Equibit v. AGC et al
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Equibit v. AGC et al
Court File No. CV-20-00645492-0000
This is the originating case — the one that frames everything that followed. It alleges that Canada’s intelligence service and related parties waged a sustained campaign of infiltration, technical sabotage, financial isolation, and institutional obstruction against a small Canadian blockchain company and its founder.
What began as regulatory contact and unexplained technical failures gradually revealed itself as something far more deliberate. Years of evidence collection, access-to-information battles, and courtroom proceedings have produced a detailed public record of duty-of-candour failures, contradictory oversight findings, and persistent resistance to disclosure. This action remains the central pillar. Every later lawsuit draws meaning and force from the pattern first documented here.
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- Equibit Group Ltd.
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CJC file 26-0478. Equibit Group Ltd. asked the Canadian Judicial Council to examine factual and chronological errors in Justice Merritt’s May 2023 endorsement setting aside default judgment against Sergei Sachkov in CV-20-00645492-0000.
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- Equibit Group Ltd.
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On 18 August 2025 Chris Horlacher and Equibit Group Ltd. delivered a formal ultimatum to the Attorney General of Canada in the CSIS action, Court File No. CV-20-00645492-0000.
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- Equibit Group Ltd.
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Court File No. CV-20-00645492-0000. The Attorney General wrote on 25 July 2025 that a CSIS officer in Litigation and Disclosure would attend examination. The letter is posted on this page.
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- Equibit Group Ltd.
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On 27 October 2023 Equibit Group Ltd. filed a Reply to Sergei Sachkov’s Defence. Default and a $1,744,711 assessment had already been entered, then set aside.
- Equibit v. AGC et al
- Equibit Group Ltd.
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After Justice Merritt set aside default judgment against Sergei Sachkov, Chris Horlacher produced a standards-based review of the endorsement. That analysis now sits with CJC file 26-0478.
- Equibit v. AGC et al
- Equibit Group Ltd.
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Justice Merritt’s 12 May 2023 endorsement set aside the noting in default and the judgments obtained against Sergei Sachkov. The Divisional Court refused leave on 13 October 2023. The factual problems in the endorsement are set out in Four Critical Failures and in the CJC complaint.
- Equibit v. AGC et al
- Equibit Group Ltd.
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After years of non-participation, Sergei Sachkov filed a Statement of Defence on 24 March 2023 and moved to set aside default in the Equibit lawsuit.
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- Equibit Group Ltd.
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On 21 December 2022 the Ontario Superior Court assessed damages of $1,744,711 against Sergei Sachkov on default in the Equibit lawsuit. That judgment was later set aside.
- Equibit v. AGC et al
- Equibit Group Ltd.
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On 16 December 2022 Equibit filed a Second Supplementary Motion Record and Supplementary Factum supporting the damages assessment against Sergei Sachkov.
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- Equibit Group Ltd.
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Court File No. CV-20-00645492-0000. After service and no defence, Justice Myers granted default judgment against Sergei Sachkov on 5 October 2022. Damages were later assessed at $1,744,711. That result was set aside in May 2023.
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- Equibit Group Ltd.
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On 30 March 2022 Chris Horlacher swore a detailed affidavit in the Equibit CSIS action — timeline, technical sabotage, and institutional interference on the court record.
- Equibit v. AGC et al
- Equibit Group Ltd.
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On 1 October 2021 the Attorney General of Canada filed a Statement of Defence in the Equibit lawsuit, more than a year after service. The OIC final report later contradicted key assertions in that pleading.
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- Equibit Group Ltd.
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On 9 February 2022 Equibit Group Ltd. located and served Sergei Sachkov, the developer whose disappearance and the loss of source code sit at the centre of the CSIS action.
- Equibit v. AGC et al
- Equibit Group Ltd.
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On 13 October 2020 the Attorney General of Canada filed a Notice of Intent to Defend in Court File No. CV-20-00645492-0000. The Defence itself was filed 1 October 2021.
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- Equibit Group Ltd.
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Court File No. CV-20-00645492-0000. Equibit Group Ltd. sued the Attorney General of Canada over alleged CSIS surveillance, human-source activity inside the company, and technical interference. The claim opened the Equibit litigation.