A court in Luleå, Sweden, granted the right to a Swedish lawyer Lars Olofson proceed with the case Metaplatforms Inc. META chairman Mark Zuckerberg.

The lawsuit argues that the Facebook platform bears responsibility for its role in a recent marijuana investment scheme. JucyFields.

According to Olofsson, the court’s quick decision, just 36 hours after filing, is already one “big win” that will “send a message to the others we have in our legal path that we are moving forward full force with other cases in the meantime.”

What happened

The Alleged pyramid scam guaranteed 66% return in three months, but suddenly froze all cash withdrawals and deleted his social media accounts.

The scam, which affected hundreds of thousands of people around the world, caught Olofsson’s attention. The lawyer is now plans to file a class action lawsuit against several social and news media platforms, which he says helped push the program forward.

“I will now take legal action against it Facebook, Google Google, cnn, and youtubefirst”, Olofsson said Green Market Report back then. “All of them have allowed JuicyFields to feature on their platforms or magazines, not just regular accounts, but paid ads.”

Olofsson also plans to target the German, Dutch, Swiss and Cypriot governments for “a gross lack of financial authorities because they haven’t seen what’s going on”.

There was around 125,000 investor accounts on the platform at the time of the collapse, exposing the reality of the scam. Olofsson is He represents about 800 plaintiffs, though he says the $2 billion to $2.5 billion in those 125,000 accounts is likely long gone.

“I know they ran away with the money‘ said Olofsson.

Tech giants, what about due diligence?

Olofsson appears to be setting a precedent by prosecuting tech giants for due diligence on illegal operations by their clients, advertisers and affiliates. He’s after media and banks…