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Plaintiff Greenlight Training, Inc. ("Plaintiff'), by its undersigned attorneys, as and for its
Complaint against Defendants Xcel Testing Solutions, LLC ("Xcel Florida"), Xcel Solutions, LLC
("Xcel Delaware"); Securities Training Corp.; Colibri Group, LLC; McKissock, LLC; McKissock
Investment Holdings, LLC; and XYZ Corporations 9— 10 (together with Xcel Delaware, Securities
Training Corp., Colibri Group, LLC, McKissock, LLC, McKissock Investment Holdings, LLC,
the "Successor Defendants"); Gregory Sinner; Tom Williams; David Jackson; Durhon Oldham;
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Myron Pincomb Carl Jackson, DCBTKZ Holdings, LLC, Sue Warren Forbis, and Karl White
(together the "Fraudulent Transferees" and all together with Xcel Florida and the Successor
1. This action arises from Xcel Florida and the Successor Defendants' failure and
refusal to: (i) pay to Plaintiff amounts due under an Asset Purchase Agreement pursuant to which
Xcel Florida purchased certain assets of Plaintiff's insurance pre-licensing preparation business;
(ii) comply with their obligations to permit Plaintiff to audit their books and records, as required
under the Asset Purchase Agreement; and (iii) provide to Plaintiff a full and complete accounting
2. This action also seek relief under the New Jersey Uniform Transfer Act, N.J.S.A.
§§ 25:2:20 et seq., in connection with Xcel Florida's transfer of millions of dollars to its members,
PARTIES
3. Plaintiff is a New Jersey corporation with its principal place of business located at
4. Xcel Florida is, upon information and belief, a Florida limited liability company
with its principal place of business located at 770 Square Lake Blvd. — Building 2, Jacksonville,
FL 32256.
5. Xcel Delaware is, upon information and belief, a Delaware limited liability
company with its principal place of business located at 12977 N 40 Drive, Suite 108, Saint Louis,
MO 63141.
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6. Securities Training Corp. is, upon information and belief, a New York business
corporation with its principal place of business located at 123 William Street, 7th Floor, New York,
NY 10038.
7. Colibri Group, LLC is, upon information and belief; a Delaware limited liability
company with its principal place of business located in Redwood City, CA.
8. McKissock, LLC is, upon information and belief, a Delaware limited liability
company with its principal place of business located at 218 Liberty Street, Warren, PA.
limited liability company with its principal place of business located at 218 Liberty Street, Warren,
PA.
10. Gregory Sinner is an individual who, upon information and belief; resides at 289
Saint Johns Golf Drive, St. Augustine, FL, and who is a member, affiliate and/or assign of Xcel
Florida.
11. Tom Williams is an individual who, upon information and belief; resides at 310
NW 15th Street, Delray Beach, FL, and who is a member, affiliate and/or assign of Xcel Florida.
12. David Jackson is an individual who, upon information and belief, resides at 335
North Shore Circle, # 1014, St. Augustine, FL, and who is a member, affiliate and/or assign of
Xcel Florida.
13. Durhon Oldham is an individual who, upon information and belief; resides at 1567
Henrietta Road, Rochester, NY, and who is a member, affiliate and/or assign of Xcel Florida.
14. Myron Pincomb is an individual who, upon information and belief; resides in the
State of Florida, and who is a member, affiliate and/or assign of Xcel Florida.
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15. Carl Jackson is an individual who, upon information and belief, resides at 933
Trimble Place, Northfield, OH, and who is a member, affiliate and/or assign of Xcel Florida.
16. DCBTKZ Holdings, LLC is, upon information and belief, a Texas limited liability
company with its principal place of business located at 12594 Blitz Drive, Frisco, TX, and which
17. Sue Warren Forbis is an individual who, upon information and belief, resides at
1600 London Lane, McKinney, TX, and who is a member, affiliate and/or assign of Xcel Florida.
18. Karl White is an individual who, upon information and belief, resides at 255 S.
Cypress Road, Apt. 333, Pompano Beach, FL, and who is a member, affiliate and/or assign of Xcel
Florida.
