Legal Opinion
Strum v. Mardam-Bey
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 4, 2025No. Civil Action No. 2024-0401Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JONATHAN D. STRUM et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 24-401 (TJK) IBRAHIM MARDAM-BEY et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION When Jonathan Strum sent $50,000 to Ibrahim Mardam-Bey, he allegedly thought he was investing in a cryptocurrency fund. Mardam-Bey and his LLC, Merchant Edge, had marketed that investment opportunity to Strum and others. Eventually, Mardam-Bey proposed a transaction structure that would help Strum avoid some problems he had encountered when first trying to invest. Mardam-Bey and Merchant Edge would set up an…
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