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    Tidewater Strategies, LLC filed a complaint against August Wolf and August Wolf for Senate in Wake County Superior Court. Tidewater provided consulting services to the defendants for Wolf's 2016 Senate campaign under a contract from September 2015 through November 2016. In November 2015, Wolf paid Tidewater $18,500 in advance fees by credit card, but later charged back the payment in January 2016. Tidewater is suing for breach of contract, fraud, and unfair trade practices, seeking damages exceeding $25,000.

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    Tidewater Strategies, LLC filed a complaint against August Wolf and August Wolf for Senate in Wake County Superior Court. Tidewater provided consulting services to the defendants for Wolf's 2016 Senate campaign under a contract from September 2015 through November 2016. In November 2015, Wolf paid Tidewater $18,500 in advance fees by credit card, but later charged back the payment in January 2016. Tidewater is suing for breach of contract, fraud, and unfair trade practices, seeking damages exceeding $25,000.

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    Tidewater Strategies, LLC filed a complaint against August Wolf and August Wolf for Senate in Wake County Superior Court. Tidewater provided consulting services to the defendants for Wolf's 2016 Senate campaign under a contract from September 2015 through November 2016. In November 2015, Wolf paid Tidewater $18,500 in advance fees by credit card, but later charged back the payment in January 2016. Tidewater is suing for breach of contract, fraud, and unfair trade practices, seeking damages exceeding $25,000.

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    Tidewater Strategies, LLC filed a complaint against August Wolf and August Wolf for Senate in Wake County Superior Court. Tidewater provided consulting services to the defendants for Wolf's 2016 Senate campaign under a contract from September 2015 through November 2016. In November 2015, Wolf paid Tidewater $18,500 in advance fees by credit card, but later charged back the payment in January 2016. Tidewater is suing for breach of contract, fraud, and unfair trade practices, seeking damages exceeding $25,000.

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    STATEOFNORTHCAROLINA

    COUNTYOFWAKE

    INTHEGENERALCOURTOFJUSTICE
    SUPERIORCOURTDIVISION
    16CVS________

    TidewaterStrategies,LLC
    Plaintiff,

    )
    )
    vs.
    )
    )
    AugustWolf,andAugustWolfforSenate )
    d/b/aAugustWolfforSenate2016
    )
    Committee
    )
    )
    Defendants.
    )

    COMPLAINT
    (JURYTRIALDEMANDED)

    PlaintiffTidewaterStrategies,LLC,byandthroughcounsel,herebyfilesthisComplaintagainst
    DefendantsAugustWolf(DefendantWolf)andAugustWolfforSenated/b/aAugustWolffor
    Senate2016Committee(DefendantWolfCommittee)(togetherDefendants)andinsupport
    allegesasfollows:
    PARTIES
    PlaintiffTidewaterStrategies,LLCisaNorthCarolinalimitedliabilitycompanydoingbusiness
    inRaleigh,NorthCarolina.
    DefendantWolfisaCitizenoftheStateofConnecticut.
    DefendantWolfCommitteeisacandidatecommitteepoliticalorganizationorganizedunderIRS
    527andregisteredwiththeFederalElectionCommission.
    JURISDICTIONANDVENUE
    ThisCourthaspersonalandsubjectmatterjurisdictionoverthisactionandthepartiespursuant
    toN.C.Gen.Stat.175.4and7A240.
    VenueisproperintheCourtpursuanttoN.C.Gen.Stat.182.
    FACTS
    OnSeptember21,2015,PlaintiffandDefendantsenteredintoacontractforgeneralconsulting
    ontheAugustWolf2016senatecampaign(theContract).
    TheContracttermwasfromSeptember21,2015throughNovember8,2016andwasterminable
    atwilluponthirtydayswrittennotice.
    OnNovember6,2015,DefendantWolfpaidPlaintiff$18,500bychargingthatamountbycredit
    card(thePayment).
    ThePaymentrepresentedNovemberconsultingfeesthatweredue,anadvanceontheDecember
    andJanuaryconsultingfees,anadvanceoncommissions,andacreditcardfee.
    Inexchangeforpaymentinadvance,Plaintiffdiscounteditsmonthlyservicefees.
    TheContractrequiredthatDefendantpaya10%feeonlatepayments.
    Uponinformationandbelief,DefendantWolfusedhispersonalcreditcardtomakethePayment.

