The Silence, the Obstruction, and the $6,130 Deposit

Jorden Hollingsworth

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For months, after naming nine respondents and uncovering a nationwide payroll shell scheme, I was met with complete silence from every party.

No responses. No clarification. No accountability.

JAMS sent repeated notices to every respondent, physical letters, emails, updates on the arbitration platform. Yet not a single response confirming who was representing who. They let DRVM LLC, a dissolved shell company, take the hit for everyone while billion-dollar law firms stood by in silence, watching.

This wasn’t normal. It was strategic obstruction.

Rule 6(e): The Obstruction Trigger

After GRSM withdrew and no payment was made toward arbitration fees, I invoked JAMS Rule 6(e), a rule that allows JAMS to assign an arbitrator when one side obstructs the process.

I nominated an arbitrator with a background in AI and emerging tech, someone who co-authored the very JAMS AI arbitration rules being used in this case.

The next morning, Fisher Phillips claimed they had made payment.

Why? Because if the case got dismissed due to nonpayment, I would immediately have grounds to petition a federal court, triggering full public exposure of everything they’d fought to keep buried.



The 48-Hour Deadline & The Backdoor Deposit

Still, they objected to the arbitrator I proposed. Claimed this was a “simple Oregon wage dispute.” Dismissed the AI angle entirely.

So I gave them a 48-hour deadline:

Either agree to a list of arbitrators with AI and emerging tech experience, or I go to federal court.

And then, something shocking happened…


On July 1, 2025, I received a $6,130.10 deposit into a bank account I hadn’t used in over six months. No call. No notice. No court order. No legal context.

Just money, dropped into my account, quietly.

A Tactical Bribe Disguised as Payment

This wasn’t a settlement. It wasn’t from a judge. It wasn’t even from an attorney.

This was a backdoor maneuver meant to destroy the case.

If I didn’t notice it and moved on, they’d argue:

  • “Wages paid.”
  • “No active dispute.”
  • “Case closed on a technicality.”


Just like that, the biggest corporate fraud case in a generation, buried.

But I noticed.

I made it Exhibit 110 in the case. And I’m telling the world.

The Fallout

The day after the 48-hour deadline, and just after the deposit, Fisher Phillips finally agreed to a list of arbitrators with AI and emerging tech experience…

But only if they also had Oregon wage law experience, trying once again to minimize the case.

Let’s be clear:

This is not just an Oregon wage dispute.

It’s a multi-state, multi-entity, global corporate fraud operation, and now they’ve acknowledged that it will be overseen by someone qualified to understand its complexity.

We are now awaiting JAMS’ arbitrator list. If they fail to provide one that reflects the scope and sophistication of this case, I’m ready.

The federal petition is prepped.

The spotlight is waiting.

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