article_snippet: Paul Ceglia, 41, of Wellsville, sued the social network's billionaire founder, Mark Zuckerberg, in 2010, claiming An alleged fraudster who claimed to own half of Facebook had been promised a 50 per cent share in the business in exchange for start-up money.
article_snippet: Lawsuit: Ceglia (left), 41, who sued Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg (right), in 2010, has vanished from his home just weeks before his New York-based trial after ditching his ankle tracking bracelet, just weeks before his New York-based trial has emerged .
article_snippet: Last April, Buffalo federal judge Richard Arcara officially closed the book on Ceglia's multibillion-dollar lawsuit claiming half-ownership of Facebook, granting Zuckerberg's motion to dismiss Buffalo federal judge Richard Arcara  .
article_snippet: Ceglia had claimed that Ceglia and Zuckerberg had signed a contract, 'The Face Book', that included a provision entitling Ceglia to half-ownership of Facebook in exchange for start-up money for the firm.
article_snippet: Although Facebook's lawyers agreed the pair had a contract, Facebook's lawyers said references to the social network were slipped in for Ceglia's multibillion-dollar lawsuit.
article_snippet: Claims: Ceglia - who claimed he had been promised a 50 per cent share in Facebook (pictured) - was due to go on trial on May 4.
article_snippet: Zuckerberg had previously done some programming work for Ceglia's company, StreetFax.com.
article_snippet: Facebook's lawyers argued that the the only valid contract between the pair related to Zuckerberg.
article_snippet: 'the the only valid contract between the pair related to that company is a cut-and-paste job, the emails are complete fabrications and Ceglia's multibillion-dollar lawsuit is a fraud,' attorneys for Zuckerberg and Zuckerberg Palo Alto, California-based company added. '
article_snippet: Zuckerberg has now declared under oath that Zuckerberg did not sign the contract attached to Ceglia's complaint and that Zuckerberg did not write or receive any of the purported emails.'
article_snippet: Last April, Judge Richard Arcara officially closed the book on Ceglia's multibillion-dollar lawsuit claiming half-ownership of Facebook, granting Zuckerberg's motion to dismiss Facebook.
highlights_snippet: Paul Ceglia, 41, sued Facebook's billionaire CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, in 2010 .
  