Equibit Group Ltd. located and served Sergei Sachkov in the CSIS action, which is what made default, then the damages assessment, possible. Sachkov was Equibit’s lead protocol developer. Equibit Group’s position is that his mid-2018 disappearance and the loss of source code were insider sabotage.
Related: Damages award · Four Critical Failures
Service on 9 February 2021
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Place in the Equibit Lawsuit
Service is a step in CV-20-00645492-0000. What followed: liability default (5 October 2022), damages of $1,744,711 (21 December 2022), Sachkov’s appearance (24 March 2023), Justice Merritt’s set-aside, and the 27 October 2023 Reply. The set-aside record is Four Critical Failures.
This service marked a hard-won victory in a case that has been defined by delay, obstruction, and institutional resistance. The individual in question (Sergei Sachkov) had been implicated in critical events during Equibit’s collapse — including the sudden disappearance of key source code and other actions that severely damaged the company at a vulnerable time. His formal service brought one of the key human elements of the alleged operation into the legal proceedings.
What Service Made Possible
The successful service of Sachkov strengthens the evidentiary chain connecting technical sabotage, insider betrayal, and state-level involvement. It demonstrates that despite prolonged attempts to avoid accountability, the legal process can still reach key figures when sufficient pressure is applied.
This milestone fits the broader pattern seen throughout the Equibit case: institutional resistance followed by incremental but meaningful breakthroughs through determined documentation and legal pursuit.
The Larger Fight
Every step forward in this litigation — whether serving difficult parties, preserving forensic evidence, or building the public record — reinforces the core question at the heart of this campaign:
Is there rule of law in Canada when powerful intelligence agencies and their associates are involved?
The public documentation at equibitlawsuit.com exists to ensure these developments cannot be hidden or dismissed. The full Factum of Equibit Group, which will synthesize all available evidence into one comprehensive record, continues to advance and will be released in due course.