19. XYZ Corporations 9— 10 are fictitious names of entities which may have liability
to Plaintiff, as successors, assigns, affiliates, or parents of Xcel Florida, under the Asset Purchase
Agreement and/or in connection with Xcel Florida's subsequent sale of the assets Xcel Florida
purchased from Plaintiff. The identities of such entities are not yet known to Plaintiff, and Plaintiff
reserves the right to amend its pleadings so as to include the real names of any such entities as
20. The Successor Defendants are, upon information and belief, successors, assigns,
affiliates and/or parents of Xcel Florida, and liable for Xcel Florida's obligations under the Asset
Purchase Agreement.
21. Jurisdiction in this Court is proper as Defendants have submitted to the exclusive
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22. The Successor Defendants market, promote and offer to the general public online
courses for obtaining an insurer provider and securities sales license in New Jersey.
23. Securities Training Corp. is registered to conduct business in the State of New
Jersey and is certified by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance as an "Approved
24. Xcel Solutions is certified by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance
25. The Successor Defendants generate substantial revenue, from customers located in
New Jersey, including by using Plaintiff's assets that are the subject of this action.
26. Venue is proper in this vicinage, pursuant to R. 6:1-3, as Defendants are non-
residents of New Jersey and therefore venue is properly laid in Monmouth County, where the cause
of action arose, and in the underlying agreement, Defendants waived any argument that venue in
STATEMENT OF FACTS
27. Before it sold its business assets to Xcel Florida pursuant to the Asset Purchase
Agreement, Plaintiff was in the business of providing state certified insurance and securities pre-
28. In February 2014, the parties entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the
"Agreement") pursuant to which Xcel Florida purchased certain assets of Plaintiff (the "Greenlight
29. The Greenlight Assets are listed in Schedule 1.1 of the Agreement and include,
among other things, Plaintiff's customer lists, proprietary information, intellectual property,
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Schedule 1.1(A).
from the services rendered by Xcel Florida, after the Closing Date and for
a specified period, to: (i) all customers transferred from Plaintiff to Xcel
Florida as part of the transaction (the "Transferred Customers") and (ii) all
31. Pursuant to Section 1.3(b)(vii) of the Agreement, Xcel Florida and the Successor
Defendants are obligated to provide Plaintiff, on demand but not more frequently than once every
three months, with "records and information reasonably necessary for [Plaintiff] to ascertain the
32. Section 1.3(b)(vii) further provides that Plaintiff "shall have the right to audit the
records of Xcel Florida which shall reasonably related to [Plaintiff's] rights to payments ... in the
event of a dispute."
I Net Revenue is defined as "the gross proceeds of Xcel Florida generated from any Transferred Customers less the
costs for referral fee arrangements." Pursuant to Section 1.3(b)(vi), Net Revenue derived by Referral Sources is treated
the same way as Transferred Customers.
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33. Additionally, under Section 1.3(b)(vii), Xcel Florida and the Successor Defendants
are obligated to provide Plaintiff with "real time access to Xcel Florida's website so that [Plaintiff]
34. In breach of the Agreement, Xcel Florida and the Successor Defendants have failed
and refused fully to pay to Plaintiff all Net Revenue Payments due under the Agreement.
35. In further breach of the Agreement, Xcel Florida and the Successor Defendants
have failed and refused to pay to Plaintiff any part of the Gross Revenue Payments due under the
Agreement.
36. Despite Plaintiff's demand, and in breach of the Agreement, Xcel Florida and the
Successor Defendants have failed and refused to provide Plaintiff with their records and
information reasonably necessary for Plaintiff to ascertain the accurateness of any Greenlight
37. Although Plaintiff demanded, including by letter dated July 7, 2018, an opportunity
to audit records reasonably related to Plaintiff s rights to payments, Xcel Florida and the Successor
Defendants have failed and refused to allow such audit, in breach of the Agreement.
