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Ismail Royer@IsmailRoyer · Dec 31, 2025

Since Nick Shirley wants us to all believe that only Somalis commit fraud, below are all the relevant documents in the…

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Summary

A Twitter user presents court documents from a bankruptcy-related fraud case (Ruston v. Shirley) against Nick Shirley's family, alleging over $500k in fraudulent activity, with the case ultimately settling for $20,000. The thread appears to be a response to Shirley making claims about fraud committed by Somalis, using these documents as a counterargument.

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  1. #1

    Since Nick Shirley wants us to all believe that only Somalis commit fraud, below are all the relevant documents in the fraud case involving Nick's family, in which they were alleged to have defrauded a company of over have a million dollars. They settled the case for $20,000.🧵

  2. #2

    Link to the documents here. These are actually from two different but related federal court cases. In fact there are many documents filed in this case but I've included the most relevant ones here, including the initial complaint & settlement agreeement. drive.google.com/drive/folders/…

  3. #3

    *half

  4. #4

    Sure @CommunityNotes! Ruston v. Shirley was an "adversary proceeding" arising under the bankruptcy case of In re Thrive National Corp, both filed in US Bankruptcy Court District of Utah. Such an action "has the same meaning as a lawsuit in other courts." cacb.uscourts.gov/faq/bankruptcy….

  5. #5

    @CommunityNotes As demonstrated by these pages from the complaint in Ruston v. Shirley (to which I linked in my reply to the OP), the trustee is suing the Shirleys for, among other things, fraud.

  6. #6

    @CommunityNotes The total amount involved was alleged to be over $500k but the trustee sought from the Shirleys $33,588. Ultimately the Shirleys agreed to pay $20,000 to settle the case.