Newly Reassigned District Judge Recuses Herself From LinkedIn Fraud Case

U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman for Northern California in San Jose recused herself from LinkedIn’s fraud case against the Bangladeshi website TopSocial24 because she found herself disqualified, said her signed order of recusal Wednesday (docket 5:23-cv-00110). She was reassigned the case only a day earlier from U.S. Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins. LinkedIn’s Jan. 10 complaint alleges TopSocial24 and owner Golam Mostafa engaged in unlawful acts of breach of contract, fraud and deceit, and intentional interference with contract. LinkedIn alleges the defendants sell inauthentic engagement on LinkedIn’s platform, including fake followers, fake comments, fake likes and fake connections, in violation of the LinkedIn user agreement (see 2301110025).