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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
NEW YORK REGIONAL OFFICE JORGE G. T ENREIRO
200 VESEY STREET, SUITE 400 T ELEPHONE: (212) 336-9145
NEW YORK, NY 10281-1022 EMAIL: T ENREIROJ@SEC. GOV
Re: SEC v. PlexCorps a/k/a and d/b/a PlexCoin and Sidepay.ca, et al.;
No. 17 Civ. 7007 (CBA)
Although the Court stayed most of the OSC’s orders at Defendants’ request on January 9,
2018, the parties agreed that should this matter remain pending upon resolution of Defendants’
motion to dismiss, they would submit a proposed schedule to resume the deadlines set forth in
the OSC, including, specifically, “the submission of a sworn verified accounting ordered by
Paragraph XII of the OSC.” Stipulation and Order dated Jan. 11, 2018 (D.E. 32) ¶¶ 6. After this
Court denied Defendants’ motion to dismiss (D.E. 84) on August 9, 2018, the parties submitted a
proposed scheduling order (D.E. 86), which the Court adopted in relevant part (Order dated Aug.
22, 2018), specifically providing that “[b]y September 18, 2018, the Individual Defendants are to
submit to the Commission all items ordered produced by the OSC, including, but not limited to,
the accounting of investor funds and the list of Individual Defendants’ accounts and assets, and
the provisions contemplated by paragraphs IX and XII of the OSC.” Letter of Jorge Tenreiro,
dated Aug. 20, 2018 (D.E. 86) at 1. Nevertheless, Defendants have neither produced the ordered
accounting and list of assets nor repatriated any funds.
Defendants are, accordingly, once again simply disobeying this Court’s orders and the
very production deadlines they have repeatedly stipulated to. Their persistent failure to comply
with the Court’s orders evidences that Defendants have no intention of participating
meaningfully in this litigation. At the same time, the Commission is expending valuable
resources and time in preparing for a preliminary injunction hearing, including by gathering
documents, arranging for the travel of witnesses domestically and from abroad, retaining an
expert witness, and preparing a summary witness to present evidence of Defendants’ fraudulent
asset raise. The Commission is in the position of having to prepare for the hearing without
crucial investor-related information that the Commission needs to pursue this action, all while
Defendants continue to control the assets that the Court has ordered repatriated.
Defendants’ dereliction coupled with the prejudice to the Commission and to Defendants’
investor victims warrants the serious sanction of a default judgment against them under Rule
37(b)(2)(A)(vi). A Rule 37 sanction must be “just” and “commensurate with the non-
compliance,” Shcherbakovskiy v. Da Capo Al Fine, Ltd., 490 F.3d 130, 140 (2d Cir. 2007), to
bring “the prejudiced party to the same position [it] would have been in absent the wrongful”
conduct. Kronisch v. United States, 150 F.3d 112, 126 (2d Cir. 1998). Here, Defendants should
not be allowed to continue the charade of purporting to defend this action while not actually
participating, including by failing to comply with their Court-ordered obligations. Absent the
sanction, Defendants could employ this strategy indefinitely, including potentially after the entry
of a preliminary injunction. Accordingly, nothing less than a final, default judgment will put the
Commission in the position it would be should Defendants have meaningfully participated in the
litigation. Delaying the inevitable final judgment only increases the likelihood that Defendants
will continue to dissipate investor assets in violation of this Court’s orders. See generally Mem.
of Law in Supp. of Emergency Ex Parte Application, dated June 13, 2018 (D.E. 71).
The Court should hold Defendants in contempt and render a default judgment.
Defendants Continue to Refuse to Participate in Discovery
Defendants have also persistently and continually refused to participate in discovery in
this action. The Commission has elsewhere documented the tortured history of Defendants’
prior repeated refusals to engage in discovery, including with respect to the personal jurisdiction
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motion that Defendants themselves sought to file. See generally Letter of Jorge G. Tenreiro,
dated Mar. 14, 2018 (D.E. 38); Letter of Jorge G. Tenreiro, dated May 3, 2018 (D.E. 55).
