Close et al v. Cherqui et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:26-cv-00973

Court:

Ohio Southern

Nature of Suit:

Other Fraud

Judge:

Edmund A. Sargus

Firms

  1. September 17, 2026

    Cannabis Co. Owners Ask To Toss $2M Investment Suit

    The entrepreneurs behind a Chicago dispensary urged a federal judge to end a lawsuit accusing them of defrauding investors out of nearly $2 million, arguing the claims have no business being heard in Ohio, belong in arbitration and are legally insufficient.

  2. August 17, 2026

    Chicago Pot Co. Recast $2M Investment As Gift, Suit Claims

    Two Ohio investors claimed they were duped into sinking nearly $2 million on a Chicago dispensary under the promise that they would be partial owners, only to learn that their Illinois-based business partners would later recast the investments as gifts, according to a lawsuit filed in Ohio federal court.