Declaration of David Keithly in Support of Opposition of Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Vacate Sister-State Judgment
1. I am an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of California and am a partner at the law firm Mortenson Taggart Adams LLP. I am one of the attorneys representing Plaintiffs...
DISTIL analysis
- Defendant Cyberlux refused to stipulate to dismissal of incorrectly filed complaint, forcing additional litigation costs
- Anonymous email from purported defense industry advisor provides intelligence from due diligence investigation of Cyberlux
- Anonymous source alleges Cyberlux's $78.8M drone contract is actually a subcontract through HII Defense, not direct DOD contract
- Source claims Cyberlux lacks ATF licenses required for munitions/weapons work despite claims of 'special activities' group
- Dun & Bradstreet report allegedly shows significant unpaid debts, judgments, and liens including IRS and state tax authorities
- Anonymous source questions legitimacy of security clearances and classified work claims given financial and legal issues
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6 pages · 11289 charactersDavid M. Keithly, State Bar No. 292101 dkeithly@mortensontaggart.com Sara K. Ross, State Bar No. 346153 sross@mortensontaggart.com
MORTENSON TAGGART ADAMS LLP 300 Spectrum Center Drive, Suite 1200 Irvine, California 92618 Telephone: (949) 774-2224 Facsimile: (949) 774-2545
Attorneys for Plaintiffs ATLANTIC WAVE HOLDINGS, LLC and SECURE COMMUNITY, LLC
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
ATLANTIC WAVE HOLDINGS, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company, and SECURE COMMUNITY, LLC, a Virginia limited Liability company, Plaintiffs, VS. CYBERLUX CORPORATION, a Nevada Corporation, Defendant.
CASE NO. 3:24-cv-00482-RBM-VET Honorable Ruth Bermudez Montenegro
DECLARATION OF DAVID KEITHLY IN SUPPORT OF OPPOSITION OF PLAINTIFFS' OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO VACATE SISTER- STATE JUDGMENT
[Filed concurrently with Opposition to Motion to Vacate Sister-State Judgment, Declaration of William Welter and Declaration of James Sadigh]
DATE: June 3, 2024
NO ORAL ARGUMENT UNLESS ORDERED BY THE COURT
Case No. 3:24-cv-00196-RBM-VET
DECLARATION OF DAVID M. KEITHLY
I, David M. Keithly, declare as follows:
with the company I advise." A true and correct copy of this email is attached hereto as Exhibit A. The email shared information that it claimed was verifiable through public records, including, but not limited to:
a. "a Dun and Bradstreet credit report revealed significant unpaid debts, judgments, and UCC's including to the IRS, NC Tax Authority and the Texas Tax Authority as well as private lenders"
b. "CYBERLUX is not currently a DIRECT supplier to the US DOD. The alleged 'secret' contract for drones can be found through a recipient search at USASPENDING.GOV. The contract is for 2000 K8 drones with a per unit price of $39.4k including training. The contract is in fact a SUBCONTRACT with HII Defense (Huntington Ingall Industries)."
c. Neither Cyberlux, nor any of its subsidiaries hold FFL or FEL licenses with the ATF (atf.gov). The claims that the 'special activities' group deals in munitions and weapons is impossible given the lack of ATF licenses. The concern extends to the fusing, detonators, and explosive payloads used on the X8 drone."
d. "We suspect that the 78.8m award was 'factored' in order to provide working capital as the company appears to have inadequate banking relationships. This gives us the impression of impending insolvency and poor cash management."
David M. Keithly
DECLARATION OF DAVID M. KEITHLY
Monday, May 20, 2024 at 11:43:55 Pacific Daylight Time
Subject:
Cyberlux
Date:
Friday, April 26, 2024 at 3:37:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From:
To:
David M. Keithly, Sara Ross
Attachments: PrimeTransactionsAndSubawards_2024-04-13_H14M34S55768219.zip
CAUTION: This email originated from outside Mortenson Taggart Adams LLP. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders.
I am an advisor to a significant defense company which was recently approached by Cyberlux.
The purpose of the approach was to discuss the potential of partnership (acquisition by, or merging into) with the company I advise.
We therefore conducted preliminary "lite" due diligence on Cyberlux. During the course of that investigation several issues became known to us, including the dual litigation between AWH and Cyberlux. This action is perhaps the most troubling discovery as it damaged Mr Schmidt's credibility (misuse of funds, withholding information).
There are elements which I wish to share with you. These elements are verifiable through public records.
and therefore has never been awarded contracts (verifiable at usaspending.gov)
Conclusions we reached based on these factual elements
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