Qyral co-founder Hanieh Sigari’s new MLM firm Ellie MD has had its enterprise operations halted by courtroom order.
Following Ellie MD’s launch final month, on June seventh Qyral co-founder and Sigari’s estranged husband, Dariusz Banasik, filed for a Short-term Restraining Order (TRO).
In his TRO movement, Banasik (proper) argued Sigari launched Ellie MD “to destroy the restricted legal responsibility firm she and Defendant collectively created.”
Her conduct is nothing lower than an enormous breach of her fiduciary tasks to Defendant and Qyral’s collectors, and, absent issuance of a TRO, her actions will unquestionably trigger irreparable hurt to Qyral.
The courtroom granted Banasik’s movement the identical day it was filed. As per the TRO, Ellie MD is prohibited from (quoted verbatim)
- advertising and promoting the identical merchandise marketed and bought by Qyral, together with Compounded Semaglutide and Tirzepitide weight reduction merchandise;
- speaking with and/or soliciting Qyral consultants to carry out consulting providers for Ellie MD; and
- speaking with and/or soliciting Qyral distributors to carry out providers for Ellie MD
Sigari has additionally been ordered to account for funds she allegedly transferred out of Qyral’s account after the appointment of a Receiver, and “chorus from utilizing, sharing or promoting” Qyral IP.
After the TRO was granted and later nonetheless on June seventh, Sigari filed a movement in search of dissolution of the TRO.
In her movement, Sigari claimed;
The Short-term Restraining Order instantly threatens the livelihood of a considerable portion of the 1,300 consultants who at present depend upon EllieMD, LLC (“Ellie MD”) for his or her livelihood, thereby stopping them from incomes a dwelling and supporting their households.
To the extent that any of those consultants left Qyral LLC (“Qyral”) for Ellie MD, the reason being apparent. Defendant Darius Banasik (“Defendant”) destroyed Qyral by unlawful acts for which he’s at present enjoined and on trial for contempt, ignoring the Court docket’s orders forcing Qyral’s Receiver to advise each Ms. Sigari and Defendant that he was shutting down the Firm.
Ms. Sigari has not obtained one paycheck from the Receiver and Qyral has not paid her for weeks.
To now grant a TRO stopping Ms. Sigari from going to work at a brand new firm the place she and roughly 1,300 consultants could make a dwelling (one they can not from Qyral, which has not paid its workers and consultants for weeks) is to reward Defendant for his inequitable conduct.
Sigari goes on to argue that Qyral and Ellie MD are “not competing companies”. That is primarily based on Ellie MD “primarily provide[ing] services and products that aren’t accessible on Qyral”.
Additional, Ellie MD secured agreements with consultants and distributors with out interfering with Qyral’s enterprise, and such consultants and distributors are free to do enterprise the place they so select. And no Qyral mental property or assets had been used within the creation or ongoing operation of Ellie MD.
The result of a scheduled June twelfth Standing Convention between the events stays pending.