38. Despite Plaintiff's demand, and in breach of the Agreement, Xcel Florida and the
Successor Defendants have failed and refused to provide Plaintiff with real-time access to their
websites so that Plaintiff may monitor student registration from Plaintiffs Transferred Customers.
39. Section 7.4 of the Agreement states: "This Agreement may not be assigned without
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the prior written consent of the Parties hereto.... Buyer agrees that this Agreement shall survive
and apply to any change of ownership, corporate form, or successor or assign of Buyer."
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40. Upon information and belief, Xcel Florida sold its assets, including the Greenlight
Assets, to, the Successor Defendants (the "Xcel Sale Transaction") pursuant to a written Asset
41. Upon information and belief, as part of the Xcel Sale Transaction, Xcel Florida
assigned the Agreement and/or transferred its assets to the Successor Defendants, including the
Greenlight Assets.
42. The Successor Defendants are liable to Plaintiff not only pursuant to Section 7.4 of
the Agreement, which states that its survives and applies to any change of ownership, corporate
form, or successor or assign of Xcel Florida, but also under the theory of successor liability
because, by virtue of the Xcel Sale Transaction, and upon information and belief: (a) the Successor
Defendants expressly or impliedly assumed Xcel Florida's liability; (b) there was an actual or de
facto consolidation or merger of Xcel Florida and the Successor Defendants; and/or (c) the
43. Upon information and belief, Xcel Florida has ceased its business
operations(except for maintaining a bank account) , and the Successor Defendants have assumed
Xcel Florida's liabilities necessary for the uninterrupted continuation of Xcel Florida's business,
including without limitation, Xcel Florida's real estate and equipment leases, telephone numbers
and web addresses (including Plaintiff's web addresses, which Plaintiff sold to Xcel Florida under
44. For example, even though Section 1.4 of the Agreement obligated Xcel Florida to
make a certain payment to Plaintiff in the event Xcel Florida sells or transfers 51.1% or more of
Xcel Florida to "to a third party as part of a contemplated sale or merger transaction," (the "Early
Payout"), Xcel Solutions LLC (not Xcel Florida) was the entity that wrote Plaintiff a check
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purporting to be the Early Payout (the "Check").2 Xcel Solutions made that payment pursuant to
45. As part of the Xcel Sale Transaction, Xcel Florida's Chief Executive Officer and
largest percentage interest owner, Gregory Sinner, became the General Manager of Xcel Solutions
46. As part of the Xcel Sale Transaction, all of Xcel Florida's employees became
47. Furthermore, in addition to its office leases, Xcel Florida's phone service and
48. The Successor Defendants are intertwined and disregard corporate form, as
evidenced by, inter alia: (a) McKissock's payment of salaries and associated employment
expenses and taxes for each employee of all the Successor Defendants; (b) each Successor
Defendant publicly represented that it acquired Xcel Florida; (c) Michael Duran serves as the CEO
of Colibri Group, CEO of Xcel Delaware, and Director of Securities Training; (d) Douglas
Wnorowski serves as CEO of Xcel Delaware, Treasurer of Securities Training Corporation, and
COO of Colibri Group; and (e) Paul Skordilis, who is solely employed and whose salary is paid
Group, and General Manager of Xcel Delaware, and oversees the operations and management of
Xcel Delaware.
49. Moreover, upon information and belief, the Successor Defendants were, at all
relevant times, fully aware of the Agreement, including Xcel Florida's obligations thereunder.
2 Plaintiff disputes the calculation of the Early Payout underlying the Check and previously, and in writing, reserved
all rights in connection with the Check.
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50. In fact, pursuant to a Closing Side Letter and in an implicit admission that
Defendants have liability to Plaintiff under the Greenlight APA, Xcel Solutions is "holding back"
funds from the Xcel Purchase Price (defined below) from Xcel Florida pending resolution of Xcel
51. Xcel Florida sold its assets to the Successor Defendants in exchange for $9 million,
plus or minus various adjustment amounts, expenses, and "earnout payments" (the "Xcel Purchase
Price").