Briefly, although Magistrate Judge Levy compelled Defendant Lacroix to sit for a deposition
(Order dated May 8, 2018), Lacroix refused to testify, invoking instead his right against self-
incrimination under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution (D.E. 63), and
Defendants produce only a handful of publicly available documents in response to the
Commission’s jurisdictional document requests, while failing to provide any answers to
jurisdictional interrogatories, including respecting the location of inexplicably missing
documents requested by the Commission.
After the stay of discovery expired following this Court’s Order on Defendants’ motion
dismiss, the Commission served deposition notices on each Defendant (attached hereto as
Exhibit A), document requests (Exhibit B), requests for admissions (Exhibit C, submitted
without attachments), and interrogatories (Exhibit D, submitted without attachments). The
deadlines set forth in those various discovery requests, which were expedited as per paragraph
XI of the OSC, have passed without Defendants producing a single document or appearing for a
deposition.
As required by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, on September 18, 2018, and then
again on September 24, 2018, we attempted to confer in good faith with counsel for Defendants
in an effort to obtain discovery without the need for this Court’s intervention. Counsel for
Defendants indicated that his clients would not appear for a deposition, and did not respond to
Commission inquiries about the document requests, requests for admissions, or interrogatories.
Much like with respect to jurisdictional discovery, Defendants have proffered no
justification, let alone any credible or persuasive one, to excuse their failure to respond to the
Commission’s outstanding discovery requests. For many of the same reasons as with respect to
the requested default judgment, the Court should compel Defendants’ response to the discovery
requests. The Commission should not be prejudiced by having to prepare for and participate in a
preliminary injunction hearing without the benefit of discovery from Defendants, all the while it
turns over its own documents to Defendants. The Commission and Defendants’ investor victims
should not have to wait any longer while Defendants pretend to participate in this litigation with
one hand while dissipating assets and refusing to answer discovery requests with the other.
Based on the foregoing, Plaintiff requests the Court grant leave to file a motion for
sanctions and to compel against Defendants pursuant to Rule 37.
Respectfully submitted,
Jorge G. Tenreiro
EXHIBIT A
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EXHIBIT B
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Pursuant to Rules 26 and 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Local Civil Rules
of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and paragraph XI of the
Order to Show Cause dated December 1, 2017 (D.E. 10), Plaintiff Securities and Exchange
Commission requests that defendant Dominic Lacroix produce the following documents within
three days of the date of this request at the offices of the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission at 200 Vesey Street, Suite 400, New York, N.Y. 10281.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. If any responsive documents are withheld for any reason, including any applicable
privilege, please comply with Local Civil Rule 26.2, which is incorporated herein.
3. Each request shall be answered fully unless it is subject to a good faith objection, in
which event the reason for the objection shall be stated in detail. If an objection pertains to only a
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portion of a request, or a word, or phrase, or clause contained within a request, please state the
objection to that portion only, and respond to the remainder of the request.
4. If any document sought by this Request once was, but no longer is, within Paradis-
Royer’s possession, control or custody, please identify each such document and its present or last
known custodian, and state: (a) the reason why the document is not being produced; and (b) the
date of the loss, destruction, discarding, theft or other disposal of the document.
5. Unless otherwise indicated, this Request seeks documents from January 1, 2017
DEFINITIONS
1. The Uniform Definitions in Discovery Requests set forth in Local Civil Rule 26.3
apply to these Requests, and are incorporated herein, including, without limitation, the definition
2. “PlexCorps” or “PlexCoin” shall refer to the Defendant PlexCorps a/k/a and d/b/a
PlexCoin, as well as the entity known as Sidepay or Sidepay Ltd., and all its current and former
3. “Lacroix” or “You” shall refer to Defendant Dominic Lacroix and his current or
d/b/a’s or other entities over which he exercises or has exercised any control.
d/b/a’s or other entities over which she exercises or has exercised any control
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DOCUMENTS REQUESTED
1. All Communications between You and any actual or potential purchaser of any
digital token or coin, any membership interest, or any asset sold or contemplated to be sold by
PlexCorps.
