I transferred my codebase before payment. Don't make my mistake.

I am a Pakistani software founder who built a $100K MRR AI SaaS over three years. In May 2026, I negotiated a $200K acquisition with James De Berardine, Director of NOTO nightclub in Philadelphia.

I transferred my domain and full proprietary codebase to his AWS environment in good faith. He made six written promises to fund a $30K deposit. He paid $1,000. He retained my code for two months while demanding endless diligence. When pressed to close, he called the transaction “non-authentic,” claimed the code had “no value,” and threatened to delete it.

I have filed complaints with FBI IC3 and Pennsylvania authorities. Full documented timeline with screenshots of his own messages:

https://medium.com/@clickablemk/i-trusted-a-us-buyer-with-my-100k-mrr-ai-saas-then-he-called-me-a-scammer-186ace218a90

https://medium.com/@clickablemk/what-three-months-in-acquisition-limbo-james-deberardine-ceo-of-noto-taught-me-as-a-saas-founder-c3439bc9bcde

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