    PlaintiffcontinuedtoprovideconsultingservicesinNovemberinrelianceofthePayment.
    OnDecember1,2015,DefendantsinformedPlaintifforallythattheywishedtoterminatethe
    Contract.
    DefendantsagreedthatPlaintiffwouldbeentitledtothePaymentinexchangeforPlaintiffs
    agreementtoterminatetheservicesandnotseekadditionalcommissionsforcertaindonations
    obtainedthroughthewebsitethatPlaintiffdesignedandmanaged.
    OnJanuary9,2016DefendantWolfcausedthecreditcardprocessingcompanytochargeback
    thePayment.
    ThecreditcardprocessingcompanynowclaimsthatPlaintiffmustpay$18,500forthecharged
    backpayment.
    Defendant Wolf has contacted Plaintiffs clients and threated them claiming that Plaintiffs
    clientsmisappropriatedDefendantWolfsdonorlists.
    COUNTI:
    BREACHOFCONTRACT
    PlaintiffincorporatesbyreferenceallpreviousparagraphsofthisComplaintasthoughfullyset
    forthherein.
    ThepartieshadacontractforPlaintifftoprovidegeneralconsultingservicestoDefendantsas
    describedabove.
    DefendantsacceptedPlaintiffsservices.
    Defendantstimetoperformhaspassed.
    TheDefendantshavefailedtoperformcausingachargebackofthePaymentasdescribedabove.
    PlaintiffshavebeendamagedbyDefendantsbreachinanamounttobedeterminedattrial.
    COUNTII:
    FRAUD
    PlaintiffincorporatesbyreferenceallpreviousparagraphsofthisComplaintasthoughfullyset
    forthherein.
    Defendant Wolf made the Payment with the intention of charging back the payment after
    Plaintiffprovidedservices.
    Plaintiffreliedonthepayment,andprovidedservicestohisdetriment.
    DefendantWolfkneworshouldhaveknownthatthePlaintiffwouldrelyuponthePayment.
    ByvirtueofPlaintiffsrelianceithasbeendamaged.
    PlaintiffhasbeendamagedbyDefendantsfraudinanamountexceeding$25,000.
    COUNTIII:
    UNFAIRANDDECEPTIVETRADEPRACTICES
    PlaintiffincorporatesbyreferenceallpreviousparagraphsofthisComplaintasthoughfullyset
    forthherein.
    Atallrelevanttimes,DefendantswereengagedincommerceintheStateofNorthCarolina.
    Defendants' actions and conduct as described herein were in or affecting commerce and
    constituteunfairordeceptivetradepractices,whichareproscribedbyN.C.Gen.Stat.751.
    Defendant'sunfairanddeceptivetradepracticeshavedamagedPlaintiffsinanamountinexcess
    of$25,000.
    Plaintiffsareentitledtohavetheirdamagestrebledandtorecoverattorneys'fees.
    2

    PlaintiffshavebeendamagedbyDefendantsactionsinanamounttobedeterminedattrial.
    PRAYERFORJUDGMENT
    WHEREFORE,Plaintiffsrespectfullyrequestthefollowingrelief:
    ThattheCourtawardPlaintiffcontractdamagesof$20,350;
    ThattheCourtawardPlaintiffdamagesintortforfraud;
    ThattheCourttreblePlaintiffstortdamagespursuanttoN.C.Gen.Stat.7516;
    ThattheCourtawardcostsincludingattorneysfeesincurredherein;
    Foratrialbyjuryonallissuessotriable;and
    ThattheCourtgrantPlaintiffsanysuchotherandfurtherreliefasjusticemayrequire.
    Thisthe9thdayofMay2016
    OAKCITYLAWLLP

    SamuelPieroII,NCBar38428
    [email protected]
    702NorthBlountStreet
    Raleigh,NorthCarolina27604
    Phone:(919)8999655
    Fax:(919)5160572
    CounselforPlaintiff

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