2. All Documents relating to any Communications between You and any actual or
potential purchase of any digital token or coin, any membership interest, or any asset sold or
contemplated use of proceeds from any sales of any digital token or coins, or of any membership
interest, or any asset, including but not limited to Documents and Communications relating to
4. All addresses used to transfer any digital asset, including any virtual currency, or
other token or coin, used to purchase any digital token or coin sold by PlexCorps, including all
blockchain addresses from which that asset was sent or to which any portion of that asset may have
purchasers of any digital token or coin, or any membership interest or asset, sold by PlexCorps
during the Relevant Period, including but not limited Documents and Communications relating to
potential software or code being developed by PlexCorps related to any such digital token or coin,
or any membership interest or assets, or any uses of such digital token, coins, or membership
interests or assets.
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purchasers of any digital token or coin, or any membership interest or assets, sold or contemplated
to be sold by PlexCorps.
token or coin, or any membership interest or asset, sold or contemplated to be sold by PlexCorps,
including but not limited Documents and Communications with actual or potential purchasers or
digital tokens or coins, or membership interests or assets, sold by PlexCorps, by any actual or
potential purchasers.
digital tokens or coins or membership interests or assets sold by PlexCorps, from any actual or
potential purchasers.
10. Documents sufficient to identify a list of all individuals, entities, or persons who
11. All Documents and Communications relating to any refunds of purchases of any
12. All public statements or releases issued by PlexCorps, including but not limited to
documents sufficient to identify the date and medium of dissemination of any such statements or
releases.
13. Documents sufficient to identify all bank and brokerage accounts, whether located
within or outside the U.S., and any blockchain addresses, wallets, or interests, over which you
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Pursuant to Rules 26 and 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Local Civil Rules
of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and paragraph XI of the
Order to Show Cause dated December 1, 2017 (D.E. 10), Plaintiff Securities and Exchange
Commission requests that defendant Sabrina Paradis-Royer produce the following documents
within three days of the date of this request at the offices of the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission at 200 Vesey Street, Suite 400, New York, N.Y. 10281.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. If any responsive documents are withheld for any reason, including any applicable
privilege, please comply with Local Civil Rule 26.2, which is incorporated herein.
3. Each request shall be answered fully unless it is subject to a good faith objection, in
which event the reason for the objection shall be stated in detail. If an objection pertains to only a
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portion of a request, or a word, or phrase, or clause contained within a request, please state the
objection to that portion only, and respond to the remainder of the request.
4. If any document sought by this Request once was, but no longer is, within Paradis-
Royer’s possession, control or custody, please identify each such document and its present or last
known custodian, and state: (a) the reason why the document is not being produced; and (b) the
date of the loss, destruction, discarding, theft or other disposal of the document.
5. Unless otherwise indicated, this Request seeks documents from January 1, 2017
DEFINITIONS
1. The Uniform Definitions in Discovery Requests set forth in Local Civil Rule 26.3
apply to these Requests, and are incorporated herein, including, without limitation, the definition
2. “PlexCorps” or “PlexCoin” shall refer to the Defendant PlexCorps a/k/a and d/b/a
PlexCoin, as well as the entity known as Sidepay or Sidepay Ltd., and all its current and former
3. “Lacroix” shall refer to Defendant Dominic Lacroix and his current or former
partnerships, d/b/a’s or other entities over which she exercises or has exercised any control
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DOCUMENTS REQUESTED
1. All Communications between You and any actual or potential purchaser of any
digital token or coin, any membership interest, or any asset sold or contemplated to be sold by
PlexCorps.
2. All Documents relating to any Communications between You and any actual or
potential purchase of any digital token or coin, any membership interest, or any asset sold or
contemplated use of proceeds from any sales of any digital token or coins, or of any membership
interest, or any asset, including but not limited to Documents and Communications relating to
4. All addresses used to transfer any digital asset, including any virtual currency, or
other token or coin, used to purchase any digital token or coin sold by PlexCorps, including all
blockchain addresses from which that asset was sent or to which any portion of that asset may have
purchasers of any digital token or coin, or any membership interest or asset, sold by PlexCorps
during the Relevant Period, including but not limited Documents and Communications relating to
potential software or code being developed by PlexCorps related to any such digital token or coin,
or any membership interest or assets, or any uses of such digital token, coins, or membership
interests or assets.
