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by Mike Caswell

Defendants in the case against Paul Bilzerian, the St. Kitts resident facing civil and criminal charges in the United States for manipulating the revenue of Ignite International Brands Ltd., have asked a judge to allow Mr. Bilzerian to remotely participate in their criminal trial. They claim that Mr. Bilzerian, who remains wanted in the case, could provide exonerating evidence, but will be unable to attend the trial in person. They are requesting that the judge permit Mr. Bilzerian to appear as a witness through a two-way video link.

The request comes as part of a case that federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have been pursuing over a scheme in which Ignite, a former Canadian Securities Exchange listing, reported $4.6-million in sales that never occurred. (All figures are in U.S. dollars.) According to the government, Ignite sent a distributor a large amount of product just ahead of its year-end in 2020. The distributor never paid for the product, while Ignite reported that it had achieved the "highest monthly sales in the Company's history."

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