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TO: FEDERAL PROSECUTORS IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

JUSTICE FOR JAMES VELISSARIS

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Prosecutors should let James Velissaris go to trial. They have the power to
serve justice in his case after a long and arduous history of problematic
prosecutorial decisions.

Sign this petition now to support that James has his chance to prove his
innocence.

Recent press:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/barnes-thornburg-seeks-withdraw-plea-162600802.html?.tsrc=fin-srch

Please Act Now. 30 seconds of your time can help change an innocent man's life.

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?

Black Fund Manager Files Motion to Withdraw Plea in Securities Case after
Government hides evidence of innocence
Infinity Q Founder James Velissaris Seeks Trial

(Atlanta, Ga)-On Friday, leading law firm Barnes & Thornburg filed a motion on
behalf of Infinity Q founder James Velissaris to withdraw from a November plea
deal regarding one count of alleged securities fraud. Velissaris, a graduate of
Harvard University and Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of
Engineering, was one of the leading African American fund managers in the
country at the time his case began. After establishing himself as one of the
highest performing managers on Wall Street, Velissaris founded his own firm,
Infinity Q Capital Management, in 2014 and was backed by renowned investor David
Bonderman. In 2021, Velissaris was falsely accused of overstating the value of
his multibillion-dollar fund solely based on a discrepancy between his valuation
calculations and that of the Bloomberg BVAL pricing tool. Velissaris believed,
and repeatedly stated that the tool was not working properly and therefore the
team had to augment with other known industry data points to arrive at more
reasonable valuations. In January of this year, the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) found that the Bloomberg tool did, in fact, miscalculate values
and, as a result, fined Bloomberg $5 million dollars.

In his request to withdraw his plea, Velissaris' filing states on page 23, "At
the same time the government was claiming BVAL was an authoritative source in
this case to show that Mr. Velissaris improperly valued Infinity Q securities,
the SEC had an ongoing investigation into that very same valuation tool. A
significant part of Mr. Velissaris’ defense includes the reasonableness of his
adjustments to the BVAL inputs in order to reach fair value for Infinity Q
securities because of the very deficiencies in the tool shown by the SEC
settlement.”

The Infinity Q investor disclosure documents clearly state that the team had
discretion to use their expert judgement when pricing the portfolio. According
to the SEC settlement, the Bloomberg BVAL tool was not producing reasonable
values. Therefore, Infinity Q valuations should not be expected to match the
values of the broken tool.

Velissaris' legal team submitted five additional points in their request to
withdraw the plea. The six point argument for withdrawal asserts that (1)
Velissaris repeatedly disclosed in investment documents to investors that the
funds would depart from BVAL valuation, (2) his valuation models were in line
with market conditions, (3) he requested from his previous legal team almost
immediately to request a withdrawal (4), the government is not harmed by
allowing Velissaris to go to trial and (5) that he did not want to accept a plea
and (6), as stated above, the government hid several pieces of exculpatory
evidence including known deficiencies in the Bloomberg BVAL tool.

Velissaris recently retained legal counsel from Barnes & Thornburg's Washington,
DC office. The legal team is led by Michael Battle, a former US Attorney, judge
and director of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Executive Office for U.S.
Attorneys and Billy Martin, a former federal prosecutor with over 40 years of
experience and named as one of the country's '50 Most Influential Minority
Attorneys'. Currently, the request to withdraw is pending.
221
of 300 signatures

Katie S. signed
05-16-2023
Tory S. signed
05-08-2023
Andrew C. signed
04-26-2023
Crystal O. signed
04-20-2023
Forrest P. signed
04-12-2023

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