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purchasers of any digital token or coin, or any membership interest or assets, sold or contemplated
to be sold by PlexCorps.
token or coin, or any membership interest or asset, sold or contemplated to be sold by PlexCorps,
including but not limited Documents and Communications with actual or potential purchasers or
digital tokens or coins, or membership interests or assets, sold by PlexCorps, by any actual or
potential purchasers.
digital tokens or coins or membership interests or assets sold by PlexCorps, from any actual or
potential purchasers.
10. Documents sufficient to identify a list of all individuals, entities, or persons who
11. All Documents and Communications relating to any refunds of purchases of any
12. All public statements or releases issued by PlexCorps, including but not limited to
documents sufficient to identify the date and medium of dissemination of any such statements or
releases.
13. Documents sufficient to identify all bank and brokerage accounts, whether located
within or outside the U.S., and any blockchain addresses, wallets, or interests, over which you
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EXHIBIT C
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Pursuant to Rules 26 and 36 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as well as paragraph
XI of the Order to Show Cause dated December 1, 2017 (D.E. 10), plaintiff Securities and
Exchange Commission requests that defendants Dominic Lacroix and Sabrina Paradis-Royer
(“Defendants,” “you,” or “your”) respond to the following Requests for Admission in writing and
under oath within three (3) calendar days of the date of these Requests.
1. The Uniform Definitions in Discovery Requests set forth in Local Civil Rule 26.3
answers shall be required if you directly or indirectly obtain further information after the initial
3. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 36(a)(4): “If a matter is not admitted,
the answer must specifically deny it or state in detail why the answering party cannot truthfully
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admit or deny it. A denial must fairly respond to the substance of the matter; and when good faith
requires that a party qualify an answer or deny only a part of a matter, the answer must specify the
part admitted and qualify or deny the rest. The answering party may assert lack of knowledge or
information as a reason for failing to admit or deny only if the party states that it has made
reasonable inquiry and that the information it knows or can readily obtain is insufficient to enable
it to admit or deny.”
4. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 36(a)(5): “The grounds for objecting to
a request must be stated. A party must not object solely on the ground that the request presents a
1. Admit that from approximately August 2017 through October 2017, you sold the
digital asset known as “PlexCoin” to purchasers at large, including purchasers at large who were
2. Admit that from approximately August 2017 through October 2017, you sold
3. Admit that at no time between January of 2017 and the present did you have or
operate any office located in Singapore for you or any of your business endeavors, including but
4. Admit that at no time between January of 2017 and the present were any individuals
5. Admit that at all times between January of 2017 and the present, you were
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6. Admit that at all times between January of 2017 and the present, you were
7. Admit that between August and October of 2017, members of the public were able
to purchase PlexCoin using their credit cards, or the digital assets known as Bitcoin, Ether, and/or
Litecoin.
8. Admit that at no time have you filed or caused to be filed a registration statement
under Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”) with respect to the offer and sale
9. Admit that at no time has a registration statement filed under the Securities Act
been pending with the Commission with respect to the offer and sale of PlexCoin on or around
10. Admit that you did not consult with any attorney respecting the obligations to
register the offer and sale of PlexCoin under the Securities Act.
11. Admit that the number of individuals involved with the PlexCorps project and/or
with the sale of PlexCoin was approximately ten to fifteen, all of whom were located in Canada.
12. Admit that at no time did the PlexCorps and/or PlexCoin projects employ or
13. Admit that you have used portions of the proceeds from the sale of PlexCoin for
14. Admit that you authored the PlexCoin Whitepaper, the English translation of which
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15. Admit that, between June 2017 and the present, you controlled and caused
16. Admit that the PlexCoin Websitee stated, starting on or around July 2017, that
PlexCoin purchasers will be “able to buy [their] PlexCoin at a discounted price and in priority, and
enjoy a return of 1,354% on your investment!” a version of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B.