52. On or about August 13, 2018, and as part of the Xcel Sale Transaction, the
Successor Defendants wired millions of dollars to Xcel Florida's bank account in partial payment
53. Thereafter, Xcel Florida distributed all such monies, which was its only remaining
asset, to the Fraudulent Transferees (the "Fraudulent Transfers") despite its liabilities to Plaintiff
54. At the time of the Fraudulent Transfers, Plaintiff was both a present and future
56. Plaintiff repeats and realleges each and every allegation contained in Paragraphs 1-
58. Plaintiff has fully complied with its obligations under the Agreement.
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59. Xcel Florida and the Successor Defendants have breached the Agreement by failing
to fully pay the Net Revenue Payments, failing to pay any part of the Gross Revenue Payments,
and failing to provide the records and access set forth in Section 1.3(b)(vii) of the Agreement.
60. As a result of Xcel Florida and the Successor Defendants' breach, Plaintiff has
been damaged in an amount to be determined at trial, but in no event less than $2,500,000.00, plus
interest.
61. Plaintiff repeats and realleges each and every allegation contained in Paragraphs 1-
63. The terms of the Agreement are known with reasonable certainty.
64. Plaintiff has fully complied with its obligations under the Agreement.
65. Xcel Florida and the Successor Defendants will not be unduly burdened by the
66. In Section 7.11 of the Agreement, the parties agreed that "any breach of the terms
of this Agreement may give rise to irreparable harm for which money damages would not be an
adequate remedy, and accordingly agree that, any non-breaching party shall be entitled to enforce
the terms of the Agreement by a decree of specific performance and the non-defaulting party shall
be entitled to recover its costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred as a
and the Successor Defendants to provide Plaintiff with: (a) records and information reasonably
necessary for Plaintiff to ascertain the accurateness of the Greenlight Purchase Price; (b) access to
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audit the records of Xcel Florida and the Successor Defendants reasonably related to Plaintiffs
rights to the Greenlight Purchase Price; and (c) real-time access to Xcel Florida and the Successor
Defendants' websites so that Plaintiff may monitor student registration from Plaintiffs Transferred
Customers.
68. Plaintiff repeats and realleges each and every allegation contained in Paragraphs 1-
69. The Agreement requires Xcel Florida and the Successor Defendants to provide
Plaintiff with records and information reasonably necessary for Plaintiff to ascertain the
accurateness of the Greenlight Purchase Price payments, with an ability to audit such records, and
with real-time access to Xcel Florida and the Successor Defendants' websites so that Plaintiff can
70. Despite Plaintiff's demand, Xcel Florida and the Successor Defendants have failed
to provide such records and access, which prevents Plaintiff from ascertaining the precise amount
71. Plaintiff is entitled to an accounting of the revenue generated by Xcel Florida and
the Successor Defendants from the Transferred Customers and the Referral Sources.
72. Plaintiff repeats and realleges each and every allegation contained in Paragraphs 1-
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73. The parties intended to create an equitable lien in Plaintiff's favor against Xcel
Florida and the Successor Defendants' assets in the event, which occurred, that the Greenlight
74. Given Xcel Florida and the Successor Defendants' failure to pay the Greenlight
Purchase Price to Plaintiff, part of which (the Gross Revenue Payments) is to be paid out over the
course of fifteen years, and given that the Xcel Sale Transaction constitutes a breach of Xcel
Florida and the Successor Defendants' obligation to obtain Plaintiff's prior written consent thereto,
Plaintiff is entitled to the impression of an equitable lien upon Xcel Florida and the Successor
Defendants' assets in the amount of the Greenlight Purchase Price due and owing to Plaintiff, as
75. Plaintiff repeats and realleges each and every allegation contained in Paragraphs 1-
76. Section 7.14 of the Agreement provides: "If any party files a suit or an action, or
provisions of this Agreement or otherwise with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement,
the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorneys' fees as fixed by the court
or arbitrator."
