Anchor Equities, Ltd. v. Joya

OPINION

KLEINSCHMIDT, Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a motion for new trial following a judgment in favor of the appellee, Anchor Equities, Ltd., for damages it suffered as a result of a fraudulent scheme perpetrated by appellant Tristan Joya and other defendants. We consider the following issues:

1) whether a person who has joined an agent in defrauding his principal can avoid liability to the principal on the ground that the agent’s knowledge of the fraud was imputable to the principal;

2) whether a person who has joined an agent in defrauding his principal can avoid liability to…