AN IMPORTANT NOTE: On June 22, 2021, Hadari Oshri –Marc Lubaszka’s business partner– filed a civil harassment restraining order (CHRO) against Investor News reporter Aitana Vargas to stop the publication of her investigative series “A Special Report: The Harrowing Impunity of White-Collar crime,” and any subsequent installments or future media coverage. On August 3, 2021, Vargas filed an anti-SLAPP motion to strike Oshri’s CHRO petition. In a hearing held on September 13, 2021, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Doreen Boxer granted Vargas’s anti-SLAPP motion and denied Oshri’s civil harassment petition for failure to sustain the applicable burden of proof. CA’s powerful anti-SLAPP statute demands that the prevailing defendant be granted attorney’s fees for filing a frivolous case. The Israeli entrepreneur also declined to go on a recorded interview or provide statements via email.
Digital forensics firm says affidavit filed in Hadari Oshri court case “altered,” not authentic
By Aitana Vargas
It is a saga that appears to never see its end, and surely, there had to be new twists.
On May 11, 2021, serial entrepreneur Hadari Oshri filed a declaration with the Los Angeles Superior Court that included a notarized 3-page affidavit bearing the name and logo of Digital Forensics Corp. (DFC), an Ohio-based company offering a wide range of services, including cybersecurity, IP theft, forensic analysis and cyber blackmail, according to its website.
Oshri submitted the affidavit as evidence in her restraining order case against one of this reporter’s sources (a separate case from the anti-SLAPP case mentioned above). But DFC has maintained for years that the filed document was “altered.”
The 3-pager listed multiple email addresses, domains, and links to articles and referenced a report of findings dated April 5, 2021, allegedly produced by DFC. The report, however, was not attached to Oshri’s declaration and affidavit.
According to the affidavit, “Hadari Oshri (the “Client”), retained DFC services on or about February 23″, 2021 (DFC Case 287656).”
However, in a May 2022 email to this outlet, DFC stated that “Digital Forensics Corp (“DFC”) cannot provide any service details or company work product as we are bound to a non-disclosure provision with all of our clients. We can confirm, however, that the name in your email and in the affidavit (“Hadari Oshri”) is not a listed client of DFC.
It appears that the affidavit you provided in your email is not an original affidavit produced by our Company, as it has been altered. We are conducting a further investigation into this matter and cannot provide you with any further comments at this time.”
The company added: “It does not appear that our company has had any contact with the attorney referenced in your email.”
In a phone call on May 26, 2026, DFC, through attorney Jeromy Simonovic, reaffirmed its 2022 position that the affidavit is “not authentic,” but clarified that the notary stamp is real.
In an interview on the evening of April 30, 2021 –the date of the initial hearing and before any stipulation was entered–, the respondent had stated that Oshri’s attorney argued in court her client had paid $40,000 for the investigation conducted by DFC. Court records show that, during that hearing, the judge ordered both parties to exchange evidence. In the April 30th interview, the respondent said that Oshri’s attorney handed him the affidavit during that exchange.
The respondent filed a 251-page response with the court, rebutting Oshri’s claims and attaching documents tying Oshri to an alleged PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) scheme also involving businessman and gold investor Marc Lubaszka and his now-defunct Fly Private X.
As previously reported by Investor News, Lubaszka is also linked to Buy Gold Brightly, whose publicly listed owner was rapper Dylan Raw (Dylan Rottkov).
From around 2021, Oshri and her attorney sought to suppress reporting on this issue. In 2021, her attorney sent this reporter and her source a written cease-and-desist demand regarding coverage. For years, this outlet has led the media’s investigative efforts into this matter.
Cyberattacks & suspicious leads
The affidavit is not the only document in Oshri’s legal battles to face scrutiny. It also isn’t the only time suspicious tips about Oshri landed in this reporter’s inbox.
On December 2, 2024, this reporter received an unsolicited email from an individual identified as Julia Lane, encouraging me to look into mushroom supplements sold by Gula World, Oshri’s latest business company. The sender used a Gmail account (bashir13@gmail.com) that did not match her (or his) stated name. When asked about her connection to Oshri, she replied:
“I don’t know her personally but through mutual connections.” No clients, no complaints or firsthand harm were provided.
The exchange indicated the emails were an attempt to induce this reporter to publish a story about Oshri without evidence or fact-checked claims of harm to anybody. I declined to pursue a story.
The suspicious December 2024 email fits a years-long pattern. Between the end of 2020 and 2023, this reporter, Investor News and sources received cyberattacks and phishing emails from fake accounts like ‘Alex Alex’ and ‘Michaela Lake,’ and others. Some contained tracking pixels.
*Oshri’s LA Superior Court Case # 21STRO01697. The parties signed a stipulation with a confidentiality clause.
**CLICK HERE TO VIEW HADARI OSHRI’S FILED DECLARATION AND AFFIDAVIT. The declaration and affidavit were filed by Hadari Oshri in LA Superior Court on 5/11/2021. Investor News has redacted third-party telephone numbers, email addresses and signatures to prevent doxxing and preserve privacy. All redactions are shown in solid black. No other changes were made. The unredacted document is publicly available via the court under case No. 21STRO01697.
***After this reporter survived in 2021 an anti–SLAPP motion against Ms. Oshri, as a matter of policy, this outlet no longer reaches out to Ms. Oshri and her then-attorney, John Tamborelli, for comment. But we remain fully committed to hearing and sharing their opinion should they decide to reach out to us by email. Email: aitana_investigations@protonmail.com
****This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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