77. Xcel Florida and the Successor Defendants have breached the Agreement, as set
forth herein.
result of Xcel Florida and the Successor Defendants' breach of the Agreement.
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79. Plaintiff repeats and realleges each and every allegation contained in Paragraphs 1-
80. Plaintiff's claim against Xcel Florida arose before the Fraudulent Transfers were
81. Xcel Florida made the Fraudulent Transfers without receiving a reasonably
82. Xcel Florida was insolvent at the time of the Fraudulent Transfers or became
83. Plaintiff is entitled to: (a) avoidance of the Fraudulent Transfers to the extent
necessary to satisfy Plaintiff's claim against Xcel Florida; (b) an attachment or other provisional
remedy against the monies transferred to the Fraudulent Transferees; and (c) an injunction
prohibiting Xcel Florida and the Fraudulent Transferees from further disposing monies owed to
Plaintiff.
84. Plaintiff repeats and realleges each and every allegation contained in Paragraphs 1-
85. The Fraudulent Transfers were made with actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud
86. The Fraudulent Transfers were made to insiders — members/owners of Xcel Florida.
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87. The Fraudulent Transfers were not disclosed to, and were concealed from, Plaintiff,
including via Defendants' refusal to exchange in discovery in this action and subsequent
88. Before the Fraudulent Transfers were made, Plaintiff sued Xcel Florida and/or
89. The Fraudulent Transfer was a transfer of all or substantially all of Xcel Florida's
assets.
90. Xcel Florida made the Fraudulent Transfers without receiving a reasonably
equivalent exchange in value, and Xcel Florida was engaged or was about to engage in a
transaction for which Xcel Florida's remaining assets were unreasonably small in relation to the
transaction, or Xcel Florida intended to incur or reasonably should have believed that it would
incur debts beyond its ability to pay as they became due, such as the debt to Plaintiff described
herein.
91. Plaintiff is entitled to: (a) avoidance of the Fraudulent Transfers to the extent
necessary to satisfy Plaintiff's claim against Xcel Florida; (b) an attachment or other provisional
remedy against the monies transferred to the Fraudulent Transferees; and (c) an injunction
prohibiting Xcel Florida and the Fraudulent Transferees from further disposing monies owed to
Plaintiff.
a. all amounts due and owing Plaintiff under the Agreement in an amount to be
b. directing Xcel Florida and the Successor Defendants to provide Plaintiff with: (i)
records and information reasonably necessary for Plaintiff to ascertain the accurateness of the
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Greenlight Purchase Price; (ii) access to audit the records of Xcel Florida and the Successor
Defendants reasonably related to Plaintiffs rights to the Greenlight Purchase Price; and (iii) real-
time access to Xcel Florida and the Successor Defendants' websites so that Plaintiff may monitor
d. impressing an equitable lien upon Xcel Florida and the Successor Defendants'
assets in the amount of the Greenlight Purchase Price due and owing to Plaintiff, as determined by
the Court;
e. avoiding the Fraudulent Transfers to the extent necessary to satisfy Plaintiffs claim
against Xcel Florida; (b) attaching or granting other provisional remedies against the monies
transferred to the Fraudulent Transferees; and (c) enjoining Xcel Florida and the Fraudulent
f. Plaintiffs costs and expenses, including its reasonable attorney's fees, incurred as
a result of Xcel Florida and the Successor Defendants' breach of the Agreement, as provided for
g. all such additional and further relief that the Court may deem just and proper.
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JURY DEMAND
Jeffrey Schreiber, Esq., of the firm Meister Seelig & Fein LLP is hereby designated as trial
I hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge, information and belief, the within matter
as between and among the parties hereto is not the subject of any other action pending in any Court,
or the subject of a pending arbitration proceeding, and no other action or arbitration proceeding is
contemplated.
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