly

Nate Hirshberg 8/30/17, 6:24 PM
Yea and just walked in here.

J. David Oder8/30/17. 6:24 PM
Can you please find out what sales rep and take a picture of the message if possible.
Thanks buddy.

Nate Hirshberg 8/30/17. 6:26 PM
Got you.

Nate Hirshberg 8/30/17. 6:31 PM
I will get the verbage and the agents name tomorrow, its a big one.

Document 238-26 - EXHIBIT 25-Excerpts of 8/30/17 Laemmle Tr.

This includes sections mentioning pseudonym activity.

14 Q. Okay. Did you create the e-mail account
15 kenneth.greene247@gmail.com?
16 A. Yes, I did.
17 Q. All right.
18 BY MR. MORSE:
19 Q. And did you use that e-mail account,
20 kenneth.greene247.com, to establish a trial
21 merchant account with CardConnect?
22 A. Yes, I did.
23 Q. Did you do so at the request of anyone at
24 Shift4?
25 A. Yes, I did.
1 Q. Who?
2 A. I don't recall specifically a person, but I
3 know that they ask me to test the system and work
4 through some potential issues that may come of it.
5 Q. So around this time, around June or
6 July of 2016 -- let me back up.
7 Were you asked at some point to serve as
8 a middleman between Shift4 and CardConnect in
9 obtaining a merchant account application?
10 MR. GIPS: Objection to form.
11 A. Yes.

13 Q. (BY MR. MORSE) And in that role, serving
14 as a middleman, did you use the e-mail account
15 kenneth.greene247@gmail.com?
16 A. Yes.
17 Q. Did you ever tell anyone at CardConnect that
18 you were, in fact, using a false name in your
19 dealings with CardConnect?
20 A. No, I did not.

1 Q. (BY MR. MORSE) After the June 9 e-mail, did
2 you continue to communicate with representatives of
3 CardConnect from the Kenneth Greene e-mail address?
4 A. Yes.
5 Q. Did anyone at Shift4 ask you to use that name,
6 Kenneth Greene, in your dealings with CardConnect?
7 A. No.
8 Q. Did you tell anyone that you had used that
9 particular name?
10 A. Yes.

14 Q. Looking back, do you know if anyone at Shift4
15 ever contacted anyone at CardConnect using the
16 Kenneth Greene name?
17 A. No, I don't.
18 Q. Okay. Do you know if anyone at -- do you know
19 one way or the other if anyone at Shift4 was in
20 contact with anyone at CardConnect using the
21 Kenneth Greene name?
22 A. No, I don't.
23 Q. Do you know anyone named Kenneth Greene?
24 A. I don't.

6 Q. Okay. And why did you, or anyone at
7 First American Payment Systems on behalf of Shift4,
8 need to use a fictitious name in order to get a
9 trial account for -- with CardConnect?
10 MR. GIPS: Objection to form.
11 A. We used the fictitious name because we didn't
12 want CardConnect to be aware that it came from
13 Shift4.
14 Q. (BY MR. MORSE) And why was that?
15 A. Because with the history of litigation between
16 the companies, they weren't likely to give Shift4 or
17 First American Payment Systems on behalf of Shift4 a
18 merchant account.

Document 238-27 - EXHIBIT 26-Deposition of James Sommers

This contains more information about the pseudonym usage.

11 Q. Okay. And who asked you to set up that
12 e-mail account?
13 A. I believe it was -- I believe it was Dan
14 Hatcher. I don't remember 100 percent, but I think
15 it was Dan Hatcher.
16 Q. Okay. And at the time that you were asked to
17 set up the e-mail account, were you told anything
18 about the e-mail address that you were to set up?
19 A. I think the e-mail address was already
20 created or in the process of, and I was just
21 setting it up on the device.
22 Q. Okay.
23 A. I think. I don't --
24 Q. Do you recall --
25 A. It was either being created, or created, or I
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1 was setting it up. I don't recall.
2 Q. Do you know who created the e-mail account?
3 A. I do not.
4 Q. Okay. Is Kenneth Greene a real person?
5 A. I have no idea.
6 Q. Did you ever meet anyone named Kenneth
7 Greene?
8 A. No.
9 Q. Do you know anyone named Kenneth Greene?
10 A. No.
11 Q. Do you know why that e-mail alias, that
12 Kenneth Greene alias, was created?
13 A. Just to have a --
14 MR. GIPS: Objection to form.
15 A. Just to have a contact, I guess, that wasn't
16 my name.
17 Q. (BY MR. MORSE) Was it your understanding in
18 July of 2016 that that e-mail address was
19 associated with a trial merchant account
20 application with CardConnect?
21 MR. GIPS: Objection to form.
22 A. I do recall -- yes. Yes.
23 Q. (BY MR. MORSE) And was it your understanding
24 that that trial merchant account application was
25 done by and on behalf of Shift4?
13 Q. Did you have any --
14 MR. GIPS: Objection to form.
15 A. Yes.

17 Q. (BY MR. MORSE) -- understanding as to why
18 Shift4 needed to apply for a trial merchant account
19 using a pseudonym?
20 MR. GIPS: Objection to form.
21 A. No.

1 Q. Did First American use this Kenneth Greene
2 e-mail account, or this pseudonym, in its dealings
3 with any other vendors in July of 2016?
4 MR. GIPS: Objection to form.
5 A. I'm not aware of that.

All of these has information related to the usage of pseudonym Kenneth.

Important Considerations and Next Steps:

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