17. Admit that you purchased ads on Facebook related to PlexCorps and/or PlexCoin,
including ads targeting individuals in the United States, as reflected in the records appended hereto
as Exhibit C.
18. Admit that you created documents and other electronically stored information (as
those terms are defined in Rule 34(a)(1)(A) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure) in connection
with you selling PlexCoin to United States purchasers after August 2, 2017.
19. Admit that you transferred or caused to be transferred certain funds raised in
connection with the sale of PlexCoin to personal bank accounts, including but not limited to
accounts in the name of Sabrina Paradis-Royer, including but not limited to by converting certain
digital assets such as Ether, Bitcoin, and Litecoin into fiat currencies such as Canadian Dollars.
20. Admit that at no time between January 2017 and the present did PlexCorps or any
of your business ventures have any contact or agreement with Visa with respect to the offering of a
“PlexCard.”
21. Admit that during the time of the offer and sale of PlexCoin to the public you were
aware of an order by the Quebec Financial Markets Tribunal prohibiting you from engaging in the
sale of PlexCoin.
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EXHIBIT D
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Pursuant to Rules 26 and 33 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Local Civil Rules
of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and paragraph XI of the
Order to Show Cause dated December 1, 2017 (D.E. 10), Plaintiff Securities and Exchange
Commission requests that Defendants Dominic Lacroix and Sabrina Paradis-Royer respond to the
following Interrogatories within three (3) days from the date of these Interrogatories.
A. The definitions and rules of construction set forth in Local Civil Rule 26.3 of the
Local Rules of the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New
York (“Local Rules”) are incorporated by reference into these Interrogatories as if fully set forth
herein.
B. “PlexCoin” refers to the digital coin offered and sold by Defendants in 2017, as
well as any other entities, projects, and business affiliated with the PlexCoin digital coin, including
but not limited to PlexCorps, DL Innov, Gestio, Inc., Sidepay.ca, and Sidepay Ltd., and all of the
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officers, directors, employees, partners, corporate parents, subsidiaries, or affiliates of any such
C. “Lacroix” shall mean Dominic Lacroix and any person or entity acting on his
behalf.
D. “Paradis-Royer” shall mean Sabrina Paradis-Royer and any person or entity acting
on her behalf.
E. “Sidepay” shall mean any entity, business, or project doing business under the
name Sidepay, including but not limited to PlexCorps, PlexCoin, Sidepay.ca and Sidepay Ltd., as
well as any entities in which Sidepay has or has had a controlling interest, any subsidiaries,
predecessors, successors or affiliated entities and any present of former directors, officers,
consultants, representatives and independent contractors of the foregoing entities, and all aliases,
Sidepay.
G. These Interrogatories are continuing and, to the extent that Defendants’ answers
subsequent to the service of their response hereto, Defendants should promptly serve supplemental
possible, specifying the reason for your inability to answer the remainder and stating any
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J. Unless otherwise specified, the relevant time period for each Interrogatory shall be
INTERROGATORIES
1. Identify all information Defendants collected with respect to any actual or potential
purchaser of PlexCoin, including, but not limited to, through the entity known as Stripe, through
any of Defendants’ websites, or through any payment processing or collecting service such as
Kraken, PayPal, or Wave, for any actual or potential purchaser whose billing address was in the
United States.
2. Identify the total number of all PlexCoin purchasers and the total amounts of such
purchases.
3. Identify all accounts used by Defendants in connection with the PlexCoin initial
coin offering, including, but not limited to, bank accounts, digital asset exchange accounts,
blockchain accounts, payment services accounts, domain hosting or registration accounts, and
4. Identify all of Defendants’ employees or agents, their duties, and the physical
5. Identify all payments made to Facebook, Inc., with respect to advertisement for
PlexCoin, and all the terms, conditions, and scope of any such advertisement purchases, including
but not limited to all advertising contracts or agreements with Facebook, Inc.
6. Identify all vendors, including but not limited to web-hosting services, advertising
services, phone services, payment services, and payment collection services, used by Defendants
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