Jason Cardiff’s failure to the return the US has resulted in forfeiture of his bail.
Following his arrest in November 2023, Cardiff was granted launch on a $530,000 bond.
Cardiff’s bail was secured by
- $500,000 by way of a property owned by Lilia Murphy; and
- $30,000 in money paid by Brian Kennedy.
Each Murphy and Kennedy submitted affidavits of surety, acknowledging the results of Cardiff violating his launch circumstances.
On the request of the DOJ final month, the courtroom held a movement on Cardiff forfeiting bail on March eleventh.
An order issued later the identical day states;
On February 5, 2025, the Court docket granted an order that:
(1) declared Defendant a fugitive;
(2) vacated Defendant’s trial date and the tolling of the Speedy Trial Act; and
(3) issued an arrest warrant in opposition to Defendant.
Up to now, Defendant seemingly stays in Eire has not returned to the USA.
Cardiff has violated his circumstances of launch and has failed to seem to a listening to. The previous requires forfeiture.
Accordingly, the Court docket ORDERS the bond forfeited in opposition to Defendant within the quantity of $530,000, with Lilia Murphy to be collectively and severally liable with Defendant within the quantity of $500,000, and Brian Kennedy to be collectively and severally liable with Defendant within the quantity of $30,000.
Whereas we don’t know if Cardiff (proper) cares about different folks shedding over half one million attributable to his actions, we do know he feels very strongly about being a fugitive with an energetic arrest warrant.
Three weeks after a courtroom order declared him a fugitive and issued an arrest warrant, Cardiff threatened Google with authorized motion.
Citing a BehindMLM article overlaying his fugitive standing and arrest warrant, Cardiff wrote;
I’m writing to formally request the removing of a defamatory and false webpage from Google’s search index that’s severely damaging to my repute.
This webpage accommodates false, deceptive, and defamatory statements about me, together with the declare that I’ve been “declared a fugitive” and that an “arrest warrant is pending.”
These statements are categorically false. At no level has any courtroom deemed me a fugitive, and no such authorized dedication exists.
At time of publication BehindMLM’s protection of Cardiff’s prison case stays accessible to the general public.
Up till not too long ago Cardiff additionally made common appearances in BehindMLM’s feedback part.
On September seventh, 2024, Cardiff acknowledged;
The idea that I’d “by no means come again” is totally false.
My authorized battle is much from over, and I’ll proceed to battle this case by way of each movement. In actual fact, I consider the case can be resolved earlier than trial, and I’ll prevail.
On September eighth Cardiff claimed he had proof BehindMLM was “run by the FTC”.
Cardiff by no means supplied any proof. Nor did he make any additional appearances in BehindMLM’s remark part.
Past being a fugitive with an energetic arrest warrant, Cardiff’s present standing and whereabouts are unknown.